Diesel Question for truck campers
I believe a diesel engine is the best for hauling a truck camper. With the price of diesel going up more each week is it still worth it? Just looking for opinions. Today in Canada a gallon ...
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stickbowjoe wrote:
I'm not certain of this, and I'm too lazy to review the whole thread, but as I recall, not a single person has asserted that a gasoline engine is a better truck engine, strictly from a "get the job done" standpoint, than a diesel engine.
Huh. 'Magine that.
Joe
Too bad it comes with a $10k premium on the purchase, fuel costs 15-20% higher per gallon and when it does break whoa nelly it's gonna be expensive.
No one is going to argue that the specs say the current model diesels have more torque than the gas engines that were purposely not designed to compete with the diesels, so it's only stating the obvious that the diesel has more capability.
There no technolgical reason, you can't build a gas engine that will hold it's own towing and durability wise with a diesel but for decades the lower fuel consumption and lower per gallon prices drove heavy trucking to diesels. Now it's become dogma that only a diesel can do heavy duty towing, so they don't even try to put out a gas engine that will keep up with the diesels (look at all the pushback ford got for the turbo V6 when dogma said you need a V8).
If you look at it logically, for hauling around a 2-3,000lb truck camper, there is no logical reason to select a diesel.
If you just love the rumble and black smoke of a diesel, it's an emotional choice and which is the better option on a factual basis is irrelevant. And that's OK, on a purely logical basis, it would be far cheaper to drive an econobox and stay in a hotel.
