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).
I'm not sure if your math is just off by a power of ten or if you're assuming some sort of marginal difference in fuel economy to arrive at those numbers.
The reality is that at current fuel prices, 250k miles worth of fuel is as much or more than the cost of a new truck. Even a 2 mpg difference would be enough to pay for the diesel engine option.
Before the introduction of emissions equipment that destroyed the reliability and longevity of the diesel engine, it wasn't even a contest. Today, there are sound reasons for avoiding diesel vehicles, but the fuel cost is not among them.
