Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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Absolutely not. Diesels burn less fuel than gassers for a given job, so they are more economical. And that is why diesels are so prevalent in the heavy equipment.
Bert
It's been diesels for us, practically forever. We farm and run a trucking operation simutaneously. We use 2000 gals of red every three months (farm diesel) and pay the same pump prices for the OTR's as you do. With engines lasting nearly forever these days, it's hard to go back to gassers. Nearly every truck engine has more than 550,000 miles on them. Of the four farm generators, only one has been rebuilt at 22,000 hrs. A gas engine wouldn't survive that long.
The problem here, though, is that you are comparing medium and/or heavy duty engines to light duty ones. Will a medium or heavy duty diesel last longer than a light duty gasser? You bet! Will a medium or heavy duty gasser last longer than a light duty diesel? Absolutely! I know that medium or heavy duty gassers will be very difficult to find, but I just wanted to be sure that we are comparing apples with apples. The fact that your engines last as long as they do is primarily because of the fact that they are medium or heavy duty engines, not because they are diesels. A meticulously maintained gasser will last longer than a poorly maintained diesel and vice versa.
Slowing down this past Summer has helped increase mileage. We have a 75 mph limit/70 for trucks here and by slowing down to 65/60 has helped conserve = 8mpg.
Very true. I tended to drive faster than I normally do while on vacation this summer and my fuel bills proved it :)
Bert
