why do you want a diesel?
Just from casual observations, I see a lot more older Fords on the road. They seem to last longer. My FIL is hooked on Dodge but I notice he trades them in every two years.
Maybe you should wait till after the election. Diesel is as expensive as it is. If the Marxist wins he’s going to do everything he can to raise that price into the stratosphere to cripple the economy even further which will raise food prices to astronomical levels getting more people dependent on the gov. which is just how he wants it.
I’ve always driven Toyota trucks and love them, but no diesel models available in US as of now.
My friends who drive diesels for their horse trailers etc like Dodges, because they have Cummings diesels, which last forever and get good mileage, too,
Best all around diesel truck is Ford, as the motor is good and the rest of the vehicle will hold up.
Chevy is pure junk all around.
Don’t have a personal preference but man can you make those deisels turn it on with some minor changes.
He bought a Ford as the truck for the task. F250 Diesel. About every option available except dually rear end. He burned up 2 transmissions in 110,000 miles though the engine never missed a beat.
So he bought a Dodge Cummins diesel, and he's never had any trouble with this truck. He and my mom have it on the road at least once a month, so they are using it often to tow heavy loads.
Like a poster said, he may have the entire truck go south on him before the diesel engine give up. That might be true of lots of diesel trucks, though.
For the average guy Diesel’s are overrated.
I bought my truck 6months before the Ford Ecoboost came out. I wish I’d waited. The nice thing about turbo is the low end torque which is what you get from diesel.
Dodge from what I’ve seen have way too many problems.
I found a low-mileage '04 engine. I deleted the EGR. Had to Pull the cab off to replaced the engine, but well worth it.
Truck has 250K miles on it, but engine only has about 90K.
Runs great!
I was a GM and Mopar guy all my life. No more... Ford EARNED my respect and my money from now on. (I DID have a model A when I was a kid, and I tried to put a Hemi in it) lol
I need a pony.
I’ve been running an F350 for the past four years without any problems. Just your basic daily ride...
I’ve been running an F350 for the past four years without any problems. Just your basic daily ride...
Three years ago I was accosted by a Ford salesman while having our compact serviced. I told him I was a long time GMC guy and usually threw rocks at Fords. He said, “You haven’t looked at Fords lately, have you.”
Long story short I traded my 16YO GMC 1/2-ton Silverado Extended Cab 4X4 for an ‘09 F-150 extended cab 4X4 with a 5.6 Liter gas engine. Best the Jimmy would do on the hwy was 13 mpg. After four cross-country trips that make up most of the 20K miles I have on the F-150, I’ve been getting ~20MPG hwy and 14+ in town. It’s rated for 11K pounds towing and 3K hauling, and hauling my 3K pound boat around doesn’t change that.
But the reason I bought it was that Ford has features the GM models don’t have yet. GM is stuck in the nineties. My F-150 is everything I ever wanted in a truck, including a closed circuit TV for hooking up the trailers.
I tow a two horse trailer with a F250 5.4 liter with 160K trouble free miles. I looked at getting a diesel which would have cost about 10K more because even though it was only 6K more for the engine I couldn’t get one without other upgrades. I just have a plain old interior so the wet dogs can hop right in and I can hose her out. The only reason to buy a diesel is if you have a heavy load to haul. How heavy you contemplating? If I had a real big trailer like a 4 horse RV (wish wish) I’d go with a Ford F450 diesel. I like a lot of truck in front of my trailers so the trailer knows who’s boss. Diesels last but the maintenance is a lot higher. Brand is really a hard call since there are better combinations than others in all brands. I am a Ford guy, on my 5th Ford truck. Have Toyoto trucks for light hauling, good ride. Silverado seems most stylish and car like ride to me, other than Tundra. I had one Chrysler in my life, with the slant six, and that was a nice car, but I traded it for a 72 F250. Bottom line, what’s the load you gotta haul? Also nice toi have a dealer close to home.
Ford. ‘nuff said.
I have owned both Ford and Dodge diesel trucks. I have found that the Ford is better in fit and finish department but the Dodge is better as far as running gear. my current truck is an 04 2500 with the Cummins. When I purchased the truck new it got about 18 mpg average I chipped it (added a performance chip to the computer) put in a cold air intake and replaced the stock exaust with 5” from the turbo back. I now get 23 avg mpg and will get up to 30 highway. I took a trip from Wa. state to West Virginia carrying a 10’ camper and pulling a 16’ trailer with 3 4 wheelers and my camping gear. My round trip avg. mpg. was 15.7. You cant beat a Cummins
I bought a used 02 Dodge 3500 4x4 dually three years ago and it has been great. No problems. I had the engine modified with a smarty chip, 4” exhaust Bully Dog pumps and a big air cleaner. It is an 8000lb truck and gets 20mpg on the highway. (I normally keep the chip set on economy, which still has 40 more hp than stock). However, the performance shop told me to stay off the higher performance settings of the chip as the transmission can’t handle it without modification. The beefed up tranny cost $4200.