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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I am struggling with making a decision between diesel and gas for or tow vehicle. Will be pulling a 5er.
I have owned 3 big trucks, all diesel of course, and I'm frankly leaning towards gas. I love diesel engines they are incredible machines, but i am frankly burned out on the diesel headaches, especially the NEW diesels, DPF, regens, maintenance? Diesel engines reach a point in their life where they need to be babied in the shop and they become this sucking vortex pulling cash out of your pocket.
$9000 price difference will buy us 2700 gallons of Gasoline and take us 21,800 miles while towing at 8 MPG. Time to replace the DPF filter, $2000...ummm Duh.
On the road and off the beated path of interstates why do I want to hunt down diesel fuel, find some, and the wonder if maybe it, been in the underground tank for a year, and full of algea.
I frankly don't have a problem dropping gears and slowing down on an uphill grade, after all I'm not driving my car and I don't expect it to run up the hill at 70. I am a truck driver, I think like a truck driver, so dropping gears and slowing down is no big deal.
What ever truck I get diesel or gas, it is going to be my retirement truck, to full time.
I want to own the truck, don't want the truck to own me.
MHO
Tom
I have owned 3 big trucks, all diesel of course, and I'm frankly leaning towards gas. I love diesel engines they are incredible machines, but i am frankly burned out on the diesel headaches, especially the NEW diesels, DPF, regens, maintenance? Diesel engines reach a point in their life where they need to be babied in the shop and they become this sucking vortex pulling cash out of your pocket.
$9000 price difference will buy us 2700 gallons of Gasoline and take us 21,800 miles while towing at 8 MPG. Time to replace the DPF filter, $2000...ummm Duh.
On the road and off the beated path of interstates why do I want to hunt down diesel fuel, find some, and the wonder if maybe it, been in the underground tank for a year, and full of algea.
I frankly don't have a problem dropping gears and slowing down on an uphill grade, after all I'm not driving my car and I don't expect it to run up the hill at 70. I am a truck driver, I think like a truck driver, so dropping gears and slowing down is no big deal.
What ever truck I get diesel or gas, it is going to be my retirement truck, to full time.
I want to own the truck, don't want the truck to own me.
MHO
Tom
