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RE: Might be forced to buy Diesel
Would like to understand your fear of diesel, Cummins has been one of the most trouble free diesels year after year. Or is it the $8,000 up front cost? You can deal that down some, but will get much of it back at trading time, as diesels hold a higher value.
I don't have a fear of diesel but I don't want to tear up a $50,000+ truck up because I only do 6 miles trips and only put about 7k miles a year on it. That's why I posted to see if any others do short trips on their new dieusels. The money is not really an issue to me if I can get many trouble free years out of a diesel with my current driving habits.
If I did buy one, it would probably be a RAM Cummings just because my last two trucks were Dodge/RAM and have been trouble free (non diesel trucks).
Burch
If you drive long highway trips and put more miles per year on a truck you will get more miles out of the truck. Those that put 50,000 miles per year on their diesels are getting 500,000 miles out of an engine. So if you only put 7000 miles per year on your truck maybe you will reduce its engine life to 140,000 miles and you'll have to replace the truck in 20 years. The periodic highway trip is needed with the new deisels to clean the exhaust filter. The information screen on the dash will let you known that it's time to take the truck for a little longer drive every once and a while. An engine likes to be run long enough in the winter to get up to temperature so it can evaporate condensation from the crankcase so the short trips might require that you change oil every 5000 miles.
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05/20/13 06:24am |
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RE: 2003 duramax questions
I have an 03 and have had numerous problems with the truck. I would buy an 06 or newer if I were you. A freind of mine traded in his 03 two years ago with about the same mileage and in excellent shape, the dealership allowed him $6000 for it. (he had got his best cash price first and then showed them his trade).
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4x4ord
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05/19/13 03:53pm |
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RE: Might be forced to buy Diesel
I would want a diesel and then look for some excuse to purchase one. If you really want a gasser, I am sure you would have no problem towing 14000 lbs with a gas engine. 30 years ago we used a gas engine in a 3 ton truck that was loaded to over 30,000 lbs 100% of the time. It did just fine.
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4x4ord
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05/19/13 02:29pm |
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RE: Test drove a new Chevy D/A Dually today
Nothing beats the power and smothness of the D/A - unless the Ram with the new Cummins and Aisin can do it?
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4x4ord
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05/19/13 03:45am |
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RE: 2013 RAM HDs driven/tested
I guess since we will never hook up to 28000 lbs it really doesn't mean that much. Not needing anymore power to do what we need to do now. Most rv'rs are not that great of drivers . Not that rv's are the only use for a powerful truck .
chevman
When the truck is capable of handling its load it doesn't require any special skill to haul 28000 lbs down the road with a pick up. The other day I hooked my little Ford up to a 32000 lbs gooseneck and had my 19 year old daughter drive it. I told her "it's heavy, be careful" and away she went. I tried to follow her with the big truck but there was no way I could keep up to her. Later I asked her how it was to drive, she said " I just turned the corners a little wider and started slowing down a little sooner than I would with a car, but other than that it was no big deal."
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05/18/13 11:41pm |
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RE: 2013 RAM HDs driven/tested
..My idea of a great truck, be it Chevy/GM, Ford or Dodge/Ram is that it's reliable, looks good and does the job that I want it to do..don't care if it's the fastest, has the most HP or TQ, most GVWR, GCWR and on...honest, it doesn't matter to me,
Not that it matters any, but what was it that made your 2012 inadequate? I don't blame you at all for going for the 2013 - I might even consider a Ram next time around - but something must have been leaving you wanting with your 2012 and about the only difference is more HP, torque, GVWR, GCWR and so on.
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4x4ord
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05/18/13 01:15pm |
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RE: DEF, even dumber and blind too.
When I had put gasoline in my diesel I pumped the contaminated fuel into a couple gasoline vehicles to avoid wasting the fuel. A little diesel in your gas engine isn't going to hurt anything.
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4x4ord
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05/18/13 07:21am |
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RE: air?
I run 60 in the front and 80 in the rear as the door jam sticker says - I load my truck to its limit. During certain times of the year when I am unlikely to be towing I would reduce the pressure in the tires to give the truck a nicer ride but that sets off the TPMS so I leave them inflated to the limit year round. Even though my tires are worn bald in 40,000 miles they are very evenly worn.
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4x4ord
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05/17/13 08:03am |
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RE: Payload vs Tow rating?
I try to stay within the tire ratings of my truck. Of next importace would be axle rating. I see little point in a gvwr and pay no attention to my truck's gcvwr. At times my truck is used to haul a 32000 lb gooseneck trailer which it handles fairly well on the prairies - The exhaust brake might be too weak to safely pull that kind of weight on the mountian freeways. Some hills off the interstate might make the truck inadequate to handle the 15500 lb trailer it is rated for. To a large extent I view it as the truck needs to be able to handle the weight put on it and the trailer needs to handle its load - and these numbers will vary depending on the roads you intend to travel.
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4x4ord
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05/17/13 05:10am |
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RE: DEF, even dumber and blind too.
No harm? Did you pull the fuel tank and drain it?
There has been several reports of people doing that and blowing their brand new Ford diesels up to the tune of 10-15 thousand dollars. No way in heck I would drive it one foot without completely draining the fuel system and starting over if I had done that.
I uncoupled a hose at the fuel filter and pumped the contaminated diesel into a barrel. Just to be certain, I did remove the fuel tank - it's actually a pretty simple little task - and flushed the low pressure side of the fuel system. There was next to nothing in the tank after pumping it out - less than 2 quarts and only about a tablespoon of DEF in that bit of fuel. I think the water seperator would have caught it. The DEF sinks to the bottom of the tank so I pumped the fuel from the barrel into my Duramax and just lost a couple gallons in the bottom of the barrel.
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4x4ord
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05/16/13 03:35pm |
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DEF, even dumber and blind too.
Two years ago I couldn't hardly believe that I could be so dumb as to put gasoline in my new diesel. The other day I was even dumber when I put DEF into the fuel tank - they even color code the caps for those who can see. I guess I must be getting old. Anyway no harm was done and the only cost was a little time.
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05/16/13 11:47am |
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RE: wadautink?
No way you would need an ecco boost for that monster:)
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05/14/13 02:56pm |
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RE: over on RAWR occassionally
The rear axle rating on my 2011 is actually the rear spring rating and its 7000 lbs, The axle is made by Sterling and is rated by them at I believe 9750 lbs.
The GVWR in 2011 was and I believe still is 11500.
My empty truck weight with only the driver and one passenger is 8500lbs.
The empty rear axle weight is 3600.
So on my 2011 F350 SRW 3800 lbs of pin weight would overload my rear springs (RAWR) by 400 lbs and I would be over on my gvwr by 800 lbs. I wouldn't loose any sleep over it.
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05/13/13 04:38pm |
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RE: new tv or fixing up the old one...
Prior to purchasing my 2011 Ford I was fairly satisfied whith my 03 Chevy. Now that I have experienced the 2011 Ford I can hardly believe the difference. I've never stopped to work it out but my guess is that it costs about $10,000 per year for me to own and drive my truck. Running an old one would likely cost around $9000 per year to own and opperate. If you have the cash get a new one and enjoy it. If you want or need to save money - get a Honda Accord and a tent.
Can you better explain your rational on the $9000? I understand the $10,000 is mainly due to several hundred dollar a month payment, but how do you arrive at $9000/year for one that's paid for?
I don't consider payments in either case. I consider depreciation, fuel, insurance andrepairs. The major difference between the two is that the new one depreciates a little more per year but the oldet one costs more for repairs. If you borrow money to buy your vehicals you should add interest cost to the equation.
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05/05/13 06:15pm |
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RE: new tv or fixing up the old one...
Prior to purchasing my 2011 Ford I was fairly satisfied whith my 03 Chevy. Now that I have experienced the 2011 Ford I can hardly believe the difference. I've never stopped to work it out but my guess is that it costs about $10,000 per year for me to own and drive my truck. Running an old one would likely cost around $9000 per year to own and opperate. If you have the cash get a new one and enjoy it. If you want or need to save money - get a Honda Accord and a tent.
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05/05/13 05:52am |
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RE: How much is too much?
I let mine drop gears and rev to 2500 rpm for hours at a time. It seems to handle it. The trip I made today netted me 4.5 mpg. I was pulling around 32000 lbs and the wind resitance was quite severe. So long as your engine is not getting hot I wouldn't be too concerned about making it work.
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05/01/13 09:00pm |
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RE: Replacement tires 20 inch
My Michelins were about worn out at 26,000 miles also. I refused to replace them at that mileage so they are still on the truck. I think by next winter there should be enough of the steel belts exposed that they may even work for one more winter. I plan on going to Nitto Dura Grappler or Nitto Crosstek HD.
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04/30/13 06:47am |
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RE: towing rpm
Your automatic has 2 choices it could run in 3rd gear at 2500 or 4th gear at 1725 rpm. At 1725 The Cummins should be capable of making around 175 hp which should be lots of power to tow most 5th wheels down a level road so it surprises me that it chooses to run in 3rd over 4th. I would still trust that the computer know what gear to select. By the time my Ford is pulling hard enough to get the revs up to 2500 rpm I am getting around 5 mpg.
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4x4ord
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04/30/13 06:27am |
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RE: Anyone care to place their bet?
By then, it will strictly be preference as to whether you like a bowtie, horns or a blue oval. They will all do anything we as campers request, just one may do it with a little more finesse than the others.:B But, I want to be one of the first to read/watch the shootout!!!! While eating popcorn:B
I do not care who's truck is the fastset...but I do want to buy the truck that has a warranty...oop's...that eliminates Ford!!!!
Regards
Actually if warranty was an option I probaly would not be willing to pay much for it. I kind of wonder what warranty costs the consumer on these trucks?
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4x4ord
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04/29/13 09:54pm |
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Anyone care to place their bet?
I would imagine once the new Ram hits the lot there will be two races going on. Who is going to be first to put the trucks head to head lugging a 20,000 lb RV up the mountain and secondly who's going to get to the top of the mountain first. I'll say Pickuptrucks.com is going to be first to determine that Chevy is still King of the Mountain. If I replace my truck in 2014 I will have a hard time trying to decide which way to go.
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04/28/13 03:52pm |
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