Buying a new truck
Currently we have an F250 4wd supercab 7.5L gas engine with a 2008 Northern Lite 10-2 camper with Rancho XL9000 and fast guns. Our truck has no problems with weight of camper as it rides perfectly le...
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We get about 12 mpg with the camper and towing our Wrangler if we stay at about 70 mph. At 75 it drops to around 10 mpg. The truck (2012 GMC dually) has 3.73 gearing, 6.6 l diesel, Allison transmission. Without the Jeep or camper we get about 18 at 75 mph. I've driven gasses with comparable loads and while they are OK on flat land, they're not very good in the mountains, and the diesel is way better even on the flats. Like others have said, consider the resale value of a diesel compared to a gas engine. Some threads say that diesels are way more expensive to maintain, but I haven't found the difference to be significant especially when you look at the money you have invested in the truck, camper, jeep, etc. I'm fully sold on a diesel for use you're considering.
