3/4 ton truck. Gas or diesel?

[one2many]

Buy what you like. If you have to worry about milage, you can't afford a real pickup.
I prefer gas because I don't like the racket or cost of maintaining diesel.
If I liked diesel I'd still be a truck driver.
I've been driving a 1-ton gas for about 10 years now. 10 MPG but, It's always 10 MPG loaded or not.
Actually on some long trips it gets 12MPG.

my everyday driver is a '02 f150 5.4. it gets like 12 mpg in town and 18 on highway. my old GMC i gave to the kid has a big block in it.it gets 10 mpg like your ton truck. up hill, down hill, loaded, unloaded dont change

[one2many]

Over all the extra expenses of a buying a diesel, and owning one, it makes more sense to buy a gasser. Plus, with all the new towing extras you can get on the new gassers, there's almost no difference in the towing. The only thing a diesel wins in nowadays is retail value. Although, in my heart I will still always love the diesels more.

the big 3 dont make a pickup gasser that will pull with the smokers not even close.
had a drag race with the old mans 496 vs my old 7.3 both had three heavily loaded hay racks. not even remotely close

[assateague]

I'm amazed at the difference the exhaust made on my wife's truck. Replaced the stock with a 4" turbo back, and dropped about 350 RPMs while cruising at 60, and the mileage has gone up, too. Still on the first tank since replacing it, but that bastard has been hanging around "F" for much much longer than usual.

[one2many]

thats good. how many miles on her big truck?
we have a one v10 f350.i drive it once in a while im not sure if i like it or not. it has new cold air intake bigger exhaust and programmer. it pulls somewhat ok but the kid that drives it all the time tells me it sucks the gas down big time



i dont remember the year but i got it dirt cheap

[Pintail]

How about this. Ask yourself how many times out of the year you haul a load. Is it worth the extra cost to get a diesel? Are you also going to use the truck for daily driving?

[one2many]

How about this. Ask yourself how many times out of the year you haul a load. Is it worth the extra cost to get a diesel? Are you also going to use the truck for daily driving?

if you are asking me.if not and this ? is for the OP dont finish reading this
i couldnt begin to know how many times i would haul a load in a year.i need a diesel. gassers cant do what i need them to do. when my powerstrokes cant get it done i use one of the semi trucks

[3geese4me]

How about this. Ask yourself how many times out of the year you haul a load. Is it worth the extra cost to get a diesel? Are you also going to use the truck for daily driving?

I would be towing a minimum of 26 times a year. 170 miles roundtrip and the truck will also be my daily driver.

[Pintail]

How about this. Ask yourself how many times out of the year you haul a load. Is it worth the extra cost to get a diesel? Are you also going to use the truck for daily driving?

if you are asking me.if not and this ? is for the OP dont finish reading this
i couldnt begin to know how many times i would haul a load in a year.i need a diesel. gassers cant do what i need them to do. when my powerstrokes cant get it done i use one of the semi trucks

No to the OP.

[Pintail]

How about this. Ask yourself how many times out of the year you haul a load. Is it worth the extra cost to get a diesel? Are you also going to use the truck for daily driving?

I would be towing a minimum of 26 times a year. 170 miles roundtrip and the truck will also be my daily driver.

If that is the case, then yes, I think you should go with the diesel.

[Pintail]

You may want to look into a cheap car for dd. It will help save you a lot of money in gas.

[R. Chapman]

My dad's '01 Duramax is a 3/4 ton. He likes it for pulling the camper and his road equipment but drives the Suburban around to work and such. I don't think he drives more than 1,000 miles through it in a year. I'd guess more around about 600-700 miles. Still remember the day he bought it brand new with 5 miles on it.

in a slow month i put 1000 miles my daily driver

Yep. Plus there's no way he can haul a Cat grader with a 40 foot trailer. He normally just hauls his backhoe, bobcat, and all the onsite stuff he needs. He hauls his Cat and his Roller with either his water truck or snowplow/dump truck.

[FlintRiverFowler]

I would have no problem taking advice about trucks and heavy hauling from someone who's had their drivers license for all of 6 months.

[aunt betty]

I would have no problem taking advice about trucks and heavy hauling from someone who's had their drivers license for all of 6 months.

Haha


HA HA

[R. Chapman]

I would have no problem taking advice about trucks and heavy hauling from someone who's had their drivers license for all of 6 months.

Yeah but you might from a kid's dad who has been doing it for 30 years.

[R. Chapman]

My bad, 29 years and 7 months.

[FlintRiverFowler]

I would have no problem taking advice about trucks and heavy hauling from someone who's had their drivers license for all of 6 months.

Yeah but you might from a kid's dad who has been doing it for 30 years.

My dad has been a locomotive engineer for over 20 years.
Doesn't mean I know shit about trains.

[R. Chapman]

I would have no problem taking advice about trucks and heavy hauling from someone who's had their drivers license for all of 6 months.

Yeah but you might from a kid's dad who has been doing it for 30 years.

My dad has been a locomotive engineer for over 20 years.
Doesn't mean I know shit about trains.

Did I say I knew shit about trucks. FUCK NO. Clean your glasses and re-read what I said, Einstein.

[one2many]

My dad's '01 Duramax is a 3/4 ton. He likes it for pulling the camper and his road equipment but drives the Suburban around to work and such. I don't think he drives more than 1,000 miles through it in a year. I'd guess more around about 600-700 miles. Still remember the day he bought it brand new with 5 miles on it.

in a slow month i put 1000 miles my daily driver

Yep. Plus there's no way he can haul a Cat grader with a 40 foot trailer. He normally just hauls his backhoe, bobcat, and all the onsite stuff he needs. He hauls his Cat and his Roller with either his water truck or snowplow/dump truck.

if im hauling heavy equipment i do so with either a Pete or Mack, both able to hit triple digits loaded.its the only way to travel through Kansas and Nebraska.mind-blowing dull the both of them

[one2many]

I would have no problem taking advice about trucks and heavy hauling from someone who's had their drivers license for all of 6 months.

Yeah but you might from a kid's dad who has been doing it for 30 years.

My dad has been a locomotive engineer for over 20 years.
Doesn't mean I know shit about trains.

Did I say I knew shit about trucks. FUCK NO. Clean your glasses and re-read what I said, Einstein.

looks like you implied the fuck out of it

I would have no problem taking advice about trucks and heavy hauling from someone who's had their drivers license for all of 6 months.

Yeah but you might from a kid's dad who has been doing it for 30 years.

[assateague]

Flint's killing me

[assateague]

thats good. how many miles on her big truck?
we have a one v10 f350.i drive it once in a while im not sure if i like it or not. it has new cold air intake bigger exhaust and programmer. it pulls somewhat ok but the kid that drives it all the time tells me it sucks the gas down big time



i dont remember the year but i got it dirt cheap

Hers is a 99 7.3 with 208K. I still hate that truck, but it's amazing the difference the exhaust made.

[one2many]

Hers is a 99 7.3 with 208K. I still hate that truck, but it's amazing the difference the exhaust made.

hell just getting broken in
my 7.3 are 99s also. one an early and one a late 99.lots of quality tuners out there that will help out a bunch too.
i get pissed at mine too.seems like i am working on the front end on them all the time. i know im not but it sure seems that way.

[FlintRiverFowler]

Hers is a 99 7.3 with 208K. I still hate that truck, but it's amazing the difference the exhaust made.

hell just getting broken in
my 7.3 are 99s also. one an early and one a late 99.lots of quality tuners out there that will help out a bunch too.
i get pissed at mine too.seems like i am working on the front end on them all the time. i know im not but it sure seems that way.

Those super dutys do eat up front end components.
The 250 I had did. My dads 350 dually does it. My boss has a 350 single rear and its always needing front end work.

[one2many]

Hers is a 99 7.3 with 208K. I still hate that truck, but it's amazing the difference the exhaust made.

hell just getting broken in
my 7.3 are 99s also. one an early and one a late 99.lots of quality tuners out there that will help out a bunch too.
i get pissed at mine too.seems like i am working on the front end on them all the time. i know im not but it sure seems that way.

Those super dutys do eat up front end components.
The 250 I had did. My dads 350 dually does it. My boss has a 350 single rear and its always needing front end work.

my newer ones are doing ok . my blue 99 i beat the tar out of it.i built it into a sled puller when i got my 99 white dually both of them are 350s. my last new one was 450 dually didnt have it long enough to wear anything out on it. it got totaled out with less the 10k miles on it
i dont know why they had so much trouble. makes me mad as hell cause i would drive a GM or Dodge

[aunt betty]

Hers is a 99 7.3 with 208K. I still hate that truck, but it's amazing the difference the exhaust made.

hell just getting broken in
my 7.3 are 99s also. one an early and one a late 99.lots of quality tuners out there that will help out a bunch too.
i get pissed at mine too.seems like i am working on the front end on them all the time. i know im not but it sure seems that way.

Those super dutys do eat up front end components.
The 250 I had did. My dads 350 dually does it. My boss has a 350 single rear and its always needing front end work.

To say why in as few words as possible...

FORD

[one2many]

Hers is a 99 7.3 with 208K. I still hate that truck, but it's amazing the difference the exhaust made.

hell just getting broken in
my 7.3 are 99s also. one an early and one a late 99.lots of quality tuners out there that will help out a bunch too.
i get pissed at mine too.seems like i am working on the front end on them all the time. i know im not but it sure seems that way.

Those super dutys do eat up front end components.
The 250 I had did. My dads 350 dually does it. My boss has a 350 single rear and its always needing front end work.

To say why in as few words as possible...

FORD

typical dodge guy. cheap as furnishing in the hunks of shit. if i wanted to ride around in some crappy plastic cheap cab i would by some rubber maid tote boxes

[aunt betty]

[quote="one2many"]

Hers is a 99 7.3 with 208K. I still hate that truck, but it's amazing the difference the exhaust made.

hell just getting broken in
my 7.3 are 99s also. one an early and one a late 99.lots of quality tuners out there that will help out a bunch too.
i get pissed at mine too.seems like i am working on the front end on them all the time. i know im not but it sure seems that way.

Those super dutys do eat up front end components.
The 250 I had did. My dads 350 dually does it. My boss has a 350 single rear and its always needing front end work.

To say why in as few words as possible...

FORD

typical dodge guy. cheap as furnishing in the hunks of shit. if i wanted to ride around in some crappy plastic cheap cab i would by some rubber maid tote boxes[/quote]
I had three Ford trucks. Had enough.
Oh, I used to brag about how ford pickups actually have truck front-ends until I paid to get them rebuilt a few times. They turn like shit and you pay extra for it in parts, tires, and repairs.

I'm too poor to drive a turd. Furd. Whatever.

[one2many]

just have her street tires on her right now....dont make fun of the stack. when we pull we have to have strait pipe/s going strait up incase the turbos let go we dont kill people in the stands. put the bent one on afterwards so it dont get a bunch of rain or snow down the stack

[one2many]

only good thing in a dodge is the cumaprt.

[R. Chapman]

just have her street tires on her right now....dont make fun of the stack. when we pull we have to have strait pipe/s going strait up incase the turbos let go we dont kill people in the stands. put the bent one on afterwards so it dont get a bunch of rain or snow down the stack

No sense in having a big truck with little tires.