Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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Kennard04 .....The '03-'05 Cummins has a 7500/15000 oil change schedual at 12 qt. Oil filters are 9 dollars, air filters are 15 dollars and fuel filters are 12 dollars. All Fleetguard filters. There is no water seperator/filters on these engines. 26 dollars for oil change with Fleetguard/Rotella 15w/40
Idling is not good on and big engine especially a gasser. The newer diesels do just fine when idleing.
I have 46000 mi on my diesel and am 3310 dollars ahead of a gasser. A diesel has much higher resale than big gasser.
Diesels and gassers get the same milage ?? My Cummins gets 21-23 mpg 110 mile a day work commute, tank after tank. Also is averaging 12.5 mpg pulling a 11200lb 5er. I haven't seen a big gasser with that kind of mpgs. All pencil figures.
Truck falling apart after 250,000 mi ?? There are several million mile Cummins and a few Fords that are still working and very little replacement of parts for that kind of milage. They ain't falling apart.
For my use the Cummins is just cheaper to maintain and operate than a big gasser. In 25-28000 more miles I will have saved the initial cost of the diesel plus its resale is higher than a big gasser so I'm money ahead with the Cummins. I just couldn't afford to buy/drive a big gasser.......JIM
Idling is not good on and big engine especially a gasser. The newer diesels do just fine when idleing.
I have 46000 mi on my diesel and am 3310 dollars ahead of a gasser. A diesel has much higher resale than big gasser.
Diesels and gassers get the same milage ?? My Cummins gets 21-23 mpg 110 mile a day work commute, tank after tank. Also is averaging 12.5 mpg pulling a 11200lb 5er. I haven't seen a big gasser with that kind of mpgs. All pencil figures.
Truck falling apart after 250,000 mi ?? There are several million mile Cummins and a few Fords that are still working and very little replacement of parts for that kind of milage. They ain't falling apart.
For my use the Cummins is just cheaper to maintain and operate than a big gasser. In 25-28000 more miles I will have saved the initial cost of the diesel plus its resale is higher than a big gasser so I'm money ahead with the Cummins. I just couldn't afford to buy/drive a big gasser.......JIM
