Jumping off the Diesel Bandwagon - UPDATED
Well, after two Cummins diesels that I thoroughly enjoyed, I am going to place a factory order for a RAM 2500 with the 6.4L Hemi, 4.10 gears, rear air suspension, Laramie and plenty of added options. ...
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Smart move ib516 though your logic is not going to persuade die-hard diesel fanatics.
You wisely decided to put more emphasis on the 90% of the time the truck is not used to tow a trailer. We and our friends have downsized our RV's to make it easier to travel and to be able to go more places and camp at more locations.
The new gas engines may put out as much horsepower and are usually more than adequate with the 4.10 gears as you mentioned, but the diesel engines do still provide nearly double the lb ft of torque which affects acceleration times merging into traffic on freeways, passing times on the highway and even the ability to safely pass on long mountain grades, and the gas engines do not provide nearly the engine braking of most diesel engines.
Another aspect of diesel is having biodiesel forced on us by the big corn ag corporations. As MPG improves the same amount of corn is going into ethanol and gas and into biodiesel and neither ethanol or biodiesel is good for engines. Biodiesel is much more likely to gel in cold weather and only new engines have the fuel heaters to deal with this fuel and even they have trouble with B20 fuels.
You wisely decided to put more emphasis on the 90% of the time the truck is not used to tow a trailer. We and our friends have downsized our RV's to make it easier to travel and to be able to go more places and camp at more locations.
The new gas engines may put out as much horsepower and are usually more than adequate with the 4.10 gears as you mentioned, but the diesel engines do still provide nearly double the lb ft of torque which affects acceleration times merging into traffic on freeways, passing times on the highway and even the ability to safely pass on long mountain grades, and the gas engines do not provide nearly the engine braking of most diesel engines.
Another aspect of diesel is having biodiesel forced on us by the big corn ag corporations. As MPG improves the same amount of corn is going into ethanol and gas and into biodiesel and neither ethanol or biodiesel is good for engines. Biodiesel is much more likely to gel in cold weather and only new engines have the fuel heaters to deal with this fuel and even they have trouble with B20 fuels.
