help me decide... get rid of my 2010 half ton to get a diesel or?
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I think that your towing 45 miles per week / 2300 miles per year should work out fine.
I would recommend getting the lowest profile tank trailer available. I get about 15mpg towing my lowboy at that weight and barely 10mpg towing the same weight RV.
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From: Vidor,Tx
water is 8.35lbs a gallon so you will have 2505lbs of water......i say get a small 5x10 or so utility trailer that can handle that weight and mount the water container on it and save the money of a new truck
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From: North Aurora, Il - 40 miles west of Chicago
The trailer is the best option, and cheapest and easiest to maintain.
You can always drive slower, loaded, to make it much easier on everything.
300 gallons of water should weigh on the plus side of 2000 pounds. Plus the trailer weight.
You can always drive slower, loaded, to make it much easier on everything.
300 gallons of water should weigh on the plus side of 2000 pounds. Plus the trailer weight.
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From: Hawaii
Where do I live? Northern Alberta in Canada. A LOT of places run of below ground tank. Drilling a well is 10-15 thousand and its not even a gaurentee they hit water, but you gotta pay. Plus all our ground water if loaded with iron, which needs expensive systems to remove. If you don't remove it, it wrekcs your clothes, un drinkable, and cloggs pipes and pumps. Its the way we live up here.
I can pay someone 120$ to fill my tank for me once a month. Over the course of 5 years that is 7200$ in water.. no thanks. And EVERY service in my area goes up each year. WIthin the past 3 years the sewage hauling company went from charging 90$ to get your septic pumped to 220$.
I'm looking at trailers right now. Seems like a good option right now. I just hope hauling 4500lbs 2-3 times a week won't kill my trans and motor.
Thanks for the advice, any other advice is appriciated...
I can pay someone 120$ to fill my tank for me once a month. Over the course of 5 years that is 7200$ in water.. no thanks. And EVERY service in my area goes up each year. WIthin the past 3 years the sewage hauling company went from charging 90$ to get your septic pumped to 220$.
I'm looking at trailers right now. Seems like a good option right now. I just hope hauling 4500lbs 2-3 times a week won't kill my trans and motor.
Thanks for the advice, any other advice is appriciated...
Honestly.... i would sell my truck and then purchase a 7.3L or 5.9L. Better economy, power, and reliability
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From: Exeter, CA
I have 1250 lbs of concrete retaining wall blocks in the bed of my (a 1500) truck right now and I can't even imagine another 1000+ lbs. At least not as a routine load. Trailer option sounds much smarter to me. Hopefully you will be hauling water on level ground and not in the mountains. Whatever tank you haul in, hope its baffled. Whatever you decide, good luck!
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If you're counting votes. Unless you just really want a diesel. Which I can understand. My vote would be get an appropriate trailer and tank. A Dodge 1500 Hemi will pull 5 or 6000 pounds without much problem, with the right rear end gears anyway. I'm thinking $8000 dollars buys a lot of trailer and water. You'll be able to use it for other projects and maybe there is somebody else you can haul water for to help cover expenses. Good Luck.
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I have 1250 lbs of concrete retaining wall blocks in the bed of my (a 1500) truck right now and I can't even imagine another 1000+ lbs. At least not as a routine load. Trailer option sounds much smarter to me. Hopefully you will be hauling water on level ground and not in the mountains. Whatever tank you haul in, hope its baffled. Whatever you decide, good luck!
Ya I'm going with a tandem axle trailer rated for 7,000lbs.
Its funny, ask a gas owning 1/2 ton guy and they say keep it, get a trialer and air bags.
Ask a guy who owns a 3/4 diesel and you get the "get a diesel you'll never look back.. lower gas better reliabitly better wear"..
It was a hard choice but I'm getting a trailer and airbags.. If I feel the need to get the diesel, I will next spring
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Ya I'm going with a tandem axle trailer rated for 7,000lbs.
Its funny, ask a gas owning 1/2 ton guy and they say keep it, get a trialer and air bags.
Ask a guy who owns a 3/4 diesel and you get the "get a diesel you'll never look back.. lower gas better reliabitly better wear"..
It was a hard choice but I'm getting a trailer and airbags.. If I feel the need to get the diesel, I will next spring
Its funny, ask a gas owning 1/2 ton guy and they say keep it, get a trialer and air bags.
Ask a guy who owns a 3/4 diesel and you get the "get a diesel you'll never look back.. lower gas better reliabitly better wear"..
It was a hard choice but I'm getting a trailer and airbags.. If I feel the need to get the diesel, I will next spring
IMO that's the correct move for now. Don't get me wrong. I love driving and using the diesel for pulling and hauling. Your current truck with the right trailer will be your best bang for your buck.
