Might be forced to buy Diesel
Wife and I have been looking at Fifth-wheels. My truck is 8 years old (half ton) and I was thinking about getting a new 1 Ton gas truck next year. It seems that all the Fifth-wheel floor plans we re...
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rhagfo wrote:
Would like to understand your fear of diesel, Cummins has been one of the most trouble free diesels year after year. Or is it the $8,000 up front cost? You can deal that down some, but will get much of it back at trading time, as diesels hold a higher value.
I don't have a fear of diesel but I don't want to tear up a $50,000+ truck up because I only do 6 miles trips and only put about 7k miles a year on it. That's why I posted to see if any others do short trips on their new diesels. The money is not really an issue to me if I can get many trouble free years out of a diesel with my current driving habits.
If I did buy one, it would probably be a RAM Cummings just because my last two trucks were Dodge/RAM and have been trouble free (non diesel trucks).
Burch
