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Originally Posted by Rusty Heap
THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN Gas Milage. I get around 11 mpg unloaded and 7 with camper and trailer. Big woopy do deal. Any V8 gas is only going to get 13-16 mpg, yes the diesels get better milage but diesel fuel costs more too. When I bought my truck new, the Cummings Diesel engine option was $6500 more. Doing the math, the better MPG paid off the engine cost at 100,000 miles. So the better fuel economy is all relative to engine and fuel costs.
Unloaded my truck can do 0-40 in 4 seconds = Priceless.......plus the rumble sound of the V10 verses a tug boat clatter clatter of the noisy diesel made me go gas. As I only use the camper a couple times a year, as a daily driver, no way would I want a dually as parking them can be a major big hassle......
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Do you plan on driving the truck into a muddy lake after 8 years or so and then swimming out? That's the only way your math really works. You would fail 2nd grade because you forgot resale value. You would get back a significant portion of the $6500 on resale, maybe all of it. You cannot give away an old V-10 PU truck these days, they were mostly sold when gas was $1.00 a gallon and the economy was on fire. Diesels are prime merchandise, even with high miles. The resale value vs. gas trucks is truly stunning in some cases.
As to preferring gas over diesel for a towing rig, you're probably in the *one out of 500* guys who feels that way and there's your resale value. I've owned and driven both, (multiple times), and there is NOTHING that drives better than a modern diesel HD PU, IMO. I'd rather drive one cross-country empty than just about any car. They are very quiet and refined plus I love the way they sound. Just massive torque, (800 lbs./ft. on new Powerstroke stock from dealer), and all you hear is a faint whistle when accelerating or passing on the highway. You set the cruise @ 80 mph and the thing is like a giant sleeping dog whose snoring is powering you down the road. And the fuel gauge moves sloooooow. I personally think that gas HD trucks in their current technology are the biggest POSs sold to the public in recent years. You will NEVER see a gas engine on anything made for moving weight in this world, whether it's a train/ship/tractor/semi/what have you.
So there's a opposing opinion for you.
