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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valhalla360 wrote:JumboJet wrote:
New Nissan Titan - Cummins 5.0 diesel
New Toyota Tundra - Cummins 5.0 diesel
New RAM 1500 - "Italian" 3.0 diesel (8,000 first run dealer orders placed)
More cars getting diesel engines.
I might not have slept in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I surely doubt that the manufacturers and dealers would be excited to sell diesel powered vehicles if a fuel source was scarce (See CNG powered vehicles).
Proactive people plan fuel needs before they ever go on a trip. Starting in Salem, OR I traveled US20 from Albany, OR to Boise, ID in 2011 with my Lance 1050S. You can't get much more scarce towns and stops than that nearly 400 mile road. I didn't have any problems finding diesel.
Fuel source either way is a silly discussion for RV's. You can get diesel at most stations and gas trucks can cover reasonable distances.
Unless you cover insane miles and don't stop to take breaks, getting fuel and having enough range is an academic subject at best.
Academic subject maybe, Insane? yes most likely.
Yet my diesel experience spanned 11 years and over 180,000 miles.
My three almost out of fuel experiences had me looking for diesel whenever the tank got to the half full mark.
Not worrying about getting fuel is a liberating feeling for this guy.
My last diesel powered trip covered over 11,000 miles and lasted 4 months.
A gas powered truck would have cost more for fuel but cost less in stress.
Plus not having that heavy diesel engine my truck would not have been overloaded.
Swan Song
