Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Well they are more fuel efficient in some cases, but man can they dump the exhaust fumes, especially when they're starting up in cold weather. Diesels are great for moving a lot of weight, more cost effectively, but in recent years they've hit the trucking industry HARD with emissions control, and they've hit off road uses too. The rail industry has had to make changes, and I think they've hit construction equipment now also. The other thing was, the only car manufacturers to put a real diesels in cars, where Mercedes and VW. Most American cars didn't fair well. The heavier pick up trucks put true diesels in them, but those are being cracked down on to. New Diesels have to use an additive to clean up the exhaust levels, which requires a whole new system on the engine, and has been a pain for most mechanics I knew, and added a lot of complex systems, and added expenses in service costs, and initial purchase prices. The last couple of tractors I drove had the system on it. Check engine lights would go on all of the time, over silly shit, like loose wires or sensors. It added over 2000 pounds to my tractor, and it also had THREE check engine lights on it. The DEF fluid you had to add, would freeze up in the winter. I would rather have a diesel, then an electric though.
