LOL you been watching uncle tonys youtube video. to bad you dont know any better or you would realize what a fruit cake he is.
traded a perfectly good working ram with horrible lifter problems for a much better ford (brand new, broke down in the back corner lot of the dealer ,waiting on a transmission ?) . how ironic lol

 

Hey crybaby! How are you? Yes transmission needed a torque converter, as per the TSB. And I'm going to pick it up today. Funny how you can go into a shop and ask them how often mopars get lifters and they'll say all the time! 😆. Bosses truck engine light is on now, he needs a second set.

But you're right, YOU know better!

 

Was that the guy who said that the 6.4 was garbage after one of his customers brought in a new work truck with a rod knock after not having an oil change for the first 24k miles???

 

This thread is heading just about as expected. Ask on a Ford forum which is better, 6.2 of 6.4 and of course, you're going to get mostly pro-Ford answers. Ask the same question on the Ram forums and you'll get just the opposite. Get what you like, all power plants/trucks have their merits and short comings.

 

i havent seen that video so not sure. uncle tony is some wack job on youtube that has a bunch of folks like fender1325 brain washed . poor guy doesnt even realize it lol

 

Quick question, is the 6.4 the base engine in the Ram 2500/3500's or is it an optional engine?

 

now it is the base engine. if i remember right the 5.7 was no longer offered in 2019 in the 2500/3500

 

Its the only gas engine option the 2500/3500

 

So true, its nice to have an objective discussion about different truck brands. Each truck has their own pros/cons. Some folks would say a Ram/Chevy/Ford is a turd but if you swapped a different make badge on it then it would be the best thing since sliced bread.

 

It is nice when people actually want open discussion and are able to agree that each brand has pros and cons.

Coming from a GM family, I likely will never own another GM product. I don't like anything they have to offer and know of far too many issues with them.

I had a pair of Ford 6.0's. Loved both of them. Got a HELL of a deal on my Power Wagon. Have had no real issues to speak of aside from the park assist sensors - I hate them. They are always froze up in the winter. That said my next truck will likely be a Ford because I don't like the way Ram is currently configuring all their trucks, and I don't like how the Cummins feels like it has 30k lbs behind it even when you're empty (or at least the couple I test drove felt that way).

Do Fords have problems? Yep. Just like everyone else.

 

that’s a shame, the 5.7 was pretty decent for lighter end of 3/4 ton work by the time their took out of the HD line.

 

i know what i know. this is probly our lowest idle hr 6.4 . get a screen shot and send it over to your uncle tony

 

you know what you know and I know what I know. I put my money where my mouth is. I owned the 2019 ram 6.4 and now I own a 7.3 ford. Still glad I went Ford.

I was standing around one day with some customers, talking about the hemi lifters and MDS on my ram. Well wouldn't you know it, customer A had a jeep Wrangler on it's second set of lifters, customer B was on his THIRD set of lifters on his couple year old ram work van (he didn't care, it was a lease) and my boss with his 07 ram, on it's second set, now needs a third. Every one of those Mopar engines needed lifters before 100k miles. We were dropping off a rear end to be rebuilt at a friend's mechanic shop later that day and I asked him, how often do you do lifters on mopars? He said oh man all the time. He hates Ford's though....GM guy through and through. He also used to be a tech for Dodge before he started his own. Hasn't liked them since fiat joined the party.

That was all the info I needed to get out of a truck that already had a failed clock spring in the steering wheel at 6 months old, and the MDS system which feels like a misfire all the time. Off and on and off and on. Mopar die hards will crawl out of the woodwork "mine doesn't do that" and it's true, most don't! .....unless you have a 19+ 6.4. Then it's annoying as ****, and no, I wasn't going to scroll through the gears on the steering wheel every time I put it in drive.

Nice trucks, arguably better looking than the Ford, I don't care for the coil spring rears, unless just driving unloaded.

I just can't stand people defending a brand and being a dick about it, when facts are facts.

Google it and all kinds of info will come up. But right, I'm brainwashed because your fleet is doing fine.

I will tell you, the hemi's that are worked harder and more often do better longevity wise, but it's because the crank is slinging oil.

If they got rid of MDS, and had oilers up top, I'd still have that truck. But no, not for my money.

 

Except there's one person here that for some reason worships imported Rams and will never own a Ford product. Makes zero sense. I could see an objective person here trying to make a decision, like the OP, but trolls are a mystery...

I agree with your post.

 

It really comes down to personal experience with a company. One of my superintendents won't own another Ford and buys Rams now. He fell victim to the 5.4 head debacle and his next Ford had driveline/transmission issues. He went Ram because of the extended powertrain warranty they started offering and is on his 3rd or 4th Ram now with great luck. My dad got fed up with Ford because he had 2 older F250s, both of which had some pretty serious issues (One was a 5.4 F250 and the other was a 7.3 F250). He went to GM's Duramax and hasn't bought anything else since (he's on his 3rd). All personal preference and I do believe some of it comes down to luck.