I think Randy is correct on all points. The gas engines available today are so
powerful, fuel efficient and long-lived the advantages of a diesel are
considerably less than they used to be.
Last night I hauled the dirty old Ferd to Maine. 4,000# tractor on what is
probably a 1,000# trailer. Dodge RAM 1500, 5.7l hauled it no problem. 390HP, it
did hold in 4th (5spd automatic) to pull hills but I never felt like I couldn't
accelerate.
3/4 ton and heavier trucks need more expensive tires too, like twice the money.
Insurance and tax will be more too...
-Curt
On Thursday, May 13, 2021, 11:54:04 AM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I know most of us on here are diesel junkies but he really needs to be
careful about buying a "big old commercial style diesel pick-emup". My
son is a mechanic and he used to work in a shop that did a lot of work
on F250 diesel trucks. The usual cost was around $9,000 when the head
gaskets started to leak. You cannot remove the heads without removing
the cab so labour is high and parts are expensive. Just routine
maintenance is high given the amount of oil they require and the cost of
fuel filters etc. If you avoid the routine service, then you have more
likely troubles. Plus, living in ND in the winter is a tough place for a
diesel. I know people in cold climates who basically leave the truck run
all day and park it in a heated garage at night.
He would likely be much better off with a gas powered truck.
Randy
On 13/05/2021 12:10 AM, Clay via Mercedes wrote:
> Yes, not a very economically practical adventure. Better than keeping the
> young fellow strapped to a clapped out car he is not putting time and
> attention/cash toward making it fully functional. A blended benzo-yeep with
> attendant quality issues. He dreams big, but invests in some things that are
> not Adulting productive. Mama will not allow him to suffer and starve, it is
> her car, and I am best to just keep my yap shut.
>
> To be most appropriate for his location, a pick up from the big three would
> be more useful, given that those are the only dealers within an hour drive of
> his home. He wants a big old commercial style diesel pick-emup. We all
> dream big. One day he will earn enough to afford one.
>
> As for getting value for the car in ANC. Yes, the thing would have greater
> resale up north, but mama wants her baby to have a “reliable” car, unlike the
> W140 and the yeep (cursed daimler cars) he owned previous to getting this
> thing. Also, dropping close to $4k on shipping and servicing the thing so it
> is “reliable” and in his hands…. probably could have instead put that cash in
> as down payment to that truck. I would guess that the Rav would have fetched
> pretty close to high book with both sets of tires and a nice detailing. V6
> Limited AWD, but no trailer hitch. Would be a good way to transport a single
> snow machine or whatever GWN people like to do. Not my car, so she gets to
> make the rules up. Money is to be spent for the things you like. Would have
> cost something to have her new CRV get trucked to the port and tossed on a
> boat. This way she “saves” by driving it half way back and still will pay
> enough to get a reasonably nice W123 to get it sent to ANC.
>
> I guess you just can not put a value on a mother’s love
>
> ---
> clay
>
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