Diesel vs gas for truck campers?
Have posted a few questios phere on the truck camper forum asking for help in down sizing to a TC and thanks for the help so far, I have been going over the weights of the TC's that we have looked at...
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Vinsil wrote:
While the 8.1/Allison was a great combo, they stopped making those trucks in 2007 and then only had them out for 6 years. If you remember, fuel was at an all time high in this era and diesel was selling more than ever. Point is, as much as it is one of the better gas options, best case IF you can find a clean low mile truck...its 10 years old already.
A better gas option is a Ford V10 having similar numbers in power you can find a newer truck. But the 6.2 ford offers and the 6.4 ram offers today have as much or more power with the side benefit of better economy and can be had in a new truck.
The 8.1 was good but it's old and not many were sold.
Initially, I was looking for a 2008 Duramax/Allison combination, but after looking for a long time gave up on that. (That year had the injector problems solved and didn't have as much of the pollution stuff) Every time I found what I was looking for ... it was already sold.
None of the local dealers had what I wanted either...which surprised me since there are a lot of farm trucks in the area. I had to drive to a big dealer about 120 miles away to be able to test drive what I was interested in.
