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BlackSilver

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Posted: 04/21/12 07:30am

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SeattleFire wrote:

Go back to the second post overall on this endless thread. $1.55 a gallon for diesel on 06/21/04. That price has nearly TRIPLED in less than eight years. Would love some stats from someone much more educated than myself on the numbers from our current "administration".

FWIW, I fueled up with diesel here in Cheyenne yesterday evening for $3.979/gal. Four years ago, summer of 08 under a different "administration", diesel prices peaked at $4.771/gal.

Has little or nothing to do with politics.

Sorry to spoil your rant.

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Take your hand dandy time machine back to 1970 and invest heavily into big oil. Then you'll be ecstatic about the high prices. It's capitalism. Both R and D capitalize from it. If you're on the winning side, you love it. If you're on the losing side, you're like me and paying through the roof to feed your HD pickup.

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Posted: 04/21/12 12:45pm

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rvert10 wrote:

Jarlaxle wrote:

Because summer diesel will turn to jello in the cold weather!

Then why not leave the anti-gell agent in during the summer?

Hey, thanks for the enlightenment. I did some research and based on what you have stated its also an EPA requirement for diesel and gasoline.

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Posted: 04/24/12 10:18pm

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Crazyfoe wrote:

Gas and diesel suck! Electric is where it's at now....Go Green or stay home....

Donn't kid yourself, it takes some form of energy to generate the electricity. Those power plants pollute just like gas and diesel engines.

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Just got rid of my 04 hd2500 Gas 6.0 for a 06 Ford F350 superduty the millage on my old truck was this pulling my 5er i got 5mpg around town 10 hwy 12 on my Ford I get 11 pulling my camper 17 around town and 22 hwy interstate Gas here is like 3.70 a gal and diesel is 3.95 go 30 miles down the road and its 3.65 gas and 3.83 diesel but I love the power my Ford has pulling over the hd2500

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Posted: 04/29/12 11:35pm

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Everyone is getting way too tachnical on this issue. Just go to YouTube and search for Diesel vs Gas towing. Watch some real life tests and the results speak for themselves...there's just no comparison. It's the whole reason the big 3 have produced diesel engines for so many years. If you're pulling wieght, Diesel is better....every time...period.

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Posted: 04/30/12 07:23am

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Right up until the HPFP grenades and you discover the repair will cost $15,000+.

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Posted: 05/09/12 10:29pm

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Jarlaxle wrote:

Right up until the HPFP grenades and you discover the repair will cost $15,000+.

Nobody said it was cheap. They just said it was good.

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Posted: 05/09/12 10:45pm

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How has the Twin Turbo Ford held up? Any MPG issues?

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Good point John. And I've done a comparison between a 2003 SO Cummins Ram and an identical 2005 Hemi powered 2500HD. If I were deaf and didn't have a tachometer, I wouldn't know the difference towing our 10,400 lb Jayco 5th wheel. The Hemi would actually tow it faster up the grades although it was at 5k rpm/70mph. I usually set cruise at 65 in the interstates and 60 on the back roads and let it shift and do it's thing. The Hemi from direct to second and the Cummins from O/D to direct on the uphills. One shifted as much as the other. Never hurt a thing. Cringe factor is not an engine weakness or transmission problem. More of a mental problem.