Are gas engines ever going to catch up?
Our creaky old Cummins powered truck (bought used) seats 4, does about 20-23mpg bobtail and 12mpg towing a 5th wheel trailer at 22,999lbs. It's mileage is somewhere in between hauling a camper and/or...
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Me Again wrote:06Fargo wrote:
Hi Hannibal - my fuel math is likely faulty - I take my diesel mpg towing of 10-12mpg x .8 for 20% cheaper gas pump price vs diesel pump price = 8-9.5mpg gasoline equivalent. Are there 1 ton gas engine pickups available that will tow at 22,999lbs truck and trailer GCW and deliver 8mpg? It seems to me there might be, because I see motorhome owners posting that kind of gas mpg with gas engine class A chassis.
BUT BUT! RAM, Ford and Chevy quit putting those higher cu in motors in pickups, for smaller high strung ones!
Just where is the 8.3L V-10 Hemi? Chris
My guess would be government regulations. They probably will not meet the standards therefore they cannot be put in trucks. Just a guess though.
