Hedgehog wrote:
At first I was dead set against a diesel but I'm not sure now. Why is that the manufacturers de tune there gas engines in trucks over 10,000 GVWR? Will that be a issue if I purchased a gas truck?
You'll do 2mpg up grades at 30mph if you buy a gasser. Honestly. You'll get at least 6mpg with one of the new diesels and that's with c.20k in trailer, hard to go wrong with the 2015 diesel 1-ton SRW from Ram, GM or Ford (incidentally, I'd rank them in that order but it's close enough to be splitting hairs).
The 2013+ SRW 3500s are very stout indeed. Bigger discs, factory exhaust brakes, 4,000b payloads even for 4x4 Crews. I much prefer a SRW to DRW, though we did keep the old F450 as dually are king where campers are concerned. Towing, well anything below 17,000lbs loaded I'd stick with SRW. Above that, or when you get to 40'+ in length think about a dually or preferably a 5500-Series.
