Diesel Or Gasoline Trucks!!!

[bbtoys]

cost

Fuel at the J was 81.9. Gas in town was 96 after discount. Get a J card and save 1.5 more. For your long trips get a U shaped tidytank installed and fuel it up at the J's. Website for all J's with fuel cost all over North America.

 

[rmk800]

i had a 04 chev duramax , i get 15 mpg in tow with a 31' 5th wheel and about 23 to 25 mpg on the highway. 23 at about 120 , and 25 mpg if i stay around 100. So i usually get about 23 mpg . i would say diesel is the way to go. if you look overseas in europe where the fuel prices are high , they all run diesels. So it wont be long before we are doing the same. i just bought a new 07 duramax and hope i get about the same. And about the price difference i just traded it in and got $7,000 more than my dad did for his and his was the same year , the only difference was he had leather and gas, & i had cloth and a diesel . oh yeah i had 50,000 more km than him. i figure i got my moneys worth. i had a chip in mine

rmk 800

 

[barefooter]

SummitRic:

You are absolutely right. At today's (in town) prices the diesel option just doesn't make economic sense. But as BBToys pointed out - the "J" is always good for a $0.18 less than in town. We should see a slide in the diesel price (I think) over the next 12 months as some extra refining capacity comes on board.

Since I rodeo in the summer, I have put a lot of miles haulling over the years. To me - it is a comfort thing. If all you are going to pull is a sled trailer - a gasser is great. Better performance in the winter as well. I don't like the Ford V-10 - a little unrefined for my tastes. The GMC 8.1 with the Allison is a pretty good towing package. I remember when it was the combo to have when it first came out. A lot of guys ditched the Ford 7.3's at that time to tow with them - as the Duramax had just come out and was unproven. Then the Duramax was the next best , and on and on etc.

Depending on what kind of 5th wheel you get - you won't get the same GCWR out of a gasser - even with the same axle ratio as a diesel. Some of those new toy haulers have already pushed the limits with a one ton. And the torque of the diesel really shines in the long pulls up a hill. And it is pretty easy and cheap to get extra performance out of a diesel than a gasser.

Economically - you won't make it up with a trade-in and the fuel savings. You will however be more comfortable towing. Day to day driving won't be much of a difference with either.

Just my $0.02

 

[BIGFOOT]

$10.000.00 difference between a new diesel and new gasser.......... Say there's 4mpg difference fully loaded pulling hard(can't see that much difference, though), and say the fuel price is about $.04 difference(edge to the diesel, but only in alberta) per litre...... You do the math. The diesel would practicaly never pay for itself, especially when you consider blackbook on a 4 year old truck is only about $3000 to $4000 difference between a diesel & gasser. Is anyone able to do the math and figure how long, or what the breakeven point would be in mileage to cover that $10,000.00 difference???

I owned a Chev, Now own a Ford & a Dodge, All which I bought new & all Diesel engines & have not paid $10,000.00 difference to a gas engine...... Sounds a little high to me. I know alot of private owners & Companies who went from a gas trucks to diesel...... Cannot say the same for reversal.

 

[Not_the_wife]

Diesel !!!!

I dont drive a truck BUT!!!!!!!
Deffinately Diesel
(some thing about a big diesel does it for me)
Ha ha ha ha
Its true though as funny as it sounds

 

[Summitric]

So "size" Does Matter

i dont drive a truck but!!!!!!! deffinately diesel (some thing about a big diesel does it for me) ha ha ha ha its true though as funny as it sounds

so what you're trying to tell all us guys is "size" does matter???

 

[TylerG]

so what you're trying to tell all us guys is "size" does matter???

its either that or the key to a sled girls heart is a diesel truck

 

[Not_the_wife]

its either that or the key to a sled girls heart is a diesel truck

Ha ha ha ....too true

 

[Not_the_wife]

Re: So "size" Does Matter

so what you're trying to tell all us guys is "size" does matter???

Deffinately !!!!......... just joking guys.....no inferiority complexes here i supose a truck is a truck is a truck .... on one condition.

If it dont have enough power to get me where i wanna go, then im not getting out to push!!!!

 

[twin turbo]

I've had all the gassers before from v-8's to v-10's for personal and for my company.
when i bought our first dodge diesel i new there was no turning back.
i pull everything from work trailers to my 42 foot Toy hauler which is very heavy,lol but i do drive my SRT-10 Supercharged on Sundays.
Cant beat the, just change the oil and fill her up with deisel and drive, also never can a gas get the fuel millage that you can acheive out of a deisel

 

[WCTHEMI]

If you are looking for someone to put some more miles on your SRT10, I would be more than happy to volunteer.

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

I'll ride shotgun for you the WCTHEMI, ut seems like the neighbourly thing to do....lol...

If you are looking for someone to put some more miles on your SRT10, I would be more than happy to volunteer.

 

[WCTHEMI]

Now we just need to convince Twin Turbo to hand over the keys.

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

He seems like a nice guy on the net, we seem trustworthy and harmless...I see no reason for him not to.

Now we just need to convince Twin Turbo to hand over the keys.

 

[twin turbo]

I run it at the track at nisku Castrol park if you would like to come for a ride in it, bring helmet lol

 

[WCTHEMI]

I run it at the track at nisku Castrol park if you would like to come for a ride in it, bring helmet lol

Not quite the same, but would still be sweet.

 

[twin turbo]

Just leave me your house keys and you can take her for a spin lol

 

[twin turbo]

well im off to Valemount gotta get packing,ill check in before leaving

 

[WCTHEMI]

Just leave me your house keys and you can take her for a spin lol

Hmmm, maybe, that may still prove too tempting to run off.

 

[2003Summit]

In some ways that extra money that you put in up front, comes out when you sell, maybe not all of it, but a fair bit. When I shopped long and hard for my used 03 Dodge w/CDT, I found that even an old junk truck with a CDT was still worth $3K to $5K, if it was gas, it would have been $500.00. And all used diesel trucks are worth quite a bit more than gas trucks, $5K to $7K easy depending on how new. That means getting into diesel is sort of a one time investment.