Gas vs PSD
Cargo Master
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I'm sure the diesel would pull better. But is the $8k upgrade really going to help that much for 10-20 miles/day? Will it make me more money than the gas truck I currently own because it can handle better over the 5-10 miles of stop and go traffic? Will it get me to the jobsite so much sooner that we'll be that much more efficient?
No. it won't.
Honestly if I need to upgrade a truck it won't be a pickup. It'll be a true medium duty and amazingly enough Ford is selling those trucks (650/750) with gas motors too. But I'd imagine something I'd get would be diesel based in the truck platform.
Tuned
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i think you may have read my initial post wrong, I current have more diesels than gas engines. Because of a want, not need. I keep an open mind to options and realize sometimes what I want is not always the most logical choice. But that said My next truck will be a 6.2 for the peace of mind ownership
I have had three 5.4s, four 7.3s and two 6.0's and every single diesel has cost me a LOT more out of pocket from purchase to either sale or current time than the gassers.
I'm just curious, what do you use your trucks for?
Posting Guru
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yes it would feel better doing it. But overall it is not in the better interest of a business to have one over the gasser. The biggest thing is down time and problems more than initial cost, because you get a lot of that back on resale and fuel mileage. Down time when used for work costs a LOT more than parts and labor when you're talking about a business.
i think you may have read my initial post wrong, I current have more diesels than gas engines. Because of a want, not need. My next truck will be a 6.2.
I have had three 5.4s, four 7.3s and two 6.0's and every single diesel has cost me a LOT more out of pocket from purchase to either sale or current time than the gassers.
I'm just curious, what do you use your trucks for?
i think you may have read my initial post wrong, I current have more diesels than gas engines. Because of a want, not need. My next truck will be a 6.2.
I have had three 5.4s, four 7.3s and two 6.0's and every single diesel has cost me a LOT more out of pocket from purchase to either sale or current time than the gassers.
I'm just curious, what do you use your trucks for?
Laughing Gas
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From: NC
I am currently mulling over gas vs diesel question as I may upgrade in the next year. Right now though my 7.3 tows my TT, golf cart in bed, tools/camping stuff, and family for a total of 11.5K lbs per CAT scale really good. I am leaning toward gas with 4.30. A 6.7 is a possibilty and would be great, have driven a few and was impressed. However I have noticed that a lot 6.7 owners seem to trade every few years. I keep a truck for a while, current one is on year 10 of ownership. The 6.2 owners seem to keep their trucks longer.
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From: Maryville, TN
Originally Posted by machmedic
I am currently mulling over gas vs diesel question as I may upgrade in the next year. Right now though my 7.3 tows my TT, golf cart in bed, tools/camping stuff, and family for a total of 11.5K lbs per CAT scale really good. I am leaning toward gas with 4.30. A 6.7 is a possibilty and would be great, have driven a few and was impressed. However I have noticed that a lot 6.7 owners seem to trade every few years. I keep a truck for a while, current one is on year 10 of ownership. The 6.2 owners seem to keep their trucks longer.
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I thought this thread had run it's course and died. But I guess as long as there are two types of engines there's going to be people on either side who claim to be right and anyone who doesn't share their view is clueless. It's a free country, buy and drive what you want. I know I did.
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I thought this thread had run it's course and died. But I guess as long as there are two types of engines there's going to be people on either side who claim to be right and anyone who doesn't share their view is clueless. It's a free country, buy and drive what you want. I know I did.
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From: San Diego, CA
The gas engine wasn't enough to compensate for my other...inadequacies.
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From: Maryville, TN
Originally Posted by SDElwood
My 7.3 is so strong that it doesn't drive on the road, it rotates the earth underneath it. Lets see you do that with a gasser. 