yeah diesel but then they got custom built mounts to which i wanted to get made outa aluminum my friend can make em for me hes made a bunch of them already. put some rubber or something on the inside of the clamp. so i gotta talk to him bout that stuff. but he cant machine plastic i already talked to him about that. he never worked with it i guess. hes got 2 mills and 2 CNCs in his garage. and stuff to do anything !! so hes good friend to have lol