I think you have some interesting points, but if you do much pulling at all, the diesel IS the way to go.
True that a 350hp gas has the same HP as a 350 hp diesel, but that is only useful if you have a stick tranny and keep both engines in the power curve, which for a gas engine will be really high RPM, not much fun to drive and really hard on gas.
I have had several 3/4 and 1 tons, both gas and diesel. My Dodge V10 got as bad as 4mpg over a full tank of fuel pulling a 8,000lb trailer with a 10,000lb 4020 on it with a cab into a strong headwind. I could hold 60mph, but ran out the 35 gallon tank in short order.
Also as to justifying spending the $8000 or so for the diesel, every dime of that seems to come back on resell or trade in value. Run 50,000 miles on a identical gas and diesel trucks, diesel would be worth roughly $8000 more, 100,000 miles, same thing. The numbers will start to slide off after that, but you have already recouped the cost of the diesel in fuel savings at 100,000 miles anyway
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