Buying a new truck
Currently we have an F250 4wd supercab 7.5L gas engine with a 2008 Northern Lite 10-2 camper with Rancho XL9000 and fast guns. Our truck has no problems with weight of camper as it rides perfectly le...
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Grit dog wrote:
Don't even waste your time with a gasser in a dually with the loads and trailers you pull, especially at altitude. Especially if you plan on selling it, because very few will want a HD dually with an anemic engine. Resale will be terrible.
Seems like you'll keep the truck a long time as you're rockin a 25 year old truck currently. Another reason to get the right truck the first time.
That pretty much sums up my thoughts on the gas vs diesel too.
To me, it does not matter one bit of difference that the diesel truck costs more in maintenance. The ease of towing far outweighs that difference.... so much so, that I own two diesel trucks.
If you tow with a camper on the truck forget, about a gasser.
One of the things I do with the 2006 truck is transport RVs. All the transport companies are just short of demanding that their drivers have a diesel truck - that shows how important and better a diesel truck is for hauling a load.
