I think most of you guys are missing the original point.
With the new direct inject gas engine that produce better power and mileage the diesel truck may be dead. That's the point. If because of cost diesel pickup sales get to the point where it's not profitable to build them they will stop and you will not be able to buy a new one. At that time there will still be diesel tracks out there but in effect they will be dead. That's not claiming that in the long run the gas engine is better. That's claiming that economics may kill the diesel.
OK some of you have a trailer hooked up most of the time but most don't. Around here it's about 50 50 between the guys who do sometimes do heavy pulling and the kids who may haul a tube to the river. The original post had nothing to do with what you do with your truck. It was in general on how most of em are used and the cost of operation per mile over the length of ownership. Sure there are those out there who really make thier trucks pay for themselves but the vast majority don't.
We have a local very large family here. I believe mom and dad had 11 kids. The boys A. farm or B. do earth work. They are very successful. They all, every one of them, drive Ford diesels. They do do some trailering with the pickups but very little. Like most of the truck owners around here they have real trucks to do the heavy work with.
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