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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on edit: My Therapist said first post was way too much information.
The "diesels cost X $thousand more than gas trucks to buy..." math is only true if you never sell the truck. If you do sell the cost of the truck is purchase price minus selling price. Markets vary but around here diesels likely cost less to own for 3 - 5 years. I have now recouped any purchase price premium based on current value of my truck being higher vs similar gas trucks in our area.
Compared fuel costs/mpg with a neighbor who has a same year/very close specs to ours Hemi 3500. Rough math, based on 2mpg better towing and 4mpg not towing- I have spent maybe $9000 less in fuel & lube costs operating the diesel over the first 150,000 miles.
My "target" life for this truck is at least 300,000 miles.
Personally I prefer cruising and pulling grades at 1600-2200rpm vs the rpms gas engines work at.
Have I ever been passed by a gas engine truck hauling the same 22,999lbs GCW 13ft tall load as me, on a "6 hours of crosswind" day? Not that I can remember. But it could happen because lots of them have more HP than my diesel.
Would a 400HP diesel class 8 truck hardly know my "big fiver" is hooked behind it, while a 400HP gas engine dually pick'em up will have a case of the frantics? Probley. Why is that? Doesn't seem to make sense. 400hp is 400hp...
The "diesels cost X $thousand more than gas trucks to buy..." math is only true if you never sell the truck. If you do sell the cost of the truck is purchase price minus selling price. Markets vary but around here diesels likely cost less to own for 3 - 5 years. I have now recouped any purchase price premium based on current value of my truck being higher vs similar gas trucks in our area.
Compared fuel costs/mpg with a neighbor who has a same year/very close specs to ours Hemi 3500. Rough math, based on 2mpg better towing and 4mpg not towing- I have spent maybe $9000 less in fuel & lube costs operating the diesel over the first 150,000 miles.
My "target" life for this truck is at least 300,000 miles.
Personally I prefer cruising and pulling grades at 1600-2200rpm vs the rpms gas engines work at.
Have I ever been passed by a gas engine truck hauling the same 22,999lbs GCW 13ft tall load as me, on a "6 hours of crosswind" day? Not that I can remember. But it could happen because lots of them have more HP than my diesel.
Would a 400HP diesel class 8 truck hardly know my "big fiver" is hooked behind it, while a 400HP gas engine dually pick'em up will have a case of the frantics? Probley. Why is that? Doesn't seem to make sense. 400hp is 400hp...
