Gas/Diesel Payload trade off

diver110 wrote:
This parallels a post I just made (the answer to which was, bascially, hey dummy, get a 1 -ton). I get that diesel is a better performer under load (and I am not trying to start a gas versus diesel discussion, which I am sure has been beaten beyond recognition on this forum). But getting diesel does mean sacrificing a fair amount payload, 650 pounds in some configurations. Are the advantages of diesel so great, that it is better to make camper fit the diesel truck, of is it defensible to go with gas to get more payload.

My simple answer is TC plus towing more than a small utility trailer or jet ski equals diesel.

If you don't need the biggest badest Truck Camper and you are not towing get a gas motor. Just watch the numbers....