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I haven't experienced any problem with bogging down with my ZD28, in fact it's quite the opposite. When in their power band, diesels make more torque than a comparable gas engine. The difference is the power band is much more narrow with a diesel than a gas engine and yes, recovery might take a few seconds longer. It's been my experience though that the diesel drops out of the power band much less often than the gas engine did, I'm hard pressed to come up on conditions that make my machine drop out of the power band.
The key will be making sure you have enough engine on your machine when you purchase. Any machine that is underpowered will be problematic, whether it be gas or diesel.
My biggest saving has been in time as I mentioned. I'm refueling less often and making fewer trips to the gas station. Even when the gas station is on the way, and they aren't very often, I have to wait quite a while before enough cars clear to park my truck/trailer combination at the pumps. Then I put up with glares and poor attitudes of the other customers while I fuel up my machines and cans. Most of the stations near me are fairly small and difficult to get in and out of with my rig. I can say I easily have saved a couple hours a week in refueling time. With a 3 man crew, that's big.
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