Truck for Eagle Cap 1165?
We recently traded an Arctic Fox 990 for a EC 1165. Besides missing my AF, I'm trying to figure out what bigger truck to put underneath this monster. I found a deal on a cab/chassis Dodge 5500 but it...
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Bedlam wrote:twodownzero wrote:RoadRangerChip wrote:
I am smiling.
You're smiling now because you didn't get the gas bill yet.
With what he saved by not buying the diesel engine could fuel him for 250,000 miles. If you're buying the diesel to save on fuel costs, you better plan on living in the truck seat instead of the RV (high mileage driver).
A diesel engine is an $8,000 premium on the RAM - that equates to 28,000 miles if the MPGs for gas and diesel fuel were equal.
Oil change price differences and fuel filter prices may add a few thousand miles - BUT 250,000 miles? I call BS!
There is a comfort level with a loaded diesel engine equipped truck vs. an equally loaded gas engine equipped truck that buys back some (a lot IMHO) of those miles too.
Having owned a mix of both and currently having a 6.8L V-10 in my motor home and a 6.7L I6 in my RAM, the diesel is an affordable luxury.
