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

that is great.. sounds like the making of a commercial.. like the one toyota did when the new 5.7L tundra come out was was shown pulling a space shuttle with no apparent help.. this was only possible on smooth level paved surface but the truck did the job..

Now how long or far can this happen. the trip was 1/4 mile but it could have gone for a couple miles more of less.. but that is still impressive for a gasser..

For me, currently ford f-250 '03 7.3L the difference between gas and diesel cost at some .70 to .90 cents is a non starter for me to stay with diesel when we go to change out in 3 yrs. So need to keep up the prices to see how it goes.

From what I can figure when diesel is .25 to .30 cent higher price the difference its mostly a wash between the two. Above that and it starts to get more toward the gasser vs diesel in cost.

SO we will have to see what shakes out in the next couple years to know where to say or go.. diesel or gas.. that is the question??

Copperhead wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Larry has a HEAVY combo and does require a Diesel truck!!!

Any heavier that the following?

I live rural and there is 2 miles of hilly gravel / dirt road from my house to the nearest hard top road. We had that hard cold snap and snow last week, then everything warmed up to the high 40's over the weekend, turning the gravel road into a soupy, muddy mess.

I had my semi tractor at home to do some work on it. But I needed to get a load of Kawasaki Mules to Chicago by Monday Morn. Trailer was in town, but had to get the semi tractor to town to get it. Barely got out of the drive and the 11,000 lb steer axle just cut trenches in the road and bogged the whole truck down. Couldn't make any progress even with both lockers engaged on the two drive axles.

Had the wife bring out 2015 Chevy 2500 6.0L gasser out and hook up. Hooked up a heavy duty tow strap to a clevis hitch in the receiver and then to the tow bar on the semi tractor. My wife then drove the 2500 and pulled the semi truck with me in it over 7 short but steep very muddy hills to the highway.

21,000 lb of semi tractor, pulled thru the mud, over 7 hills and the pickup barely broke a sweat. Running on $1.12 a gallon E85 fuel. The poor little 6.0L 360 hp / 380 lb torque V8. While the pickup did a great job, the wife was the bright light. She had never done anything like that before and was almost a nervous wreck at the end of it. But she did a great job, as good or better than anyone else I had seen try this before. A true towing champion!

So, it is a tough sell to convince me that at least within the capability of the gasser pickup, that a diesel and all the associated issues with diesel is required. Might be nicer and offer some bragging rights to friends and massage an ego, but not necessarily "required". "required" is a much overused term today.