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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Mello Mike wrote:brholt wrote:Mello Mike wrote:Bigfootchevy wrote:
The Pros & Cons of why we love our diesels:
- Too bad it comes with a $10k premium on the purchase, fuel costs 15-20% higher per gallon and when it does break it's going to be expensive.
- payload penalty of almost 1000 lbs.
- For a Cummins 6.7L diesel, the cost is $7,995.
- The payload penalty is actually more like 500 lbs.
Maybe for Ram. For Ford it depends on the configuration but for the F350 DRW 4x4 CC it is 950 lbs.
I was actually using the new Ford engine weights. The 6.7L Scorpion weighs in at 1,100 lbs while the 6.2L gasser comes in a hair under 600 lbs.
6.7L Scorpion Specs
I was using the actual payload capacity Ford gives. Remember you have to add in other weight for the Diesel besides the core engine. For example, two batteries instead of one, DEF tank, etc
