Diesel vs gas......................

Travis1963 wrote:
I have read a large amount of this forum and have enjoyed most of it, for it's great info and sometimes humor. I do understand this is almost impossible but i would like to hear comments on my current situation. I am looking at a 2500 Ram 6.4liter gas and a 2500 Ram 6.7. Both new. I will buy one of these. I have a small one man lawn service. 16' work trailer, 5000 lbs. I will also load the bed with sand, dirt or mulch to its over flow many times a summer. It will also be my daily driver, 20,000 miles a year. My wife and I are looking for our third camper, a fifth wheel this time. I guess 10K to 12K weight. We live in flats of west Tn. but will go through Smokies regularly and over the Rockies a few times and plan for one trip to Alaska or Alberta. I think diesel fuel here is about .80 over gasoline. I am 50 and would like this to be my last new truck. I am truly on the fence and don't like being there. I have had an 8.1 Chevy with Allison, 95 cummins, 08 cummins lemon-lawed that one. The above info about usage of the new truck is as accurate as I can make it. I feel like I am right at the flipping point from one or the other. Thank you very much for any info on this very debated subject. I do appreciate it.

For everything but the pulling the trailer through the mountains regularly, I would say 100% the gasser. Our School district won't buy any diesels except for the full size school busses. The maintenance guys said it's just not worth it and they put a lot of miles on those gas duallies with the equipment trailers.

It's a tough call....