I’ve seen the same thing here DakotaDeer. Gone are the days of the 12 valve and the Ford IDIs that got great mileage and lasted seemingly forever with minimal maintenance. Also gone is diesel for 2/3 the price of gas and weak sister gasoline engines. Even the 454s and 460s were gutless by modern standards, heaven forbid you were stuck with a 351 or 360 even with EFI. The new 6.0, 6.2, and 6.4 gassers from the big three produce the same or better numbers than the old time diesels and burn cheaper fuel, albeit more of it.
I’m working for a utility computer now and they got completely away from diesel in the 1 ton and lighter trucks about 10 years ago. They have recently bought some F550 and Ram 5500 diesels but more or less on a trail basis to see how they’ll hold up. They idle a lot but also pull 20k or thereabouts on a regular basis, so I guess we’ll see how they shake out. Seems like they get both extremes of what they’re best at and what’s worst for them on a regular basis.
