Thats funny, I traded my 2001 DODGE CTD in at 433,000 miles and the guy that bought it drove it to Canada.
Ok, the argument of the dodge falling apart around the Cummins is getting really old. :doah: I think you guys are just trying to find a chink in the armor.:stir: Dmaxrig, how many duramax's are out there with 400+k miles? I've only seen a few, I think its gonna take more time.
They are out there, but you are correct. It will take more time since they havent been out nearly as long. I like both chevys and dodges, the cummins and the duramax. I just cant stand it when someone who's never driven both trucks says ones better than the other.
the old boy who sold me my 97 12 v has a buddy who has 1,300,000 on his 95,origional injection pump and motor-enough said about reliability.Almost any old guy thats towed all his life would tell you that they wished that dodge still used the 12v in the new trucks.As far as towing power is concerned I think that all the sled pullers got it right.And is it merely coincidence that all big rigs are an inline 6 ?It is a fact that an inline engine will produce more flatter usable torque than a v'd engine of the same displacement
I agree and wish Dodge still used the 12 valve. I had a 95 with 300,000 that ran good. I do however like the way the V8 tows better. Its all prefrence, but I believe that all big rigs run better bacause have so many gears, that gives them a huge advantage. And, almost every chart Ive seen shows the V8 has a flatter torque curve than the I-6.
My new Ram 3500 gets up and moves when I have a load on it. Hooked my wife's unloaded horse trailer up the week after I bought the truck and went out to play. The truck is virtually as quick with a 2000 pound trailer hooked up, 0-60, as it is unloaded. Six speed manual. Pulling the trailer with 2 horses... can't even tell it is there. The truck accelerates too briskly for the horses in sixth gear. Can't wait to get the big gooseneck trailer hooked up after the hitch goes in...
Well, the 2000 Ram I just bought feels very strong. It's the 235/460 motor, and the gearing is low, but I didn't think the older engines pulled this hard, bone stock.
I see alot of cummins with well over 250K going strong I must say they do have the bull by the horsn so to speak but any diesel engine should make it 250K before needing a rebuild or longer now.
why the 6.0 PSD first day out she pulled u our rv up teh 7 % grade, it was night and day different from the 7.3 in power. and i passed a duramax pulling a small boat. yes i was in 4th gear but he was basically empty
Why the Cummins/5spd ? Because my 2000 with a smarty and straight pipe pulled 8k up to 10000' at 65 mph, didnt even break 1100 deg EGT pre turbo, still got about 14 mpg on that trip, and sounded like a peterbilt. This smarty is something else, pullin a trailer w/ about 10% throttle, amazing.
Just pulled 7 tons of gravel with 7000#trailer=21,000lbs. GCVW=29,940LBS!!! Cummins all the way.......waytogo
well with 8 cummins m11's and 2 detroit series60 in the fleet the cummins way outpull those detroits so I have to agree with all cummins fanswaytogo
This is the only truck that i would want pulling a 7% grade The olny truck that I would have pulling a grade like that would be a F-650 with a 300hp CAT motor and a 6 speed automatic.
