[AT] synthetic oil - gas versus diesel trucks

[Dean VP]

I agree about the noisy part of the diesels.  However, after driving my
truck since 2003 I have gotten used to it and doesn't bother me anymore.
The JD 750 with the YanMar 3 cylinder diesel is another story.  It is noisy
upon start up but I fired it up once when the temps were in the 20's and it
really startled me. I thought the pistons were going to change holes and
come out the side of the block. I'll admit I hadn't run a diesel engine
since I left the farm in the 50's but the noise that YanMar diesel engine
made on a cold startup really got my attention.  Way way worse than my Ford
250 diesel engine.  But... I guess I really don't care about that noise much
anymore because it has been such a reliable engine for me.  It helps when
you get older and the hearing gets worse too. Just had cataract surgery on
both eyes and accused my wife of having changed the lights in the kitchen
while I was having surgery.  It is amazing how a slow reduction in light can
become normal to the mind. 

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. 

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John,
While I agree, I look at it differently.  I have to drive a diesel powered
truck to buy groceries(which doesn't always work out).  I'll be damned if I
am going to be around one of those noisy, smelly, expensive contraptions
just to drive somewhere.  I have had that opinion for near
40 years now.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

On 11/20/2016 6:56 AM, John Hall wrote:
> The noise and smell are my 2 biggest knocks against diesel vehicles. 
> Why on earth diesel engines in vehicles have to be so %&*$ loud is 
> beyond me. We've only had 4 pcs of diesel machinery here on this 
> farm--2 4020's, 4430 and a 6620 combine. None of them at full throttle 
> make the racket a diesel pickup idling does. Lets be honest, 
> Semi-trucks are quieter than pickups. And then there are the idiots 
> that have to get more HP and change the exhaust to make it louder. 
> Whatever happened to walk softly and carry a big stick? Love the 
> durability and longevity of diesels, just wish Detroit would quit 
> marketing to the same old defective gene that causes males in this 
> country to "compensate" for their inadequacies.
>
> John Hall
>

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