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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Hi folks,
This is my first post so you`ll have to bear with me thru the learning process.
I have been reading this forum for a year or so and I have gleaned some very good information.
First of all, let me say that I would love to have a diesel.If I towed big heavy loads I would have one, probably used.[My German-Irish ancestry finds it hard to justify $40K for a tow vehicle.]
I drive a 2000 Dakota,4.7 V8,5sp,3.92 LSD.I sized my trailer[~97 Flagstaff 25FK]to my truck,thanks to you folks on this forum.I get 18-19mpg around town[mostly freeway]and 18-22mpg on trips.I get 12.5mpg towing my [4000# loaded] trailer.
Diesel fuel in NE Ohio is $.50 to $.60/gal more than 87 octane gasoline.I feel I`m getting the mileage that most folks get with 3/4 and 1 ton diesels.Of coarse most folks with diesels pull heavier and bigger loads than I do.
Even tho I would love to have a diesel[maybe just to have a Man`s truck!Ha!]with my setup and the desparity in fuel prices, I can`t really justify it.
If and when I go to a heavier and bigger TT, I will looking towards a diesel, but,even so,I would like to see fuel prices more in line with gasoline.
Thanks for listening.
This is my first post so you`ll have to bear with me thru the learning process.
I have been reading this forum for a year or so and I have gleaned some very good information.
First of all, let me say that I would love to have a diesel.If I towed big heavy loads I would have one, probably used.[My German-Irish ancestry finds it hard to justify $40K for a tow vehicle.]
I drive a 2000 Dakota,4.7 V8,5sp,3.92 LSD.I sized my trailer[~97 Flagstaff 25FK]to my truck,thanks to you folks on this forum.I get 18-19mpg around town[mostly freeway]and 18-22mpg on trips.I get 12.5mpg towing my [4000# loaded] trailer.
Diesel fuel in NE Ohio is $.50 to $.60/gal more than 87 octane gasoline.I feel I`m getting the mileage that most folks get with 3/4 and 1 ton diesels.Of coarse most folks with diesels pull heavier and bigger loads than I do.
Even tho I would love to have a diesel[maybe just to have a Man`s truck!Ha!]with my setup and the desparity in fuel prices, I can`t really justify it.
If and when I go to a heavier and bigger TT, I will looking towards a diesel, but,even so,I would like to see fuel prices more in line with gasoline.
Thanks for listening.
