Towing in the real world. gas or diesel
I've been down the gas road in 04 and the diesel in 09. Looking to buy again. I had a lighter trailer in 04 but my siverado 6+ liter gas would just scream in a head wind. 4000 rpm was common. Bigge...
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Edd505 wrote:
Reference to the class 8 was commercial trucks will use the engines that "work" best, or pull best, last longest, cost the least per mile. You do not see any gas OTR vehicles, gas lacks the pulling power and longevity.
Want to efficiently tow weight, simple answer is diesel.
Totally different use case.
You have it backwards. Diesels in heavy duty trucks are built to last 500k to 1 million miles because that's that customers demand. It's entirely possible to design a gas engine with similar longevity.
They justify the extra cost because they pull 50-100k miles per year on the truck and the fuel savings can cancel out the extra up front cost. If you are a typical RV'er putting 2-5k miles per year towing, you will never make up the difference.
