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| Looking at getting a new truck (new to me not brand new). I've heard a lot of good things about Dodge curious to see what others suggest. |
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Location: Montana | We like the Dodge with the Cummins diesel motor best ourselves...good fuel mileage and excellent hauling/towing abilities.  We have had a couple of Dodges with gas motors as well, and while they are good motors and pull well, we haven't been fortunate enough to get one that gets good gas mileage. |
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Location: Warsaw,NY | I have always had Chevy Duramax, never had a problem and they tow very well!!! my fried has Dodge and hasnt had any issues either. I would go with either of those. |
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Location: Louisiana | We just purchased a '12 Dodge 3500. Love my new to me truck! It pulls amazing, drives quiet and smooth. We wanted a manual transmission and it is the easiest standard I've ever driven.
First trip we went on, we were nearly involved in an accident, and it handled so great my husband was able to avoid a wreck and keep the horses from getting too shook up. We had contemplated going with a 2500, but after that truck stopped my babies with no problem, I'm glad I have it. We had been making due with our 1500 for short trips, and I know it wouldn't have stopped the trailer that fast. |
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Posts: 1865
Location: Florida | GMC with Allison transmission and diesel Duramax engine
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Posts: 292
| My 2003 Dodge that I purchased in 2002.. has 449,000 and going strong! I love my truck but I plan on getting me a new one within the next year. Hoping the next one is as good to me as this on has been! |
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Location: Piedmont, OK |
Chevy Hands Down!!!! I have had 2 chevy's and never had a problem. Had a 2010 Ram 1 ton and it was constantly in the shop. I know a lot of cowboys love the dodge ram maybe I had a lemon! |
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Location: North Texas | NOTE: It is quite possible for any product to be a lemon. I.E. Less than advertised. |
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Location: Kentucky | I like these threads.  |
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| Dodge all the way-2016 Ram Limited-love it this is our 4th one-great trade in value, durable/dependable-have never been left sitting along the side of the road:) |
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Location: Oxford, Kansas | LOVE my Chevy! 2006 3500 duramax dually with an allison. it's running strong at 280,000 miles! |
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| I can't help it. I like Fords. Old Fords. The older the better. |
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| RidenFly - 2016-06-29 2:03 PM
I can't help it. I like Fords. Old Fords. The older the better.
I love me a new Dodge Diesel, but right now can't afford it so we are hanging on to our '99 Ford f350 super duty dually. It has 311k miles on it, and while it needs major work now thanks to my husband neglecting it for so many years, it is still going and is my daily driver as well as our tow vehicle. It also has the 7.3. I wouldn't take the new 6.0 if someone sold me a new one for $5000. I see so many of these with the hood up and the poor owner looking into the engine scratching their heads into them on the way up and down the mountain every day that I wouldn't risk it. And our "mountain" is only 4000 ft, so not something I'd take through the rockies. |
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Location: Kansas | I like my ford |
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Location: North Texas | RodeoCowgirl4u - 2016-06-29 4:28 PM
RidenFly - 2016-06-29 2:03 PM
I can't help it. I like Fords. Old Fords. The older the better.
I love me a new Dodge Diesel, but right now can't afford it so we are hanging on to our '99 Ford f350 super duty dually. It has 311k miles on it, and while it needs major work now thanks to my husband neglecting it for so many years, it is still going and is my daily driver as well as our tow vehicle. It also has the 7.3. I wouldn't take the new 6.0 if someone sold me a new one for $5000. I see so many of these with the hood up and the poor owner looking into the engine scratching their heads into them on the way up and down the mountain every day that I wouldn't risk it. And our "mountain" is only 4000 ft, so not something I'd take through the rockies.
Historical Note: Ford's 6.0-6.4-6.6 family of engines engineered and manufactured by International Harvester were produced from 03 1/2 model year through 09 model year. The previous family is the 7.3 Powerstroke also produced by International Harvester ran from 93 1/2 through 03 1/2. The vehicles with this particular is next to non existent on the used market, which indicates just how reliable they are. The current production in Ford is a Ford engineered and produced 6.7L 'Powerstroke' from 2010 to present. Their reputation precedes them currently................The original incarnation of Ford Diesel came out in 83/84 timeframe and were the not turbo 6.7L, then 6.9L, which while torquey had no 'pickup' whatsoever. Again, these types of trucks are virtually non existent in the current marketplace.
My long winded post is to present how Ford pioneered the diesel pick up market and illustrate just how difficult it is find a used Ford Diesel in the marketplace. This is informational only. And from an opinion Standpoint, worth exactly what One pays for it. However, history in this case does not lie, nor does the marketplace. |
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| I will take a Cummins! Especially the newer ones with the allison transmissions. Love my 2014.
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Location: In a happy place | I love my old Ford. |
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Location: Kentucky | RodeoCowgirl4u - 2016-06-29 5:28 PM RidenFly - 2016-06-29 2:03 PM I can't help it. I like Fords. Old Fords. The older the better. I love me a new Dodge Diesel, but right now can't afford it so we are hanging on to our '99 Ford f350 super duty dually. It has 311k miles on it, and while it needs major work now thanks to my husband neglecting it for so many years, it is still going and is my daily driver as well as our tow vehicle. It also has the 7.3. I wouldn't take the new 6.0 if someone sold me a new one for $5000. I see so many of these with the hood up and the poor owner looking into the engine scratching their heads into them on the way up and down the mountain every day that I wouldn't risk it. And our "mountain" is only 4000 ft, so not something I'd take through the rockies.
I'll take that $5k 6.0 ;) |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | Love my GMC DURAMAX DUALLY DIESEL 3500 |
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | With a question like this, you will get the answers for all the major heavy duty brands, gas and diesel.
We've had a Ford Diesel and a Chevy Gas. My parents currenlty have a Dodge Gas. In the past they had Chevy Diesel and before that a Chevy gas. All the makes and models will have pros and cons.
Diesel cost more to buy and maintain, but they should last way longer than a gas and they have more torque for better towing plus they should get way better fuel mileage.
We personally traded our Diesel long bed in on a new gas short bed last year. We're not mechanics and can't do our own work and just because a diesel engine can take 100s of thousands of miles, the rest of the parts can't and we were getting nickle and dimed. We were able to buy the Gas brand new for less than the used diesel's with 30-50K miles already on them. and we got a warranty since we went new. We're happy with our decision so far. When it comes to buying trucks, there is no right or wrong. You have to weigh the purchase price, maintanence prices and figure out how much daily driving it will be doing vs how much towing. I don't tow enough right now to really justify needing the diesel and extra power. Maybe one day I will, but right now, my truck is my daily driver to and from work and to run errands also and it does way more un-loaded miles than towing miles. I get comments every week in the parking lot about how big my 2500 Gas truck is. I just tell them, if you think this one is big, you should have seen the truck I used to drive, that this one is a downsize |
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Location: The Great Northwest | The most reliable truck is one that is well maintained. |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | Does anyone have a 2010 or newer Ford Diesel 6.7L? Love? Hate?
I have a 97 with the 7.3 that is a fab truck but is getting up there and am highly thinking of selling and upgrading because everything BUT the engine is starting to fall apart.
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| Speedy Buckeye Girl - 2016-06-30 7:58 AM
Does anyone have a 2010 or newer Ford Diesel 6.7L? Love? Hate?
I have a 97 with the 7.3 that is a fab truck but is getting up there and am highly thinking of selling and upgrading because everything BUT the engine is starting to fall apart.
My father in law has a 2010 6.7. We love it when we need to borrow it to pull.....we're currently truck shopping and we asked him if we could just buy his off of him.......no such luck! It's been a really good truck and pulls our 3H full LQ trailer like nothing is back there. |
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Location: TN | Still driving my old Dodge.......no complaints and it's been paid for almost 10 years now. Do wish I had blue tooth but not enough to make payments
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | my two cents for what its worth.... since i am truck shopping currently i have found..... The dodges (all of them since 2010) have the drivers door behind the door post. i look left and can not see. i pull up the seat and the steering colum is in my chest. not cool... wont own one
for a daily driver (as well as hauling on the weekend) any of the new emmision diesel engines have almost no power at a stop. 2500rpm and the power kicks in. maybe it needs the weigh or payload...thats hard to tell from test drives. The gas motors 6.2L ford and 6.0L chevy do not give this feel on a test drive.
My question is...... who is driving a newer gas model 2500/250 and are you having any luck?
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Location: SW MO | I have had 3 ford F250 V10s. The first was a 2000 and it was my favorite but ended up totaled by a drunk driver. Second was an 2006 crew cab. alternator went out and I was stranded at a jackpot. had about 120000 miles on it. I got tired of thing after thing needing replaced so I sold it and bought an 03 with 50k miles on it. The only complaint is that I dont love my extended cab 03 and now the truck has been shaking when I pull my exiss 3 horse GN. I have had it in the shop and it still hasnt stopped. So I don't know if it is a lemon or what but I might be looking for something other than ford. |
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Location: Arkansas | luluwhit - 2016-06-30 11:55 AM
my two cents for what its worth.... since i am truck shopping currently i have found..... The dodges (all of them since 2010) have the drivers door behind the door post. i look left and can not see. i pull up the seat and the steering colum is in my chest. not cool... wont own one
for a daily driver (as well as hauling on the weekend) any of the new emmision diesel engines have almost no power at a stop. 2500rpm and the power kicks in. maybe it needs the weigh or payload...thats hard to tell from test drives. The gas motors 6.2L ford and 6.0L chevy do not give this feel on a test drive.
My question is...... who is driving a newer gas model 2500 and are you having any luck?
I drive a 2016 F250XLT 4door Super Duty 6.2L gas and I am very impressed with it. I pull a 3 horse bumper pull with a large dressing room on front loaded with hay, water, large fans, generator, shavings, buckets etc...and a rear tack totally full and I can't even feel it behind me. The only other truck I've had that pulls this nice is a 1 ton dually a few years back which was also a gas burner. Gas is a whole lot cheaper than diesel at the pump as well as the sticker price on the truck and I'm pretty sure I will put as many miles on this truck as most do a diesel. My nephew is a mechanic for Caterpillar and working in and out of the oil fields everyday and has driven and worked on every truck out there and he's the one that convinced me to buy the Ford. Bought my truck in Feb and have 6,000 miles on it all ready. |
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | luluwhit - 2016-06-30 12:55 PM my two cents for what its worth.... since i am truck shopping currently i have found..... The dodges (all of them since 2010) have the drivers door behind the door post. i look left and can not see. i pull up the seat and the steering colum is in my chest. not cool... wont own one
for a daily driver (as well as hauling on the weekend) any of the new emmision diesel engines have almost no power at a stop. 2500rpm and the power kicks in. maybe it needs the weigh or payload...thats hard to tell from test drives. The gas motors 6.2L ford and 6.0L chevy do not give this feel on a test drive.
My question is...... who is driving a newer gas model 2500/250 and are you having any luck?
We traded in our 2007 F350 6.0L Diesel, extended cab long bed on a brand new 2015 Chevy 2500HD Gas, double cab short bed. we were worried we wouldn't like going down to the short bed or losing the diesel power, but we couldn't be happier. Plus we have a 3yr warranty and 2 years of oil changes so fingers crossed, we will have no out of pocket costs for awhile. Now, the fuel mileage isn't as good. I get about 12-13mpgs not towing and about 9-10mpgs towing, but honestly, my diesel only averaged 13mpgs anyway. And my truck is my daily driver. back when diesel was $4.50 a gallon, I was spending $400-500 a month on diesel just getting to and from work and maybe hauling once a week.
We did this trade when my mare was with a trainer one state away. We drove the new truck 10 hours round trip, un-loaded, to go see how she was doing and get a lesson myself and then a couple weeks later used the truck to tow the trailer to go pick her up, which was about 7 hours round trip and we had no problems.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | After our experience, you couldn't give me a new dodge for free. Now if you wanted to give me an older one I may consider it. Purchased a brand new 08 and it was a lemon, traded it for a 2011, and it was also a "lemon" and ended up on the repurchase program because they could not fix it. We ended up with a GMC 3500 HD denali. I don't know why we never looked at the GMC/Chevies sooner!! We are incredibley impressed with it!! |
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Location: North Texas | missroselee - 2016-06-30 7:08 PM
After our experience, you couldn't give me a new dodge for free. Now if you wanted to give me an older one I may consider it. Purchased a brand new 08 and it was a lemon, traded it for a 2011, and it was also a "lemon" and ended up on the repurchase program because they could not fix it. We ended up with a GMC 3500 HD denali. I don't know why we never looked at the GMC/Chevies sooner!! We are incredibley impressed with it!!
Chrysler/Mopar/Dodge quality has ALWAYS been sketchy when compared to the other Big Two (Ford and Chevrolet/GMC). A prime example is the early 2000 model pickups with the dashboard desingrating and Chrysler has yet to do anything it.
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Location: Jersey Girl | My 2005 Chevy 3500 8.1 Vortec. Its a work horse. Never any issues with it other then regular maintenance.
At one time I did own a 1990 Ford F250, 5.7 gas. That truck was a work horse.
Our only venture into owning a diesel was the Ford 6.0. JUNK! |
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Location: Oklahoma | Being married to a diesel mechanic I see good/bad with all trucks. We had a 2005 Chevy Duramax LLY and it was a good truck for us. We traded it in when the head gasket cracked and got a 2004.5 Powerstroke 6.0 Ford. This truck only has 114k miles and we have not bullet proofed it yet. We've had it a year and a half now and it's running great. I miss the steering capacity of a Chevy and the fact they have a much tighter turning radius, but I like the inside comfort of our Ford. My husband specializes in Cummins motors and would love to add one to our line up. |
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Location: Missouri | No help on buying a newer truck, but I haul with a '92 first gen 1 ton Dodge Cummins dually, 5 speed. That old girl would pull a house if you could hook to it and never breathe hard. From my 3 horse slant Sundowner to full loads of big bales of hay. She truly has only 130,000 miles on it and other than replacing the battery once, a fuel filter once, and the ignition switch a couple of times (won't shut off), has never had a hiccup. LOL oh yes...and the light switch!
This truck was my daddy's - I'm the only other person he ever let drive it. When he died eight years ago, it became mine. I did have the cab corners and rocker panels redone after it became mine as they were starting to show some rust. My daughter learned to drive a manual transmission in this truck. When she got her permit, she took over the hauling duties. I have zero qualms about sending her off to a rodeo in it fully loaded - that truck will take care of her. I know sentimentality clouds my perspective, but I've hauled that child across the United States for eight years with that dually, and it's never quit me. Daddy riding copilot from up high doesn't hurt, I'm sure. One of the proudest facebook posts I've ever made was a shot of her driving it for the first time to a rodeo.
Everywhere we go people try to buy that dually - nope couldn't replace it with anything close. Being a 2WD she does get stuck on wet grass, but we know it and factor that in. I don't think there will ever be another truck built comparable!
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Location: Texas | Ford or Dodge. |
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| I just bought a 2016 Dodge with a 6.4 Hemi. I went in the parts store and asked them which trucks they sold the most parts for. The guy said he did not sell many Dodge parts. There were some other factors that made me choose a gas engine. I pull a three horse gooseneck with a 4 foot short wall. You don't even know that trailer is back there even loaded. Gas mileage is around 12 mpg loaded and about 18 just going to work. The speed limit on the highway is 75. I don't drive that fast. Running 75, you are not going to get that kind of mileage. The only problem that I have had is that when I am stopped at a red light behind a car if I am not careful, I will run over the car in front of me. You have to watch it. |
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