Why is the Caterpillar engine an upgrade over the Cummins in the F-650 and F-750???

 

The Cummins is a 5.9, the Caterpillar is a 7.2. Cummins should offer there 8.9 to the mix. You could only imagine the torque this could create in a low geared medium duty truck.

Git-R-Done

 

I have experience with Caterpillars and they have proven themselves time and time again.

A C9 Cat is the direct competitor to the Cummins 8.9L.

The older F-650 and F-750's have Cat 3126B's and the new ones are available with the C7 Cat.

 

Maybe this is a regional thing, but in commercial use, Ford has the vast majority of the market here. I really can't say that I have ever seen a Dodge Cummins "company" work truck. I really don't see the power numbers having any significant impact on this in the future either.

 

I aggre with every word oppy said. I work in the counstruction bussiness and all the companys have fleets of trucks are ford psd. There are very few cumpanys that have the dodge cummins and if they do its ussally a spare truck or an old plow truck something like that they never carry a fleet dodges and anyway all you could use them as company trucks were guys would use them from one job to another and tow with them but thats it. Yes you could use them also as a one ton dump truck but becuase they dont offer a class above 3 companys cant relay on them to do heavy jobs that require more of a gvw.


Josh

 

I would also agree, you see twice as many Ford PSD as company truck as any other type put together.

KC

 

The reason you see so many PSD instead of the Cummins is because of price. Big companies go to buy hundreds of trucks they want the base motor, not an upgrade. The cummins is more expensive to order in these trucks.

Git-R-Done

 

They're not talking about commercial trucks, they're talking about 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks.

 

I agree.

 

You obviously have misunderstood - I see tons of PSD-equipped Super Dutys in commercial applications. Last time I checked, the Power Stroke was not the base engine in the SD.

 

I think that he means that a Dodge with a Cummins is more expensive than a Ford with a Powerstroke, so the companies buy a fleet of Ford pickups instead.

 

I don't know that that's true, is it? Even if it were, the users I'm talking about buy a few vehicles, not mass quantities. I think the smaller commercial user is looking for performance and durability as opposed to strictly price. And I'm seeing mostly Fords when it comes to 3/4 and 1 ton diesels. In the gassers, I'd say it's evenly split between Ford and Chevy.

 

So has Ford worked out the problems with the bad injectors in the 6.0's that they recalled or are they still recalling trucks. I heard over 6,600 trucks had been recalled. I think its a good motor but how can they pass by that kind of thing during testing.

Git-R-Done

 

then why does the cummins have more horse

 

I HEARS THAT THEY AE STILL PUTTING THE BAD INJECTORS IN THE ENGINES EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THERE BAD