Diesel Driver!!! What you think about your truck?

[ELBEE]

"86" Isuzu p'up 2.2, gets 50 MPG if you go down hill all the time. They'd sell a million of them, if they'd just sart makin' them again! Top that, Knabe! 

 

[AAOK]

My 2002 F250 Crewcab, 7.3L Powerstroke 4X4 is my daily driver.  I'll average about 400 miles per week and get right at 18 mpg every time I check.

 

[Davis Shorthorns]

I have a 01 cummins and I love it!  It has 4:10 gears so it doesn't get the best fuel, 18hwy 15 city 15 trailer.  I have been a Chevy guy all of my life, but believe that diesels shouldn't be v motors.  So the cummins is the only way to go.  Just tell your dad to say that he didn't buy a dodge he bought a motor it just came wrapped up in a dodge body.  (lol)  Its sad, but the truth.  If cummins was in a ford I would own a ( choke ) ford, if it was in a gm I would own a gm it is that simple.

P.S. if you get a auto and plan to pull anything with it put a after market trans. cooler on it.

 

[Turkey Creek Ranch]

We have an 06 Duramax and we LOVE it. VERY Low maintenance, awesome torque and power at any speed. The Allison tranny works great when we haul out where its hilly. It gets around 16-18 MPG, depends how you drive it.  (lol)

 

[justintime]

What is all the concern over miles per gallon??? Fuel is cheap again

 

[TPX]

We were looking at new trucks up here in canada and we like the duramax so we were looking for a one ton dually crew cab and found a nice one on the lot that they wanted 62k for but it was zero percent financing.  So then I asked what there cash price was and just about fell over when they told me 48k so we took that price home and even with the banks interest rate it was alot cheaper to take the cash price.  So its best to bicker with the dealers b/c they are haveing a hard time getting rid of these trucks.  Had one guy in the bussiness that if you are buying a used truck right now that you should offer them between 5 to 10k less then what they are asking b/c that is all they are getting at auction right now.

 

[BCCC]

What is all the concern over miles per gallon??? Fuel is cheap again

But how long will it last?

 

[justintime]

Sorry, I was trying to be smart..... I am driving a 2001 Chev 3500 crew cab dually that is GAS ! It was in mint condition when I purchased it and the former owner had only put 3000 miles on it in 5 years. I purchased it for $25,000 less than a similar truck that was diesel. For that reason, I thought I could put a lot of gas in it... and I certainly have done so!!!! I have not checked the mileage as I know it would make me puke, but I know it is not very good. It has got really bad since they legislated all our gas has 10% ethanol in it. In fact all our gas vehicles, have really got worse in regards to mileage. We also have a Buick Rendezvous and a  my dad has a new Impala. I also have a Chev 3500 dually that is diesel, and while it has lots of miles on it, it still gets the best mileage of any vehicle on our farm. All have got poorer gas mileage since ethanol has been added. I, for one , am not convinced that ethanol is an answer to our energy concerns. Here in Canada, we are already seeing some ethanol plants having serious financial concerns, and others are still doing well. I think there will be a major reshuffling of this industry within the next few years.

Our province is the second largest oil producer in Canada. Every time oil increases by $1 per barrel, our provincial government adds $200 million to its general revenues. Therefore, we all benefit in some ways with high oil prices. Just to give you an example of what the recent record high oil prices meant to Saskatchewan, we had a surplus over projected projections, in the first quarter of 2008,
of $3.5 Billion... that is Billion with a B. The profits being made by the oil companies are totally obscene. I have been told that it costs approx. $600,000 to drill an oil well in our area now.... and some of the wells have paid for themselves before the pipe from the drilling rig has been pulled out of the ground.

 

[knabe]

"86" Isuzu p'up 2.2, gets 50 MPG if you go down hill all the time. They'd sell a million of them, if they'd just sart makin' them again! Top that, Knabe! 

got 56 mpg on my last tank full on my honda hybrid manual transmission driving 75-80 mph with that egg shell under my foot.

 

[worthabit]

Sorry, I was trying to be smart..... I am driving a 2001 Chev 3500 crew cab dually that is GAS ! It was in mint condition when I purchased it and the former owner had only put 3000 miles on it in 5 years. I purchased it for $25,000 less than a similar truck that was diesel. For that reason, I thought I could put a lot of gas in it... and I certainly have done so!!!! I have not checked the mileage as I know it would make me puke, but I know it is not very good. It has got really bad since they legislated all our gas has 10% ethanol in it. In fact all our gas vehicles, have really got worse in regards to mileage. We also have a Buick Rendezvous and a  my dad has a new Impala. I also have a Chev 3500 dually that is diesel, and while it has lots of miles on it, it still gets the best mileage of any vehicle on our farm. All have got poorer gas mileage since ethanol has been added. I, for one , am not convinced that ethanol is an answer to our energy concerns. Here in Canada, we are already seeing some ethanol plants having serious financial concerns, and others are still doing well. I think there will be a major reshuffling of this industry within the next few years.

Our province is the second largest oil producer in Canada. Every time oil increases by $1 per barrel, our provincial government adds $200 million to its general revenues. Therefore, we all benefit in some ways with high oil prices. Just to give you an example of what the recent record high oil prices meant to Saskatchewan, we had a surplus over projected projections, in the first quarter of 2008,
of $3.5 Billion... that is Billion with a B. The profits being made by the oil companies are totally obscene. I have been told that it costs approx. $600,000 to drill an oil well in our area now.... and some of the wells have paid for themselves before the pipe from the drilling rig has been pulled out of the ground.

We have a 2001 2500hd with the 6.0 gas and get about 14 mpg whether it is hauling or not. Acouple of years ago I was wishing we had gotten a diesel but when we purchased it we couldn't justify the extra $6000 for the diesel engine. With diesel now 20 cents more than gas and our fuel mileage about the same as many diesels now, I'm glad we were cheap!

 

[klintdog]

I had an 04 Chevy 2500 with the Duramax that I traded off in February for an 2008 Chevy 3500 Dually with the new Duramax. The 04 would pull around 19mpg on the highway and dog down to around 12-13 when we had the 24' trailer behind it. Plenty of power though! The new truck didn't start out too well with mileage, I got 11.4 when I drove it home from the lot, but as the miles have been put on and it breaks in, the mileage has been getting better. I'm at 16,000 miles right now and it's up to around 15.5 for mileage. I averaged 12.0 mpg towing the trailer to Kansas and back in May, so it's actually getting better mileage than the 04 with the trailer on, and that's including a long bed crew cab dually on the 08 versus a short bed crew cab on the 04.

I also had an 02 Powerstroke 7.3L before I got my 04 Duramax and that was a heck of a truck. Mileage was around 18 empty and 12-13 loaded, but she had the guts...so much so that I blew the tranny right out of it.