brholt wrote:
Not sure what you are getting at here.
The payload of the trucks is higher on a gas engine than a diesel engine. If is is important for you to stay under the GVWR of your truck you are going to struggle with a diesel and many of the truck campers out there. Yes, the the diesels CGWR is well north of the 23,500 pound of the gas engine but for a truck camper? We aren't pulling a giant 5th wheel here. Our truck and camper loaded comes in at only 13,700 pounds.
Our personal experience with the 6.2 and the 6 spreed transmission carrying an AF1150 is that we could climb any mountain pass (for example Beartooth or Big Horns in Wyoming) at will and descend without using the brake. They engines may make less power at these altitudes but for a truck camper there is ample power reserve.
Why spend more for a more complicated and expensive engine when the gas works well?
You are repeating common misconceptions here.
It is taxable payload that gaser has couple hundreds lb higher due to lighter engine, but that has nothing to do with carrying TC.
With long TC, who is having COG behind rear axle you can carry heavier camper on diesel, as with gas engine you will not have enough front load for safe driving.
Than gasoline v/s diesel engine is old wisdom.
"Pay me now, or pay me more later". It is a choice.
