Re: Still truck shoppin'...F-350 Ram 3500??

Posted by the tractor vet on February 23, 2009 at 09:51:00 from (75.19.120.250):

In Reply to: Still truck shoppin'...F-350 Ram 3500?? posted by Casey in Ky on February 23, 2009 at 06:58:23:

Here is my take on the trucks of today . They all have there problems . I do not care much for a V8 diesel and i myself do not like a V10 gasser . I will never have another automatic transmission in a pickup. The down side of the dodges in my opinion is the hub and bearing ft. end with NO LOCK OUT HUBS . he Cummins engine is great if taken care of like anything else , they will run a long time with normal maintance and and a valve adjustment . A fuel pressure gauge on a dodge is cheap insurance as they have had a issue on the lift- boost pumps . I have a 95 dodge 3500 with a 5 speed that other then a lift pump wheel bearings and ball joints and brake line has been a good truck . Mine has 4.10 gears and this has not been a good combo but that was the only gear for that year with a standard . A better choice would have been a 3.54 gear . The biggest dwon side to ALL the newer trucks with a standard is that the reverse gearing in the transmission is way to high . Myself i liked Fords till they did away with the 460 . My 88 Ford had a ton of problems that took time to work out but when i got them worked out it was one heck of a truck . I asked way tomuch of the truck and it did it's job well . This Dodge that replaced it is a nice truck other then the problems that i stated . IT drives nice handles well and has a nice ride . If i was to go back to what i was doing before i would not go the one ton route again and just bit the bullet and get a older semi tractor and a step deck as if i got to play the game with the DOT #'s the IRP plate and the insurance i might as well have something that will do the job and when not playing it would be able to makes money . Even though i use to haul for other people with my Ford and goose neck there were people that thought that i should haul for free . And once you have a truck and trailer there will alway be somebody that will want you to haul something for them for gas money. Today one must set down and think of just what it costs to hook up and move what every any distance . You set down and start thinking about it and it will shock you. I did this one day while loading up to go play at a tractor pull. It was not the fact that it was going to COST me the fifteen dollars for the two classes or the couple hot dogs and a pepsi or the gas for the tractor it was what it cost to go to that pull . Gas for the truck ware and tear on the truck and trailer plates and insurance WOOOOOooooo man i did not think about all of that .Now today the government wants there cut also and here ya go ya need a CDL ( i have that ) ya need a phiscal card ya need this ya need that ya need to have DOT certified chains and binder on and on . Everybody wants a piece of your arres . But back to the subject here as to the diesel question my take on this is why feed 8 when 6 will do the job and less problems If ya go with a cummins then stay with the 5.9 . Myself i like the older ones with OUT THE ELECTROINIC's at least i can work on them with out a computer to figure out what is wrong.

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