I'll start by saying that I respect everyone's opinion. You stated that you feel that the people who are not diesel fans don't pull. My opinion is that diesel fans are guys that own one truck and base thier opinions off luck. I have to keep 6-10 trucks on the road. Every truck will do 40k-60k miles a year. All my trucks have boxes, tools, crews, and hitches that get used every day. I buy my trucks brand new, and the next owner will be the junkyard. Are diesels more enjoyable to tow with on hills...yes. That is the only thing I will give diesels. A gas truck will have to downshift. At $50 a downshift, I don't care. The much loved pre emission diesels were only putting out 400lb and could pull the Titanic according to diesel fans. Gas engines have the same torque and twice the hp as the old diesels. Why do you think a gas truck can't pull something, yet your diesel engines could pull it 20yrs ago? The argument of diesels do it at lower rpm gets old. Gearing is totally different between gas and diesel transmissions. My gas trucks may need to turn 3500rpm up a steep hill, but it's naturally aesperated and 10:1 compression (and it'll do it trouble free for 300k+ miles). The diesel is what? 18:1 compression, 30psi boost, and 30,000psi fuel pressure? Yeah, that sounds reliable.
Do whatever makes you happy. I just get tired of the diesel cost of ownership, ect. argument. I really am glad that you guys have never really had to fix one. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. My record is $18k on one truck in one year! My friend had $22k done under warranty in one year. Let's be honest here. Let's tell people who don't know what this **** costs. Head gasket...$4-10k. Turbo nonsense...$3-6k. DPF $2-4k. Injectors $3-6k. Lift and/or main $2-6k. Should I keep going? I can dig out receipts for all this **** and more. An average Joe who buys the diesel cost of ownership bullshit story could quickly be taking out a home equity loan.
