Ford 7.3 gas engine

mkirsch wrote:
The whole "resale value" thing makes me roll my eyes every time I see it.

You put $9000 in when you buy it, but you're not going to get $9000 out of it when you go to sell it. It's called DEPRECIATION.

If I don't spend the $9000 in the first place, I have it to invest or do whatever I want with it. Very good chance I come out of it with MORE than $9000, something that would never happen if I spent it on the truck. Even better if I didn't have it in the first place (i.e. financed) because then I don't have to come up with it every month as I make payments.

The other thing that makes me question my sanity is why anyone would think that any of the HD gas engines these days would have any trouble whatsoever hauling any size TC.

The claim is often that the diesel doesn't depreciate. However, at some point the truck will end up as scrap and somewhere along the line it depreciated.

Just investing in an S&P 500 index fund has averaged about an 8% return so if you invest that money and keep your truck 10 years you will have an extra $18,000 in your account. I kept the last truck that I have sold for truck 22 years and sold it for twice what I expected to get for it even with the 460 engine in it. That was selling a 1991 model in 2013 for $7,000. I really didn't want to sell it then but thought that I could get rid of the buyer by putting that price on it. Instead he pulled out a pile of cash and drove off with it.

I didn't win any races with the 460 but it had all the power that I needed with a truck camper on the back, even when pulling my 21' offshore fishing boat behind the rig. Fuel economy was pretty good too and I would expect the new drivetrains to do much better. With the difference in fuel prices in my part of the country I don't believe there is any money to be saved on fuel for me. Back in 1991, now or anywhere in between. Engine braking was pretty effective with the 460 and much more so with the EcoBoost. I am happy with my brake life and my next truck will probably be a hybrid if not all electric. That should help even more with braking.

I have a diesel pusher now with diesel generator but I have often wished that I could try the rig with modern gasoline engines. Getting 1,500lbs out of it would be nice.