[kramsay]

My husband and I have come to the decision to sell our current truck and look for a truck specifically for me. He recently got a ranger for a to work and "running truck", and has decided I should get something I like.


We have owned 2 "big" trucks in our marriage; a 97 6.5 chevy and (current) a 96 12V dodge cummins.. (I hate the Dodge, hate hate hate it)

We have had both diesels, my dads truck (1 ton,)gets around 13 miles to a gallon, and I can't afford that. I really liked the 6.5 but we bought one with way to many miles (335,000), the motor & body where 100% but the front & rear end where money pits.

I was wondering what you find better in a farm truck a diesel or a gas?
This will also be our family truck, as we 3 can not fit in the ranger.

 

[kramsay]

I am not really wanting a 1500 or a 3500, I am more headed in the direction of a 2500. We do haul round bales and wood in the bed ext.. I LOVE Silverado's!!! Our 6.5 was a Silverado, I loved everything about it, it had no work done before we bought it so it made it to 300,000 miles with out any work at all. It held up to a lot of abuse.

With a 2500 (250) the motor would be a 350, 318, or 360 I believe, and I have heard with all of them 15 mpg is as much as your getting, and that is with out a load. I like diesels if the body doesn't have a lot of miles. Since the motor doesn't seem to need as much work and they have a lot of power, pulling a trailer doesn't affect mileage to bad. We don't make to many long trips, but we do haul/pull quite a bit. 4x4 is a must around here. We are buying used, and the cost of a diesel isn't much more then the cost of a gas.

My main thing is which is cheaper to drive.. a gas 2500 or a diesel 2500.

 

[kramsay]

Ours have gotten about 22, but I was wondering what others have gotten

 

[kramsay]

Our Ford 250 at it's best got 17mpg. My parents are using an F350 Diesel but they're hauling a massive trailer most of the time. Since you're not looking for anything that big I don't know if mileage matters to you but I can get mileage off of them if you think it would help you.

was your ford 250 a gas or diesel? Yea I would like the mileage off your parents truck if ya could thanks

 

[kramsay]

They must really have it loaded down lol...

 

[kramsay]

Any one else, what do you find better on fuel gas or diesel ?

 

[kramsay]

If we get another diesel it will probably be a 90's model Chevy 6.5 turbo diesel... I have found that with dodges you get a lot of front end problems. And I won't buy a ford-- mainly because I would never hear the end of it from some die hard ford friends lol. I also love the way diesels sound, and the way they smell in the cold if we got a gas it would be a bigger a motor... No V6 at all lol