Diesel vs gas

[ovrszd]

id say that is probably about right as I put in more on the diesel price of what mine cost me when I bought it new - but yes if I had to put down 10K for the cost of the diesel option on most trucks I could buy a LOT of fuel before I paid for the gasser - I really don't care I was just doing it for kicks to see since someone brought it up lol - others seem to be more concerned I enjoy the banter and debate, and you can accuse me of taking both sides and playing devils advocate - there are always 2 sides and no one is necessarily wrong unless they are not being truthful

I completely agree. I'm not going to go trade trucks tomorrow based on someone's "assessment".

If I added $5K to the diesel option I'd still be ahead.

Funny how these discussions morph. And the morhers always get butt hurt.

 

[4570Man]

Another person that can not tell the difference between light, medium and HD service . No details on the era of the lawn equipment either. Try a port injected or direct injected gasser vs the tier IV diesel .

I’ve got a F series Kubota and a Grasshopper mid mount. The grasshopper is a 2007 and the Kubota is a few years older. If you take what I have in both units and multiple it by 4 you’d be getting close to the cost of either one new so I don’t really care what the direct injection gas has to offer. And the Kubota is 25 hp and the 28 hp grasshopper would almost certainly be de rated so they’d be in the less strict emission category.

 

[MossRoad]

Really, you are going to try and tell us 60K ? Have you been worshiping a FBI agent that is current testifying?

I fixed your quotes, too...

 

[MossRoad]

Similar results. I used 15 and 10. .30 diff on fuel price. No def.

I just looked at my overhead which hasn't been reset for the past 140K miles. It says 18mpg. So I'm pretty safe at using 15mpg.

In my case regarding my truck, it's a no brainer.

Yep, those numbers add up to 60k. I guess the better mileage that pickups get VS the RVs that the calculator was for makes the difference.

 

[buickanddeere]

I'm afraid it's you that fails to tell the difference. But hey, each to their own.

Do tell us the difference once you find out .

 

[buickanddeere]

all of my statistics are accurate and truthful...........my engine is HEUI with a Fuel Injection Control Module the notorious 6.0 Navistar so its not old technology - once you fix the poorly engineered problem they are amazing engines. To break even at 60K im guessing a cummins in an older dodge OR the person didn't buy it new and didn't add on the extra cost of the engine package = if I took that out of mine it would drop significantly

2003 to 2016 in various versions . Voted by Wards in 2003 as the worst diesel. Show us the numbers of what 2018 diesel breaks even over a direct injection gas in 2018.

 

[buickanddeere]

I don't understand this response? My question was why the small/medium duty diesel market has grown? And I'm not talking about foreign countries. I'm talking about your neighborhood.

Manufactures keep costs down by building one piece of equipment to be sold world wide in all markets . Most of the market is in countries where diesel fuel is much cheaper than gasoline . Many of these countries have little to no emissions regulations . To be competitive in the world market the corporate choice is to build just diesels for the market and stick the US and Western Europe for the bolt on tier IV equipment . Plus in the US and Western Europe there are some consumers who still think they are in the 1950痴 to 1990痴 where diesels were the undisputed superior product . Some of these customers will purchase diesel no matter what , before they will accept change and make a different fuel choice .

 

[buickanddeere]

I’ve got a F series Kubota and a Grasshopper mid mount. The grasshopper is a 2007 and the Kubota is a few years older. If you take what I have in both units and multiple it by 4 you’d be getting close to the cost of either one new so I don’t really care what the direct injection gas has to offer. And the Kubota is 25 hp and the 28 hp grasshopper would almost certainly be de rated so they’d be in the less strict emission category.

Rather than comparing apples and oranges , we are comparing 2018 to 2018.

 

[4570Man]

Some of us still have good diesels and don’t plan on replacing them.

 

[searcyfarms]

sorry B&D I didn't get the memo that we were only including 2018 units..............did I miss anything else noteworthy, I thot we were talking about tractors and not trucks? oh shoot did I get that wrong too?

lets see, how many gas tractors with 100hp do I have to compare with 100hp diesels. Wait............how about 150hp? or hmmm 80 , or 75 or 50?

im thinking there must be something to this diesel thing.......