Dodge - Diesel or gas?
Already know my new truck will be a 2014 Dodge SRW Crew Cab 4x4 with auto tranny. What I don't know is if I should go with the new 6.4 or diesel. Worked outthe numbers and the cost for my use of 15k...
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mike mck wrote:You have 250 post's, your not aload to beat up on me until you get 2000 post's. Every time I go past 17 and the 101 I see your diesel smoke in the air.Supercharged wrote:kohldad wrote:
Already know my new truck will be a 2014 Dodge SRW Crew Cab 4x4 with auto tranny. What I don't know is if I should go with the new 6.4 or diesel. Worked outthe numbers and the cost for my use of 15k miles/year with 50% TC duty, 25% DD, and 25% errands is only a few hundred difference a year.
So it comes down to the other advantage to decide.
Diesel - all the power and torque could need and then some.
Gas
-no cool down time (important due to lots of stops for sightseeing)
-less weight on the same axles/brakes equals better braking (best I can find, the 6.4 will use the same axles as the diesel)
-less to worry about (no DEF, turbo, etc)
My previous truck was a 92 F350 w/460 auto which I used to pull a 7,000# TT including a trip to Yellowstone and Arches. Never had an issue with power on that truck. So am familiar and comfortable with reving the engine for the power.
Which would you choose and why?
You must remember if you get a gas engine they will look funny at you when you pull in at night in a new camp ground, there will be no lawn chair set out for you. Then on the good side of it, your pickup will not smoke, shake, smell, make all that noise, your fuel will cost 70 cents per gal less than diesel, and not tract on your carpet, diesel repairs are double, and the guy down the street will tell all the neighors you don't understand the power you lost.
Not sure where you are buying your fuel but in North Phoenix I'm at $3.59/gal for diesel while 89 0ctane gas is 3.09 so 50 cents. As you are supercharged figure $3.35/gal so difference is 24 cents. Not to long ago Diesel was the same as gas.
Whether diesel or gas makes since depends on your needs. With the weight of my 11.5 ft Caribou camper and M105A3 trailer Diesel just made sense. I have not found repairs are twice as much but have found they occur half as often. 1999 F550 7.3 powerstroke.
I also own a 94 supercharged F150 lightning.
F550 diesel get the heavy lifting done.
F150 gasser runs the 11 sec 1/4 mile.
Right tool for the right job.
