On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:40:16 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:25:09 -0400, John H
wrote:

Trying to decide which to get - between Toyota, Ford, GMC. Toyota doesn't make a
diesel, but the question becomes, 'Why diesel'? The price of the truck is about
$8K more than the gasser. The diesels get better mileage, supposedly, but diesel
also costs more.

Any ideas out there?

I think it depends on how you are going to use it. If you keep your
present camping trailer, you'd probably be happy with either a Tundra
or a F150. I've had my extended cab Tundra for 9 years now and like
it a lot. It's barely broken in at 90,000 miles. Buying new I'd get
it with the larger engine and the full crew cab.

On the other hand if you want a bigger/heavier trailer, and are going
to continue doing long trips, diesel is the way to go. One of my
neighbors has a F350 diesel dually and he claims to get 18 to 19 mpg
on the interstates when he's not towing.

You're right. I just looked up the towing capacities for a couple of the small
gassers. They're right around 10K. Then I looked for small fifth wheel trailers.
There aren't too many that are less than 10K, that's for sure. I may have to
scratch Toyota off the list. Hell, the Tundra will tow only about 1500 lbs more
than my 4Runner.
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John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.