[SEL] What kind of truck? Gas or Diesel

[Fuller & Johnson]

Tommy I would not buy a new diesel until this DPF bs is sorted out.  There are heaps of older lightly used low mileage diesels out there.  I'd hunt around for one of those.  Found my 97 F350 diesel on truckpaper.com with only 36K.  I will never ever go back to driving a gasser.  


--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Judge Tommy Turner <Lcjudge at scrtc.com> wrote:

From: Judge Tommy Turner <Lcjudge at scrtc.com>
Subject: [SEL] What kind of truck? Gas or Diesel
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 10:11 PM

OK everyone, I'm consulting the most knowledgeable people I know on this....
in the mean time I'll ask all of you..... don't get worked up, just
kidding.

My '99 Dodge Ram Pickup has turned over 200,000 miles and its time to get
another.  I can't decide to stick with a diesel (the last 3 trucks have had
Cummins engines) or go the gas route.  I like the power of a diesel.  I
don't like paying $5000 more for a diesel engine though and paying around
50% more at the pump for diesel vs. gas although I know there will be a 30 to
40% gain on MPG on the diesel.

I've found a truck that's exactly what I'm looking for, its a year
old, 9000 miles and has all the equipment I desire.  Its a Dodge with a 5.7 Hemi
gas engine rather than a diesel.  Do any of you have a truck with the 5.7 in it?
 Just curious what kind of fuel mileage it will get, is it a fairly powerful
engine, etc?

Please give me your thoughts.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY

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