donn0128 wrote:
There currently is no gas motor truck capable of pulling my 13,500 pound fifth wheel. That is one advantage you have not figured into your equasion. If two people with identical and assumed identical weights were pulling the same trailer, one with a diesel and the other a gas motor, then your probably right. But the vast majority of diesel truck owners are pulling weights that exceed even some of the outlandish claims what a gas motor truck can handle.
You are absolutely correct.....diesels can pull twice the weight of a gas motor. Absolutely no question.
This whole research thing occurred because I was bored on a trip and have been thinking about a diesel purchase. I was extermely surprised that there would be almost no advantage for me or other in my weight class....so, I thought I would share the info...
Certainly, I am not knocking diesels....it I was pulling really heavy, I would buy one in a heartbeat.
