And people wonder why VW had to cheat on their emissions systems in order to be sold in the US. I've had 2 VW TDI's and both were fully deleted. My second one was a 2011 with the CR engine and first thing I did when I bought it was delete the dpf and egr and tune it. DPF's are really what kill diesel engines along with the EGR's. Sky high EGT temps during a regen cycle are not healthy on an engine.Many of the medium duty market customers (landscaping trucks etc.) have gotten fed up with the new post emission era of diesel trucks and the higher price of fuel and gone back to gas engines. The new technology required to get Diesel engines to pass stricter and stricter emissions has put the heavy duty industry into a tail spin. Lots of down time. Lots of things that will derate or shut down an engine. Big dollars for repairs. The technology is improving. If I were going to go with a diesel, it would have to be a new one with the latest technology and a warranty. Or I'd buy a pre emissions truck. As far a gas engine go in today's pickup trucks. I'm not sure about hauling that much load for that distance. I'm not really up to speed on the newer gas engines for heavy hauling. But I'd sure be tempted if I thought I could do the job with gas.
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