Would you buy another Diesel Pickup at $5.00/gallon

[hammersley]

Now I know that the more expensive the fuel the more savings you may have with Diesel - BUT my point is that a lot of us have made decisions on rigs when the fuel was $1. 00'gallon or less NOT what may be in the very near future! So - I think a lot of us would not make that same decision today... . I also believe the New RV industry will take a Big Dump and be a shadow of what it once was! Things are going to change drasatically I fear!

 

[Rescue Ram]

Not sure what other option I would have for ranching use. Maybe I could load up the trunk of a VW TDI with hay and install a kingpin on the roof to pull my stock trailer. :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[DieselMinded]

if diesel was $5 then gas would be just as high



I cant see where it would change your mind either way



DM

 

[catoiler]

No matter what you do to a gasser it will never do the same chores as easly a diesel!

 

[macdaddy]

Hey Hamm

I have thought of everything you said and when I rationalized I came up with this conclusion.



When I go on the road every summer for a month to your neck of the woods, and figure what my fuel bill will be it still comes out cheaper than it would be to load up the entire family and go on a cruise, fly to Hawaii, or where ever.



My fuel bill this summer was $1120. 00 next summer it is going to be 2K. I am still going to go. I realize allot of people are not so fortunate, but I also realize allot of members that can afford a $45K+ trucks can probably afford this kind of fuel bill for a summer vacation. The same goes for anyone who can afford motorhome or similar RV.



No flame suits required



Mac

 

[2broke2smoke]

if gas and diesel are near the same price ...



and 1 ton hemis still get 10 mpg



hell yes i'll be driving a cummins ...



hopefully they'll get biodiesel prices down as the manufacturing process gears up and people realize that we can pay american farmers instead of ************

 

[wtfd6]

fuel prices would not make up my mind. i just cant see buying a brand new truck. they depreciate so fast. well actually with the chrysler employee discount i get through my father in law, it sucks up most of the depreciation in the first year. i just dont know if i would ever buy a brand new truck though. since i fix my own i dont need no warranty. lol.



mark

 

[trqmnstr]

If diesel goes to $5/gal, guess where gas will be. It will probably be pretty close. My only alternative would be to buy another truck with a gas job but that doesn't make much sense. We can't all just go out and buy TDI's to pull our trailers and such. There is no other way but to pay the $5. There is no alternative to CTD owners to offset the fuel increases, except quit driving. Nothing will get as good of fuel mileage and perform the tasks that we need them to.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

If I didn't already own a CTD the chances of me getting one with fuel at $5 would be significantly less than if it was $2. I would probably find an 1st Gen Ram or possibly GM or Ford diesel to take care of my truck needs and come up with a Jetta or old MB for a commuter vehicle.



Since I already have my '96 it's still my truck and Daily Driver, for now, and it'll see more home-brew bio if it does go to $5.

 

[bmoeller]

The Ram gets 30-50% better mileage than my last gaser truck, and TWICE the power. I ain't going back.

 

[Jengle]

No, I'll keep the one I got now, and start making biodiesel. I won't buy something else to support the oil companies that are putting the screws to us now.

 

[todt061458]

Of course I am going to buy another Diesel. what do you want me to do buy a horse and buggy? never go back to a gasser again.

 

[Champane Flight]

If?

If we all just shut em off for a week or so, refused to buy fuel, you can bet the prices would go down. Last I checked WE (all of America) still control prices, we just have to adjust/sacrifice a little. Demand goes down, prices go down... No, I would not sell my diesels because of prices, I would just drive less.

 

[TSpecht]

Excellent plan to have everyone stop buying for a week. Then to make up for the profit they lost during that week, they'll simply re-raise their prices to make up the difference. How are people going to accomplish this? I think most of us here don't live at work, so this would be difficult unless self employed, because not buying fuel = not going anywhere. In fact it doesn't matter for me because I only buy fuel every 2 weeks, make sure you time your boycott for the week I don't need to buy fuel and I'll participate. This is one of those things where the only way you're going to hurt them is to permanently switch to another fuel source such as biodiesel or WVO, etc. Especially seeing how the prices are partially that way because of supply and peoples turning down the ability to increase supply.

And I voted yes, I'd buy another one but in reality what I meant was I'd keep what I've got and simply run it on something else.

 

[Champane Flight]

Not all

Not all of us can burn WVO/bio diesel, or want to. Some of us live in colder climates. Reality is HERE folks, start carpooling, think seriously about moving closer to your jobs, and most of all plan your trips to the store a little more, make that trip count, do three, four, errands on one trip! The oil companys are not the bad guys here, we are! We are a selfish bunch that do not want to give up the CONVIENENCE by walking, telling the kids to walk, or ride their bike, or canceling that faraway vacation for something a little closer.



In retrospect, until WE do something, the pipelines, refinerys, and terminals will be operating at MAX capacity, with tanks near empty. This taxes the system, along with custom fuels for certains areas, and disasters in major refining areas. The reality is here and now. Do not buy gas and diesel for a week, BIG changes would come. Of course America would not or could not come together for that amount of time for something this important.

 

[MHalloran]

Not all of us can burn WVO/bio diesel, or want to. Some of us live in colder climates. Reality is HERE folks, start carpooling, think seriously about moving closer to your jobs, and most of all plan your trips to the store a little more, make that trip count, do three, four, errands on one trip! The oil companys are not the bad guys here, we are! We are a selfish bunch that do not want to give up the CONVIENENCE by walking, telling the kids to walk, or ride their bike, or canceling that faraway vacation for something a little closer.



In retrospect, until WE do something, the pipelines, refinerys, and terminals will be operating at MAX capacity, with tanks near empty. This taxes the system, along with custom fuels for certains areas, and disasters in major refining areas. The reality is here and now. Do not buy gas and diesel for a week, BIG changes would come. Of course America would not or could not come together for that amount of time for something this important.

You couldn't have said it any better! Too bad we can't wake America up and have everyone boycott fuel for a week. This would probably work. I've cut back to 55mph and theres still a buncha buttholes zippin' by me doin' 70+ mph. Guess their wallets are fat. Definitely a difference in fuel use 55 vs. 70.

 

[radar doctor]

No 1... . I Have A Couple Of Things To Add. Forst Of All A Few Weeks Ago The Kc Star Newspaper Told About The Big Oil Companys Shutting Down Refinerys Through Out The Us Over Many Years So The Public Would Not Be Aware Of What Was Happening. here In Kansas I Think 6 Or 7 Refinneries Were Shut Down And One Big One In The Kc, Mo Area. Now The Idea According To The Paper Was To Control The Fuel There By Controlling The Costif Supply And Demand Control The Price Then You Can See How This Is Coming Together... according To The Article A Few Private Individuals With Lots Of Money Tried To Start Up New Refinerys, They Somehow Were Shut Out... you May Be Able To Get A Copy Of This Article By Contacting The Kcstar.com Or A Library In Your Town... No 2... ... . i Have Had 4 Mercedes Diesel Cars Over 35 Yrs And 3 Dodge Diesel Trucks. . i Love Diesels... i Am 68 Retired And Can't Stand 3. oo A Gallon Now, I Voted No At 5. 00 A Gallon... if My Income Was Tied To My Truck That Would Be Different Story. I Love The Tdr And All That It Has To Offer. . i Have Two Sons That Live Near The Kc. Mo Area. one Of Them Has A 96 Dodge Truck And Drives 200 Miles A Day To Work. He Advised He Was Going To Quit His Job And Get Something Closer, Too Hight Fuel Cost. . the Other Boy Has A 05 And Sells Trucks In The Kc Area... so We Support The Dodge People But The Fuel Industry May Break Us... doc... .

 

[DragonflyDriver]

Not all of us can burn WVO/bio diesel, or want to. Some of us live in colder climates. Reality is HERE folks, start carpooling, think seriously about moving closer to your jobs, and most of all plan your trips to the store a little more, make that trip count, do three, four, errands on one trip! The oil companys are not the bad guys here, we are!

Yep. It was nice while it lasted but this petroleum age is nearing its end. Sad thing is, we've got nothing that even comes close to taking its place.

 

[Champane Flight]

Refinerys

Most of the refinerys that were shutdown in the last twenty years were not shutdown to create a false market. They were shutdown because of EPA, OSHA, RCRA, and other government agencys rules and regulations. It would have cost too much to bring these refinerys up to standards of these agencys. There were also enviromental liabilitys involved with keeping them going. Such as site clean up, law suits from outside property owners (you do not have any idea how many people buy property next to old refinerys/gas stations just for the future law suits they can file), location, next to rivers, large population areas, flood zones, and high enviromental risk areas.



These same rules/regulations keep new refinery starts to a minimum. People have the money to build, but after a review of how much it will cost and liability involved, run scared... The only ones who have the ability are the big oil companys right now, large forces of lawyers, property rights, locations, rules/regs, government liason forces, and mucho money are what is needed.

 

[McCRam]

I was doing 70, which is the speed limit on this particular highway, and I was getting passed by everyone. I only passed one car that was doing 50. I hear a lot of people complaining about fuel prices, but I don't see many people saving fuel by slowing down.



By the way I don't plan on buying a new truck, but if I did, it would undoubtedly be a diesel.