Diesel vs gas......................

It's great that so many gas and diesel owners are happy. I just dropped off our large excavator after pulling it with our dump truck. To pull really large loads the only choices are diesel powered. Why is that? Why is it that all of our heavy equipment is diesel powered? Why aren't there any good gas powered pieces of heavy equipment? As many gas fans will be quick to point out, the diesles in our pickups aren't the same as what are in heavy trucks or equipment, but they certainly have similarities.

There are still trucks available with gas engines in them, so diesel is not the only type of engine available.

There is a real lack of logic at times when folks choose to knock the diesel pickup. If you're happy with gas, that is fantastic, if it works well for you and you are satisfied, that is great.

Unless you call criticizing them because of the stink and the mess caused by the fuel knocking them, I don't think I remember seeing anyone knock the diesels.

There are valid reasons why heavy trucks and heavy construction equipment are diesel powered, and there are no gas alternatives though. I have an equipment trailer setting in our yard with a 450 setting on it. If anyone has a gas powered rig that they think can move it, bring it on over and we'll let you hook up to it. Or maybe there is a gas powered, heavy duty truck that I'm not aware of? Tell me of a gas powered excavator that I can replace our 120 with.

Any gas powered heavy duty truck will pull that excavator all over the country. There are still many gas powered dump trucks and 5 & 10 ton delivery trucks around the country.

I applaud those that are happy with their gas trucks. Just please quit trying to use nonexistent logic to explain why a gas engine can outwork a diesel engine.

No non existant logic here, Jeff. With the exception of burning diesel fuel, there is nothing you can do with a diesel that you cannot do with an equivalent power gasoline engine. Yes, the diesel will get better fuel consumption numbers (the one and only reason most heavy duty vehicles in NA have diesels), but the performance will be exactly the same if they are geared properly. And a heavy duty gas engine will last just as long as a heavy duty diesel if used and maintained the same way. There is nothing magical about diesels.

Bert