Diesel Question for truck campers
I believe a diesel engine is the best for hauling a truck camper. With the price of diesel going up more each week is it still worth it? Just looking for opinions. Today in Canada a gallon ...
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Mello Mike wrote:Bigfootchevy wrote:
The Pros & Cons of why we love our diesels:
- Too bad it comes with a $10k premium on the purchase, fuel costs 15-20% higher per gallon and when it does break it's going to be expensive.
- payload penalty of almost 1000 lbs.
- For a Cummins 6.7L diesel, the cost is $7,995.
- The payload penalty is actually more like 500 lbs.
Maybe for Ram. For Ford it depends on the configuration but for the F350 DRW 4x4 CC it is 950 lbs.
