Been wondering how many used their Dmax much during the latest cold snap. No problems with fuel or filters? I did have to change one fuel filter (on the road) in my commercial truck during this time. I stay on top of quality fuel and treating it. Most folks talk about their Dmax under great conditions of weather and such. But after covering Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, and Nebraska this last week, I am willing to bet none of the sidelined Dmax 2500/3500's I noticed had owners that are part of the forum. Lots of diesel pickups, and a few diesel cars, sidelined along the road.
The only gassers I saw sidelined were usually tire issues or stuck in snow drift. I wish I could have taken snapshots of the number of diesel pickups I saw sidelined, just sitting along the interstate highway shoulder, clearly mechanical issues. Would have filled several pages of this thread.
It is one of the main reasons I only will go with diesel if there is no practical way to avoid it. It has to be really something that calls for diesel to justify the headaches of diesel. I wonder if Fuelly has a way to add the cost for real comparison of a tow to get the diesel pickup into a warm shop to thaw it out, change fuel filter, and get it going again that many of those broke down diesel pickups I saw this last week will undergo. Something that even when I live in the interior of Alaska I never had to do with a gasser pickup.
And my 2500 did great pushing snow in this cold snap running on $1.12 a gallon E85.