Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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More and more I see people talking about the price per gallon for Diesel versus Gas and how Diesel's no longer have an advantage in the mileage department. I can't speak for every truck and every trailer out there but in my particular case Diesel still costs less. You have to look past the price per gallon and do the math.
I have a toy hauler that I take to motocross races in my area. I get 10.5 MPG. I have a friend with a gas truck that has a very simliar trailer in size and weight. He tells me he gets around 7. The cheap unleaded in my area is around 2.20 a gallon while Diesel can be had for around 2.50. If I drive 400 miles round trip with my trailer it costs me around 95 dollars. While my friends total costs is around 126 dollars. So while he is paying less per gallon he is using more gallons for the same trip and in the end pays more then me. We both have GMC's. I have the duramax and he has the 6.x gas version. Displacement wise the engines are very close as the Duramax is 6.x liters as well. I'm sure the 8.1 gas option would provide alot more pulling power but I don't see it getting many more MPG then the smaller 6 liter version.
Like I said this is just my particular situation but until Diesel gets to around 1 dollar more then unleaded it will still pay to run the Diesel and even then it's a break even situation and you still have other advantages to draw from if you tow often. I realize there are those that don't tow often or plan to keep the truck to pay off the extra cost of the Diesel option (if your buying new) and like I said this is just my situation but my main point is you can't just look at the simple price per gallon. It's deeper then that.
I have a toy hauler that I take to motocross races in my area. I get 10.5 MPG. I have a friend with a gas truck that has a very simliar trailer in size and weight. He tells me he gets around 7. The cheap unleaded in my area is around 2.20 a gallon while Diesel can be had for around 2.50. If I drive 400 miles round trip with my trailer it costs me around 95 dollars. While my friends total costs is around 126 dollars. So while he is paying less per gallon he is using more gallons for the same trip and in the end pays more then me. We both have GMC's. I have the duramax and he has the 6.x gas version. Displacement wise the engines are very close as the Duramax is 6.x liters as well. I'm sure the 8.1 gas option would provide alot more pulling power but I don't see it getting many more MPG then the smaller 6 liter version.
Like I said this is just my particular situation but until Diesel gets to around 1 dollar more then unleaded it will still pay to run the Diesel and even then it's a break even situation and you still have other advantages to draw from if you tow often. I realize there are those that don't tow often or plan to keep the truck to pay off the extra cost of the Diesel option (if your buying new) and like I said this is just my situation but my main point is you can't just look at the simple price per gallon. It's deeper then that.
