Gas vs Diesel for Towing a Fifth Wheel!!!

burningman wrote:
While I prefer a diesel because I like the power, it just cringe when I hear people saying gas engine trucks aren’t up to the task. That’s hogwash. These super powerful diesel pickups didn’t commonly exist until the 1990s (the earlier ones were slower than the big-block gas engines).
Big heavy trailers existsed and we got where we were going. I towed up and down mountains with many different gas trucks, with a truck/trailer combo over 20,000 pounds. That’s what gears are for.
A friend owns a major local tow truck company and only runs gas trucks, they do the job and have overal lower cost of ownership. He buys new and runs to well over 100k. He’s owned countless diesel and gas rigs over the last 40 years to come to that conclusion.

That said, I personally use a Cummins diesel because I enjoy having over 900 ft/lbs of torque.
If I were buying new, the emissions junk on new diesel pickups would probably scare me away from them.

900 pounds of torque from a '99 Cummins? Obviously not a stock engine. I agree about the emissions on new diesels and when they work, they are all great. As for gassers, are the new ones as robust as the old GM 454's or Ford 460's??