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An rv owner who traded his diesel for the 7.3. He talks towing, fuel, payload etc and does qualify it from the perspective of towing a 12,000 lb travel trailer. godzilla towing Thought a few may fi...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Let me show you people some math for "my" situation and "my" diesel. "Your" math may be different if you live in Canada or England or where ever.
I traveled 5,000 miles on vacation this year. Unlike some of you on here I keep records of every fuel stop because I need to keep tract of costs.
My truck averaged 11.0 MPG on my trip. Sooooo 5,000 divided by 11 = 455 gallons of diesel for my vacation. :E
I don't have my spreadsheet in front of me so I will go with the cheapest price right now of where "I" live. It's $4.00 a gallon for diesel right now. Regular gas is $3.90 a gallon where "I" live at the same station.
Soooo, $4.00 x 455= $1,820 dollars in fuel for my vacation.
Soooo, if I owned a gas truck the figures would be something like this. Where "I" live gas is $3.90 a gallon. Physics say if I had a gas truck it would get right at 8 MPG pulling "my" trailer. (yes, yes, yes I know some of you are going to say, but, but, but my gas truck gets 15 MPG towing my 15K trailer. Cool story bro) :B
5000 divided by 8 = 625 gallons of gas for my vacation. So, $3.90 x 625 gallons of gas = $2,437 dollars.
Bottom line: "My" vacation this year cost me $1,820 in diesel. If I would have towed with a gas truck it would have cost me $2,437.
So on this ONE vacation trip for this year I saved $600. :C
BTW I change my fuel filter 1 time a year and change my oil around 1.5 times a year depending on miles. So less than $200. Big deal. :R
Not dogging on gas trucks. They work fine. I've towed many miles with them. But for "me", over all, I save money running "my" diesel.
x2 Almost my same exact scenario except my fuel prices were lower but the end result was the same. The fuel difference savings pays for my oil change and filters if I had the dealer do it. They do the oil, I do the fuel filters so I bank the savings.
Also how come no one complains about someone buying a top line model like a Platinum vs an STX and says that the Platinum will never pay for it's self. You don't need the Platinum to tow anything. You get it because you want it and it offers you a benefit over something else.
I enjoy towing my 9500 lb TT through the PNW with a Big Horn CTD just as much as the the guy with the Platinum gaser towing a 9500 lb TT.
We both bought what we wanted.
