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Power, Fuel Economy, and Conclusion

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Gas VS Diesel work truck. 7 years Later....

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What happens here

Alex highlights that his Ford F-250 (6.2L gas engine) struggles with power when pulling heavy loads, noting that the RPMs jump to 5,000, and the engine strains to maintain speed. He contrasts this with diesel turbos, which spool up at lower RPMs (1,800-2,000) for smoother power delivery. He admits that a gas engine simply can't match the torque of a diesel when pulling heavy loads. Regarding fuel economy, Alex states his Ford F-250 gets around 10-11 miles per gallon without towing and around 8 miles per gallon when pulling. This is compared to his friend's tuned diesel truck, which gets 16-17 miles per gallon, though Alex acknowledges the tuner gives an advantage. He estimates an average stock diesel truck would get 12-13 miles per gallon when towing. The conversation concludes with Stanley asking the audience to vote on whether he should buy Alex a diesel or gas truck, and if it should be a Ford or a Ram.

Goal: Summarize power and fuel economy differences and solicit audience feedback.

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  • Ford F-250 Ford — Comparison of power and fuel economy
  • Tuned Diesel Truck — Comparison of power and fuel economy

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problems yeah so and as far as like dry paint train goes for like drive shafts and axles i think diesel to gas i'm pretty sure they're the same you know maybe the diesel one will have a little bit beefed up uh drive shaft because they're i mean they're getting almost twice as much torque and horsepower out of them so i can imagine them being beefed up a little bit but for like as like front end suspension like those i'm pretty sure those uh front axle joints are the same on the diesels to the gassers so i mean but the thing is is this truck is going from like you want to accelerate and you're going up a hill you're it's jumping to like 5000 rpms if you got a skid on the back you know so like you're kind of got to get on it and then you just you feel it and then it's just riding the rpm so you can get up to speed you know so you're so you're noticing that lack of power oh 100 yeah okay any gas engine i mean the diesel's the turbo is going to spool up 1800 2000 rpms and you're going to be just smooth sailing what about this truck have you ever towed with this one yeah the same thing same thing isn't it it doesn't matter if it's ram or ford it's it's just kind of uh i don't want to say they're gutless but with 10 000 pounds behind them they're gutless you know yeah so no i don't agree with that i mean i think i i've had gutless trucks i've had gutless diesels where you're praying that you just get up that hill at 40 miles per hour yeah you know and i've had gassers which just walk right around them nowadays all those diesel trucks are okay so last question fuel economy in a diesel and the price versus the gasser so what are you what you've got all your buddies run dirt uh ex landscaping companies everything alex doesn't know anybody that doesn't um and they all run diesels right how is their fuel economy what are they saying my buddy p his truck has a tuner and an exhaust on and he's probably getting 16 to 17 miles that 200 cheats though yeah because that's gonna give you better yeah it is but on a average gas truck or on a diesel truck you're probably getting 13 12 to 13 miles to the pulling average pulling pulling yeah pulling yep and i'm getting 10.9 to 12. yeah and i'm getting eight are you getting eight yeah i'm getting 10 without pulling anything you're getting 10 without pulling maybe 11. yeah what engine is this one the 6.2 okay so let's all right and you wanted these all right i do yeah even with all the problems diesel trucks have yeah what did the…

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