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Old 01-26-2016, 06:18 PM   #1
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Gas versus diesel

I have a 2009 F250 that is starting to cause a lot of problems for us. It has only 118,000 miles and in the last month have spent almost $8000 in repairs to the engine and transmission.

I am looking at getting another truck, either A Dodge or Chevy 2500 HD.

I am not sure if I should stay with a diesel or switch to gas. Most of the summer towing will be within 250 miles from home but we are snowbirds that will put on about 6000 mile s during the winter time.

I would like opinions on towing with gas vesrus diesel.
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Old 01-26-2016, 06:25 PM   #2
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Old 01-26-2016, 06:37 PM   #3
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I have both. Have had both gas and diesel trucks for many years. If you're putting that many miles on camping, I'd stick with diesel.

My 2013 F350 is the 6.2L gas engine. I really love the truck and it does me fantastic with my landscape business. I pull my equipment trailer around every day and its great.

But when we bought the Work & Play, we still used this truck. Its just not the same. Driving around town is fine. But hitting the interstates was tiring to both me and the truck. I finally gave in and bought a 2015 with the 6.7.

Long story short for me. If you really do local trips and not much highway towing, all the gas engine trucks should do you fine. But long trips and/or highway speeds pulling a camper; especially a heavy one, a diesel is the only way to fly.
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Old 01-26-2016, 07:05 PM   #4
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I have both. Have had both gas and diesel trucks for many years. If you're putting that many miles on camping, I'd stick with diesel.

My 2013 F350 is the 6.2L gas engine. I really love the truck and it does me fantastic with my landscape business. I pull my equipment trailer around every day and its great.

But when we bought the Work & Play, we still used this truck. Its just not the same. Driving around town is fine. But hitting the interstates was tiring to both me and the truck. I finally gave in and bought a 2015 with the 6.7.

Long story short for me. If you really do local trips and not much highway towing, all the gas engine trucks should do you fine. But long trips and/or highway speeds pulling a camper; especially a heavy one, a diesel is the only way to fly.
I would agree 100% I recently went from a 08 diesel to an 16 and what a difference. I`m pulling in the 13000 range and I know I wouldn`t be happy with a gasser.
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Old 01-26-2016, 07:24 PM   #5
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That many miles towing, if it is still in your budget, get a diesel, no question. Any of the big 3 will do fine.
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Old 01-26-2016, 09:27 PM   #7
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What was in your old truck?

What are you towing?

I ask because if going from a diesel, likely won't be happy with towing experience switching to Gas.

If towing light, a diesel might just be overkill. If towing 6k with 10k+, diesel all the way.
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Old 01-27-2016, 12:34 PM   #8
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While it does not have to be new, when I was looking, in Texas were almost 50% of all registrations are pickups, I couldn't find a used diesel pickup that was worth the money.
Way to many miles for so high a price. I ended up with a F250, diesel, CC, longbed with SRW. The Rams 2500 and up are made in Mexico and the Chevy/GMAC cost a lot more for a comparable truck. Good Luck
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Just stick with Gas vs Diesel. Not Ford/Chev/ Ram.
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HA, HA, HA , How many threads on this one? Your right aceinspp. Lets just put it this way, If you don't drive a diesel like you stole it. and use it for running around Town and not towing with it 75% of the time go with gas, If you drive alot of highway miles and tow a lot to keep it hot get a diesal. It depends on how you use your truck, Also anything over 10,000 lbs towing get a diesel, if your towing a pop-up get a gas..... just my 2 cents worth.....
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I have had both a large block V8 gas engine and a Diesel engine in two different trucks with 3:73 differentials. I will never ever go back to a Gas engine vehicle. ONCE YOU GO DIESEL; YOU WILL NEVER GO BACK. In fact my wife's car is a diesel engine vehicle also.
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You have to consider the price of the diesel option on resale. Say you get 10% off the price of the truck that means you paid 7650.00 for the 8500 diesel option. Go to the NADA used car/truck prices and you see added diesel to used truck price up the price on 2012 Ford F350 by 8200.00. What other option is worth more on used truck then paid for it on new truck - sure isn't those nice heated seats.
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I have a 2009 F250 that is starting to cause a lot of problems for us. It has only 118,000 miles and in the last month have spent almost $8000 in repairs to the engine and transmission.

I am looking at getting another truck, either A Dodge or Chevy 2500 HD.

I am not sure if I should stay with a diesel or switch to gas. Most of the summer towing will be within 250 miles from home but we are snowbirds that will put on about 6000 mile s during the winter time.

I would like opinions on towing with gas vesrus diesel.
I would not leave Ford out in the search for a new truck. You have an 09 with the 6.4 Navistar diesel. Some people made out ok with them, but most of them were nothing but headaches. Ford designed the 6.7 themselves and put Navistar to pasture. It has had a good track record so far, some issues with the very early ones, but good overall. I bought a 5.9 Cummins 07 Dodge because I didn't want a 6.0 or 6.4 Ford. Sold it in 2013 and came back to Ford. So far the only truck that let me sit on the side of the road was the "great" 5.9 Dodge (with 49k).

They all have their issues. I know the least about the Duramax as the GM trucks just do nothing for me. The Cummins isn't the dead nuts reliable tractor engine it once was either. Sorry fanboys.

I don't tow all that often, but I don't drive the truck around town unless I need to. All the emissions diesels NEED to be worked hard or issues will creep up.

I wouldn't go back to gas either.
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HA, HA, HA , How many threads on this one? Your right aceinspp. Lets just put it this way, If you don't drive a diesel like you stole it. and use it for running around Town and not towing with it 75% of the time go with gas, If you drive alot of highway miles and tow a lot to keep it hot get a diesal. It depends on how you use your truck, Also anything over 10,000 lbs towing get a diesel, if your towing a pop-up get a gas..... just my 2 cents worth.....
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Personally it seems like I've always owned GM's, I've had 6 L & 8.1 L and the 6.6 Diesel.
I thought they were all good trucks and had good power but if you are going to pull over 10,000 pounds I really think the diesel is the way to go especially with some of the exhaust brakes the new trucks are coming with. Once you have a diesel I think it would be hard to go back to a gas. The hardest thing is trading a gas for a Diesel because of the big cost jump.
The truck I use at work for pulling a 30 foot gooseneck is a F250 with the big gas motor and a six speed automatic, I think it does a good job but it definitely likes to rev not really a problem just not something I'm used to with a diesel.
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We need to know what you are towing and in what kind of territory to better answer this question. If you have a 6000 lb tt towing on the flat then gas is fine. If you have a 12000 lb fiver towing in the mountains then get a 1 ton diesel. It really depends. I had a 09 f250 diesel as well. Piece of junk. Traded it on my chevy duramax and love it! I use mine as a daily driver and as a monthly tow vehicle. No regrets with staying diesel but I also have a heavy fiver and tackle mountains on occasion.
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I tow an 11,000 lb [when loaded to max]TT with a 2013 Chevy 2500 HD Duramax/Allison 4x4 and love it. Pulled an 8,500 lb TT with a Titan before trading for the current TT which the Titan was just not enough, although I liked the Titan.
Even if I didn't have anything to tow, I'd still drive a diesel. There is just something about all that power and longevity plus holding their value that will keep me with a diesel. This is my first one, but definitely not my last unless it outlast me, which it may well do. The tuner was just icing on the cake.
My father had an F250 with the 6.0 and he couldn't keep it out of the shop and almost had to give it away when he traded.
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Old 01-27-2016, 09:08 PM   #19
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So.... what did you do to your diesel to make it have so much trouble? and dropping 8,000 into it, it should be ready to go for another 100,000 miles or more...... The body should drop off the truck because of rust before a good taken care of diesel engine goes bad.
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If you shop around you can get a real deal on a 1 Ton diesel, vs a 3/4 ton gasser that's why I got the diesel.
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