All of this talk about only getting 200k out of a gas engine is interesting. I'm a builder, and the majority of our light duty company trucks have always been gas. They work hard, but we maintain the heck out of them. We have no problem getting 20...
Sure, it will burn more fuel, probably break more often, and not last as long..but hey a gas engine COULD be manufactured that would keep up with the diesel. Just kidding a bit Bert. Face it, if there was a realistic way that a gas engine could be d...
Bert, I'm guessing that you must be about 105? Just kiddding. Certainly the old, hulking tanks of the far past were very heavy, and powered by gas engines. Of course, technology has improved quite a bit in both gas and diesel engines. Even with a...
Bert, I just called a local landscaper that has a 5yd gas powered dump truck. I asked him if I put our 35,000lb excavator on our equipment trailer that weighs about 10,000lbs if he thought his truck would move it, of course being a sensible buy he ju...
Oh sure Bert, there are some practically antique 5yd dump trucks with gas engines in them running around, as well as a few 10yd trucks, but GET REAL! The vast majority of modern dump trucks are diesel powered.I have an excavator that weighs about 35...