Golden Jubilee
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Joined: Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:45 pm
Location: Canada's left Coast
Re: Converting a 1973 1310 from gas to diesel
I am very familiar with service truck use. The company I worked for had an F450 with a Ford V10. This truck carried a compressor system along with 200 liters of fuel and 100 liters of 15/40 oil. There was two 8D batteries with cable connections front and rear for boosting. At the back was a small crane. The front push bumper looked heavy. The F450 was 4X4. This service truck weighed 15,000 pounds.
The truck did city road calls, in traffic, lots of yard pushing and towing.
A service truck engine is often idling at a call out. When this is all combined, the F450 consumed gasoline at the rate of 1 liter / kilometer. About 3 mpg.
The replacement Ram with the same size chassis and service box and same duties
Gets 12 miles per gallon. The Ram has a Cummins engine. Both trucks have automatic transmission.
Anything a gasoline engine can do, and Diesel engine can do as well or better and more economically.
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