Keep our diesel or get a gas truck?

Greene728 wrote:

wing_zealot wrote:

Bigfoot affair wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Who in their right mind would tow anything with a Gas pickup? ;)

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Seeing as left brain is for logic and analysis as opposed to the right brain which is for imagination and day dreaming; I guess you could say - anyone in their left mind would choose a gasser. ;)

Bravo! I'm loving pulling with my gasser thank you very much!

Pulls better than my previous diesel actually!

wing_zealot wrote:

Bigfoot affair wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Who in their right mind would tow anything with a Gas pickup? ;)

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Seeing as left brain is for logic and analysis as opposed to the right brain which is for imagination and day dreaming; I guess you could say - anyone in their left mind would choose a gasser. ;)

ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:

:) Hi, This is my opinion and only my opinion, so let the haters make their remarks, but If I were you and only traveled 50 miles round trip a few times a year, I would sell both the truck and trailer. Or maybe leave you trailer in a camp ground and visit it with a gas powered vehicle.

NY RVer wrote:

Lantley wrote:

TomG2 wrote:
It's funny how many folks who talk of the benefits of driving a pickup fifteen years and 300,000 miles show vehicles two or three years old in their signatures. (Yes, I know there are exceptions) I haven't put over 100,000 miles on one since the 90's. I don't care what fuel it burns, I don't want to drive a ten year old vehicle.

I find this funny as well.
Many talk about the longevity of a diesel and then trade it in with 100K-150K.
I have 192K shooting for 300K minimum. Many get bored before the truck is worn out. While the primary reason to buy a diesel is for the power longevity is also a consideration for me

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goducks10 wrote:
I love my 12 2500 CTD. I've thought the same thing once in awhile. Then I read the mpg reports for the 3/4 ton gassers. I get better mpgs except for in town, which is a wash. However if I only towed what the OP does I might be inclined to trade. We do 4-5000 miles a year, which about 50% of my driving, so I feel it' warranted.

To the OP if you bought like I did and got $10,000 off msrp you could very well be in a good position to try and sell it out right. Trading it will hurt. But a private party sale could be the thing to do.

TomG2 wrote:
It's funny how many folks who talk of the benefits of driving a pickup fifteen years and 300,000 miles show vehicles two or three years old in their signatures. (Yes, I know there are exceptions) I haven't put over 100,000 miles on one since the 90's. I don't care what fuel it burns, I don't want to drive a ten year old vehicle.

nano wrote:
We have a 2012 Ram 2500 diesel. We pull our 5er approximately 5 times per year, 50 mile round trip each time. Otherwise it's just a daily driver. Dh takes it to work which is a 15 mile trip one way. We try and take it on a longer drive at least once a month.

Since we don't do much towing with it, and don't plan to take any long trips with our camper in the near future, we were tossing around the idea of trading it in for a gas truck. Is there any advantage doing that, or are we better off keeping our diesel? We're leaning toward keeping the diesel because we assume it will last longer than a gas truck, and we assume resale value is better.

Lantley wrote:

TomG2 wrote:
It's funny how many folks who talk of the benefits of driving a pickup fifteen years and 300,000 miles show vehicles two or three years old in their signatures. (Yes, I know there are exceptions) I haven't put over 100,000 miles on one since the 90's. I don't care what fuel it burns, I don't want to drive a ten year old vehicle.

I find this funny as well.
Many talk about the longevity of a diesel and then trade it in with 100K-150K.
I have 192K shooting for 300K minimum. Many get bored before the truck is worn out. While the primary reason to buy a diesel is for the power longevity is also a consideration for me