i am in need of help, my partner at work is going to buy a diesel. he has plans of pulling a fifth wheeler in a year when he retires. problem is he's a Dodge man. so today joking around i said he needs to get a PSD ford. he said he is buying a dodge on facts says the dodge has it all over fords. i wasn't going to argue with him till i get fact. i drive a PSD and pull a fifth wheel. what i need is to find a good comparison with mileage, pulling rating ect...between dodge and ford. i am not can anyone point me in the right direction? any help on the matter. i know dodge are good and not trying to slight them at all, just need a little good "lunch table talk"jack k

 

Have a tug-a-war. That should resolve one issue (tranny strength, at least)

 

Personally i choose the cummins, but i built my own since i prefer the ford drivetrain, handling, styling and interior over the dodge. For has hubs and dodge uses that phony *** inter axle lock system.

Dodge does have ford when it comes to ride though the fourlink coil suspension is excellent if they could just find the time to re-engineer thier steering geometry it would be even better.
I dont like dodge eletronics nor do i like ordering parts from dodge. They are a nightmare when they develop a hickup, i also hate the cummins when it is married to an auto where as ford has thier stuff together with the operational rpms of the PSD and the auto combo. Might i mention Each manufacturer has thier flaws. But the PSD right now is a much more driver friendly motor, offering a broader range of operating rpms, decent trannys and t-cases. Honestly i like the New Venture cast iron trnny more than an aluminium ZF, the difference in ease of maintenance and disassembly plus the difference in bearing sizes. I really wish that the ZF 6 speed had been aluminium and used gear lube, because the guts are and the design from gears to syncros and the shift pattern are impressive. I also am antiquated though because i preffer a gear drive t-case over a chain drive. Dodge uses a larger output shaft from the tranny to the t-case when is stronger than the one ford uses. The dodge when properly married to the right gears and tire size gets pretty good mileage as does the PSD. Ford uses the same cummins in thier f-650's+. I dont know if this helps your effort at all but ford does have quite a few plus's over mopus, in terms of comfort and engineering but it all matters on what hes looking for.


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If your friend is a Dodge man he is probably going to buy a Dodge no matter what you say. Tell him that if he is insistant on buying a Dodge to get the H/O (High Output) version if he is going to pull a fifth wheel.