If it's anything like down here, the 10 - 20% premium for diesels is for the 3/4 ton and larger ones. Small diesel pickups are fetching about twice or three times what a comparable gas truck would go for. I think '85 or '86 was the last year most of them -- toyota, nissan, isuzu, mazda, mitsubishi -- came with a diesel. The ford ranger had it till '87 or '88? The Isuzu's seem to be most common around here, but the Mitsubishi (found in the ford ranger and dodge D-50 as well), and Toyota are better because they were turbo and none of the others were, to my knowledge.
On 11/29/05, Darryl McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As Robert indicated, these are rare items indeed. After three years of > searching, I settled on a 3/4 ton pickup, which I found in my local > truck trader. In this area (Ottawa), the diesels seem to command a > premium (10 to 20%) over comparable gasoline trucks. > > I did watch Crown Assets and provincial disposal auctions for a while as > well, no bargains there at all on diesels. There was also an auto > auction place near here that I kept an eye on, but diesels were rare and > when they did appear (especially Cummins), the prices were ridiculously > high. > > I did see some bargains on diesel cube vans on occasion, but they were > not appropriate to my needs. > > Darryl McMahon > > steve reimer wrote: > > Any suggestions on where I can find a small to mid sized diesel pick-up > > truck in > > Ontario, Canada? In the truck trader, I only found 2 or 3 older trucks with > > over 300 000km. > > > > Steve Reimer > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > > messages): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > -- > Darryl McMahon http://www.econogics.com > It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
