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Re: Gas vs Diesel for Towing a Fifth Wheel!!!
I made the mistake of buying a new 2006 f350 diesel with the 6.0 engine. I sold it last month and bought a 2017 f250 6.2 gas truck. Out 5th wheel loaded weighs 10,000 . The 6.2 does a fine job pulling and to be honest I didn’t want to drop another $9000.00 on diesel. Our new truck is a gas hog, however here in California Diesel is $.50 a gallon more than gas, so it almost works out the same. Our old Diesel only had 79,000 miles when I sold it. It started to overheat on steep grades and I got tired of cleaning egr valves. It would have cost $6000.00 to 8,000 to bullet proof it.1.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Well, today it happened!! ~Updated~
Sorry to hear about your troubles. I just sold our 2006 f350 diesel, no more diesel for me, just bought a 2017 f250 gas 6.2. Here in California diesel is about 50 cents higher than gas. No more $120.00 oil changes and cleaning or replacing “EGR” valves or changing fuel filters.410Views0likes0CommentsRe: Starting the new truck hunt
troubledwaters wrote: I hardly consider how an employee treats a company vehicle a fair comparison to how someone would treat their own. I know several people that drive aluminum box F150's. Not one of them has dents or a hole in their's, or even scratchd paint. I see it everyday on construction sites. People abusing the trucks that the company owns compared to how they treat their own truck. I've seen 2500 series and 3500 series Chevy, Ford and Ram's beat to shiiit in 3 months. That's the difference between someone that bought and paid for their $50,000.00 truck and someone that drives a truck they didn't have to pay for. Show me someone's personal vehicle that has holes in it and then we'll talk. Or how about any of you Chevy or Ram owners that would let me dump a load of blocks into your $50,000.00 truck with a loader raise your hand. Most people including myself have bed liners in my 2017 f250407Views0likes0CommentsRe: 10 Worst States for Retirement!
I love you, California, you're the greatest state of all. I love you in the winter, summer, spring and in the fall. I love your fertile valleys; your dear mountains I adore. I love your grand old ocean and I love her rugged shore. I love your red-wood forests - love your fields of yellow grain. I love your summer breezes and I love your winter rain. I love you, land of flowers; land of honey, fruit and wine. I love you, California; you have won this heart of mine. I love your old gray Missions - love your vineyards stretching far. I love you, California, with your Golden Gate ajar. I love your purple sun-sets, love your skies of azure blue. I love you, California; I just can't help loving you. I love you, Catalina, you are very dear to me. I love you, Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite. I love you, Land of Sunshine, Half your beauties are untold. I loved you in my childhood, and I'll love you when I'm old.598Views0likes0CommentsRe: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
I have two Champions, 3500/4000 and the 2000i, both of them cost less than one Honda 2000i. I'm sure the Honda is better, but not that much. I also have a 2010 Nissan Altima and I think that a Mercedes is better, but not that much..So far no problems with any of them .236Views0likes0Comments
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