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<blockquote data-quote="norriscathy" data-source="post: 154964" data-attributes="member: 2961"><p>GOOD! Got some good information coming across! If you are a true "Bull Hauler" and are going to put 50,000 to 100,000 plus miles on a truck each year, there is no way a gas burner can compete with a diesel. But! If you haul a little hay. take the cows to the sale barn and put only 15,000 to 20,000 miles on a truck it would be very hard to justify a diesel. I may be comparing apples to oranges; but I am also still running a 1984 Ford diesel (international engine). That thing still gets 18 miles to the gallon empty or pulling a trailer. But I bought it when diesel was 25% CHEAPER than gas. In trying to pull those same Arkansas mountains with a 20 foot trailer and ten cows the Ford diesel (when it was new) just couldn't make it, Had to back down the mountain, go into 4 wheel drive and grandma. Barely made it! Diesels may have gotten better and although my V10 is as rough as a cob it still does more than I need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="norriscathy, post: 154964, member: 2961"] GOOD! Got some good information coming across! If you are a true "Bull Hauler" and are going to put 50,000 to 100,000 plus miles on a truck each year, there is no way a gas burner can compete with a diesel. But! If you haul a little hay. take the cows to the sale barn and put only 15,000 to 20,000 miles on a truck it would be very hard to justify a diesel. I may be comparing apples to oranges; but I am also still running a 1984 Ford diesel (international engine). That thing still gets 18 miles to the gallon empty or pulling a trailer. But I bought it when diesel was 25% CHEAPER than gas. In trying to pull those same Arkansas mountains with a 20 foot trailer and ten cows the Ford diesel (when it was new) just couldn't make it, Had to back down the mountain, go into 4 wheel drive and grandma. Barely made it! Diesels may have gotten better and although my V10 is as rough as a cob it still does more than I need. [/QUOTE]
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