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Frozen001 Enthusiast

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I am considering trading my truck in for a diesel... What can I exxpect for gas milage... City, highway, and towing....

 

I want real world results for any 2003+ model year diesel.

 

Looking around at the dealers prices are GREAT right now...

BigJayDogg3 Senior Enthusiast

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If you will tow or haul alot, then the price is worth it since diesel's MPG doesn't drop as drastically as the 6.0 does when pulling. That said, if it is going to be a street queen, you are better off buying a 1/2 ton truck.

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Frozen001

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Well here are my thoughts....

 

I plow snow in the inter, so going to a half ton is out of the question for me... I know a 1/2 ton will work, but the beating it wil take is just not worth it to me....

 

Pulling will be occasionally... about 6000 lbs travel trailer, and ocasionally a large dump trailer, or a skidsteer...

 

I am looking to get into an used/low milage extended cab/crew cab right now. I want more cab space than my regular cab.

 

Looking at the price a fuel since my 6.0 currently gets at best 12-13 unloaded, towing 10-11, plowing about 7-8. My average seeem s to hove around 11mpg.... I figure even 3-5 mpg better offsets the cost of diesel fuel.

 

at $4.00 for unleaded cost per mile is $0.36 in my current truck.

at $5.00 for diesel, to coast the same per mile I would have to get 14mpg... this seems reasonable to me anything about that will be $$ in my pocket.

 

Pricing of extended cab diesels in my area with undel 50k with my trade in, my payment a month will be almost exactly the same....

BigJayDogg3 Senior Enthusiast

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Well you have done the financial side of it, and that was what I was worried about It seems to work for you. I say go for it. I just mentioned the half-ton because I needed a crew cab, and I don't haul heavy, just large, so I needed the extra bed space. So for me, with the price of diesel now, I couldn't justify a diesel.

 

The new 6.0s are getting better economy than ours though.

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I say go for it in your situation. Not to mention the diesel, the ext cab will be a huge difference. Try to find an ext cab long bed-they are often cheaper because they're not as wanted.

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