A friend of mine is wanting to replace his 1996 Ram 2500 with a V10. He is looking at a 2011 2500 with the 5.7 Hemi, and a 2014 2500 with the 6.7 diesel. He mainly tows an 8000-10000 pound trailer and hauls a thousand or more pounds in the bed of the truck when he uses it. The truck with the Hemi has 63000 miles and the diesel has 29000. The diesel is about $8000 more. Are there any issues with either of these trucks? He really likes my 2012 1500, so he wants to go with a newer Ram instead of a Ford or Chevy. Also the truck could sit for a month, would that hurt the diesel motor?

 

If he is constantly towing like that I would go for the diesel hands down, especially for a truck that is 3 years newer with less miles and for only $8,000 more.

 

For only $8k more and 33k miles less?? Diesel hands down, no questions. As for sitting, the diesel can sit longer than any gasser with E10 fuel in it. Pump gas doesn't keep for more than a week or two before it starts to separate. At least '08+ gas RAMs have fuel lines made for ethanol though.

 

Based on how much he tows I would say diesel. But the statement above is one of the silliest things I've seen in a long time.

 

http://www.fuel-testers.com/expirati...hanol_gas.html

http://fuelschool.blogspot.com/2009/...l-blended.html

http://nationalpetroleum.net/Ethanol...tion-facts.pdf

Maybe 2-3 weeks is a little extreme, but I have personally seen lawn equipment fail to work because of this exact thing in this time period. I have also had to remove and flush a fuel cell from a truck that had been sitting for around a month and a half because it wouldn't start, caused by "bad" or "separated" fuel.

 

Maybe 2-3 weeks is a little extreme, but I have personally seen lawn equipment fail to work because of this exact thing in this time period. I have also had to remove and flush a fuel cell from a truck that had been sitting for around a month and a half because it wouldn't start, caused by "bad" or "separated" fuel.[/QUOTE]

I must be awfully lucky. I buy from stations that I know sell a lot of fuel. I always buy 89 octane or better. I never buy from a station that is receiving a load of fuel. I do not use fuel stabilizer, just some fuel treatment in the winter. With that said I have never had an issue with fuel going bad in my vehicles, cans or lawn equipment. I do try not to store fuel without using it for more than 4-5 months but have let my chainsaw and weed eater go longer and still have only used gas treatment sparingly with no serious issues. Just my experience though.