I"ve got a 2004 2500 w/5.7 hemi, 4wd, 4.10 gearing, qc, automatic, long bed. (Also own a 2003 2500 Cummins HO diesel, qc, sort bed, 4wd, auto)
The "04 gets about 12mpg average with some city driving, some highway. Set the cruise @ 65, on a flat highway, with no load, 16-1/2mpg best it"s ever done. Loaded trailer behind it, average mpg is around 7. (9,000 to 10,000 trailer/cargo weight)
The diesel does better, especially so when loaded, but initial cost, cost of routine maint, ect, and it"s pretty much a wash as to which is "cheaper". Both are used in a business. VERY detailed milage expense records kept. Cost of owning/Operating cost over 100,000 is with-in pennies between the pair.
All things equal, I"d rather do my every day driving the gasser.
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