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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Cummins diesels, and tha navistar V8's were designed to go about 400K miles between rebuilds doing city driving. About 600-700K doing hwy work. At worst, you might get 250-300K doing pickup driving as TOm is talking about......The V10 will do about the same or a very small shade less. Still a long time to own a rig, not worth worrying about.
also, my dually, lately, the mowers are in the back, total wt, about 9500 lbs day in and out. navistar runs from just under 12K to upwards of 26K, last time I drove it was 1st of June, it'll get about 2 weeks of daily work, then sit for another 4-6 weeks. still going after 19 yrs, 130K miles, not sure how much longer it will go, hopefully awhile, some have gotten more miles, a few less, somewhere in that range. The more hwy miles you do, the longer the motor will last, more city stop and go, lower miles, same hrs as the higher mileage rig.
Marty
also, my dually, lately, the mowers are in the back, total wt, about 9500 lbs day in and out. navistar runs from just under 12K to upwards of 26K, last time I drove it was 1st of June, it'll get about 2 weeks of daily work, then sit for another 4-6 weeks. still going after 19 yrs, 130K miles, not sure how much longer it will go, hopefully awhile, some have gotten more miles, a few less, somewhere in that range. The more hwy miles you do, the longer the motor will last, more city stop and go, lower miles, same hrs as the higher mileage rig.
Marty
