I drive on occasion for a large local farm that has nothing but Ford trucks from 150's to L9000's. They get worked over and abused as he hires drivers to transport his goods. Some drivers operate them without any care to the vehicle. I do not however. But as an observation over many years the gas powered trucks are out working more than the diesels are. Any given day I can walk into the garage and at least 2 trucks with the diesel engines are in for repairs. Now, when they are working, they tow the mail. But I have heard MANY times at how they are sucking the money out of the garage maintenance budget. The family is phasing out the 6.0/6.4 engines replacing them with either the 6.2 or 6.7 powered trucks. As of now I say that gas powered trucks are 2-1 over the diesel powered in his fleet. For me, that is a testament to the overall use and durability in the long run of either engine platform. I'll stick to gas!

 

My 07 will be 10 years old this november 1st. Cant believe it. Haven't had a single issue yet at 70k miles.

Hope to keep it another 3 years or so.

 

I'm a diesel owner, always will be.

I sold my cruddy 6.4L because it decided to strip the threads in the block when I was doing the glow plugs, and I didn't want to get stuck with a $16k bill when something went very wrong on the motor.

Diesels May last longer, but when they finally break down, what's the cost to fix them VS. the cost to fix the gassers? Gassers are always cheaper when it comes to that, in my experience. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Also, as a note, I no longer drive a PSD. I drive an IDI.