Why diesel trucks?

northshore wrote:
https://youtu.be/TnM1ooYKN_Y
The you tube video is of Taylor Dzaman he has a camper with a gas chevy truck, in this video he has a friend has the same camper but with a diesel chevy , he drives both and gives his opinion.
This guy has lots of truck camper videos, mostly I would say they are good and seem pretty unbiased.
The idea that the diesel will give you more longevity with more miles is probably true but..... I would not get all excited about it, gas trucks these days seem to go 200k plus. Most trucks, especially the ones used for recreational use will wear out the truck before the engine.

I had seen this video several months and thought is was very good. What I learned from it was that the gas model had a much greater payload capacity. To me that would be a biggest factor in determining what to buy, apparently some think other wise and I was trying to figure out why that why I asked the question? His truck had a payload capacity of 6500 lbs vs 5000 lbs for diesel. Not quite an apples to apples comparison, his was a regular cab the diesel was a crew cab. From looking at other sites, if you compare the same cab types there seems to be at least 500 lbs difference.