advntrs
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There is no way you will ever recover the cost of buying a diesel. I have a Ford 6.4 Diesel which I love, but towing our 27" VR-1, my mileage is about 11-12 MPG. That would take a lot of towing to recover the cost of a new Diesel.
I moved to an F350, primarily because our old F-150 was being driven by the trailer a good part of the time and I wanted a larger Chassis to eliminate that, which it did. Gas mileage was not a factor in our decision.
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Dandy
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Just some simple math:
IF it were a $5,000 add for the diesel and an overall improvement of 6 MPG and the costs of fuel the same (which its not in most cases) then,
$5,000 cost upgrade / (($4.00 gal gas / 10 mil/gal) - ($4.00 gal diesel / 16 mil/gal)) = 33,333 miles to recover cost of the diesel upgrade
This doesnt add in the maintenece adder for diesel over gas.
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okflipok
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I pull a 2011 Skyline Joey and pull with 2007 F-150 small 8 and was getting 7.5 MPG and decided to purchase one of those wind deflectors (only available in Canada as far as I could find) and just returned from a trip from Branson and I got 9.4 MPH and because I am pretty much deaf I could only notice a low noise from the roof mounted unit. My F-150 also shifts a lot until I disengage the overdrive.
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Desert Captain
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okflipok wrote:I pull a 2011 Skyline Joey and pull with 2007 F-150 small 8 and was getting 7.5 MPG and decided to purchase one of those wind deflectors (only available in Canada as far as I could find) and just returned from a trip from Branson and I got 9.4 MPH and because I am pretty much deaf I could only notice a low noise from the roof mounted unit. My F-150 also shifts a lot until I disengage the overdrive.
Would love to see a pic of the wind deflector and or where did you get it (website?).
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ng2951
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Quote:...Just some simple math...$5,000 add for the diesel and an overall improvement of 6 MPG...33,333 miles to recover cost of the diesel upgrade...This doesn't add in the maintenance adder for diesel over gas. The other thing to consider is that you will likely have the diesel for 500K+ miles. You are likely to keep the gasser for around 250K miles.
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I would like to Thank all of you for you comments.
As always, very helpful.
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fla-gypsy
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I get between 8-10 mpg pulling around 9k with my 6.8L V-10/4.10 rear combo depending on terrain.
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okflipok
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Sorry should have said Air deflector web site 'http://www.icondirect.com/aeroshield-wind-deflector-wd600-series/'
This is the site I went to and Like I said there are no places that I could find in the US guess we don't have people willing to woork any longer. I did a lot of research and really came up empty handed. I paid 380 some dollars and was shocked because it took 4 days to be delivered in Kansas City area. There are differant sizes and colors
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Taurus18
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Just got back from a 2850 mile trip from south central Kansas to Las Vegas and back;
2009 Nissan Titan with 5.6L pulling 5,000# TT. By playing with OD and cruise averaged 9.87 mpg and was pretty happy with that.
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CavemanCharlie
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I asked my brother this morning who pulls a big 5th wheel with a 2011 F-250 Diesel. He says running empty he's getting about 20 MPG. Pulling his trailer he sees 12-14.
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