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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valhalla360 wrote:Edd505 wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
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.
Just how many gas do you see with 200, 300, 500K? Diesels just broke in at 100K and will out pull any gas. Not sure what you mean fuel savings, GM V10 gets about 8 mpg Ford V10 10mpg. Yes typical RVer does not put on the miles but the trade value of the diesel is more and the diesel has more torque.
Most gas engines hit 200k-250k, by then the truck is near the end of it's life. They could be built to last longer but there is no demand.
Big diesels are expected to last longer and people will pay for it.
Not familiar with a GM V10, so can't speak to that.
The resale is a little more but no where near enough to cover the original purchase price.
A guy over at FTE has a F350 DRW flat bed Super Duty that works as a hot shotter in the Houston area. He had +400k miles when the cam lobes started to wear and cause issues. His truck still had original transmission and rear end was still good and the overall truck was still in very good condition so he had the Ford dealer drop in a reman 6.2 long block.
