Too many PSD's...
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Originally Posted by DMAX-HD
In F series yes. Total trucks no. If your just talking diesel share you have to remeber that Chevy 4 years ago started at 1% and now they are at 35%. That's pretty significant in 4 years - in the buisness world it a grand slam. Now it'll be interesting to see what happens over the next few years. Whether that number will level-off or grow.
The thing that will inflate GM's Diesel numbers is the Duramax is available all the way up to the 8500 chassis trucks (I-6 configuration for the 6500+). The Duramax I-6 in the 6500/7500/8500 is the cheapest base price trucks in those respective classes, which will boost their numbers.
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Originally Posted by MW95F250
The thing that will inflate GM's Diesel numbers is the Duramax is available all the way up to the 8500 chassis trucks (I-6 configuration for the 6500+). The Duramax I-6 in the 6500/7500/8500 is the cheapest base price trucks in those respective classes, which will boost their numbers.
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Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
Here's my thoughts on the Superduty, having been a Chevy Silverado fan for 5 years. I really loved my Chevy, until I had to pull anything at all the Vortec just wouldn't do it. The mileage would drop down to 12-13 and the tranny would heat up. I am a General Contractor here in the Northwest and after 5 years of being laughed off the job when I would pull up with the work trailer I decided to get a F-250 PSD ext. Long bed lariat. Oh my, what a truck. Power is amazing. I love the way it handles. I Like getting around 20mpg instead of the usual 14-15. Things I have noticed right off the bat-
Silverado was very, very fast around town- Superduty not so good.
Silverado had a great looking interior, with all controls pointed to the driver, instead of flat faced like the Ford.
The ford just feels industrial compared to the Silverado. Almost like driving a tractor sometimes. Less creature comforts.
Which PSD do you have?
Ford things I love are the fact that everyone looks when they hear you pull up. At a stoplight there is nothing better than that sound ****ing off all the local eco friendly people. It is a big a-- truck and everyone knows you mean business. The fact that the truck will last me a long time. I like knowing that it has been around for so long and there are people that just rave about them after 300,000 miles or more. It hauls around everything I need with ease and looks kick a-- doing it. I dont have to park it around the corner at the lumberyard like I did with the Chevy. It was a little odd being the only 1/2ton Chevy next to all the F-250 and F-350's every morning. I even had one buddy of mine offer to pick up all the materials for the day so I wouldn't strain the Chevy. Ha-Ha , Anyways, just my thoughts, I am a very satisfied owner of the Powerstroke and my only regret is that I did not get one sooner. Take care all
Silverado was very, very fast around town- Superduty not so good.
Silverado had a great looking interior, with all controls pointed to the driver, instead of flat faced like the Ford.
The ford just feels industrial compared to the Silverado. Almost like driving a tractor sometimes. Less creature comforts.
Which PSD do you have?
Ford things I love are the fact that everyone looks when they hear you pull up. At a stoplight there is nothing better than that sound ****ing off all the local eco friendly people. It is a big a-- truck and everyone knows you mean business. The fact that the truck will last me a long time. I like knowing that it has been around for so long and there are people that just rave about them after 300,000 miles or more. It hauls around everything I need with ease and looks kick a-- doing it. I dont have to park it around the corner at the lumberyard like I did with the Chevy. It was a little odd being the only 1/2ton Chevy next to all the F-250 and F-350's every morning. I even had one buddy of mine offer to pick up all the materials for the day so I wouldn't strain the Chevy. Ha-Ha , Anyways, just my thoughts, I am a very satisfied owner of the Powerstroke and my only regret is that I did not get one sooner. Take care all
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Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
Here's my thoughts on the Superduty, having been a Chevy Silverado fan for 5 years. I really loved my Chevy, until I had to pull anything at all the Vortec just wouldn't do it. The mileage would drop down to 12-13 and the tranny would heat up. I am a General Contractor here in the Northwest and after 5 years of being laughed off the job when I would pull up with the work trailer I decided to get a F-250 PSD ext. Long bed lariat. Oh my, what a truck. Power is amazing. I love the way it handles. I Like getting around 20mpg instead of the usual 14-15. Things I have noticed right off the bat-
Silverado was very, very fast around town- Superduty not so good.
Silverado had a great looking interior, with all controls pointed to the driver, instead of flat faced like the Ford.
The ford just feels industrial compared to the Silverado. Almost like driving a tractor sometimes. Less creature comforts.
Ford things I love are the fact that everyone looks when they hear you pull up. At a stoplight there is nothing better than that sound ****ing off all the local eco friendly people. It is a big a-- truck and everyone knows you mean business. The fact that the truck will last me a long time. I like knowing that it has been around for so long and there are people that just rave about them after 300,000 miles or more. It hauls around everything I need with ease and looks kick a-- doing it. I dont have to park it around the corner at the lumberyard like I did with the Chevy. It was a little odd being the only 1/2ton Chevy next to all the F-250 and F-350's every morning. I even had one buddy of mine offer to pick up all the materials for the day so I wouldn't strain the Chevy. Ha-Ha , Anyways, just my thoughts, I am a very satisfied owner of the Powerstroke and my only regret is that I did not get one sooner. Take care all
Silverado was very, very fast around town- Superduty not so good.
Silverado had a great looking interior, with all controls pointed to the driver, instead of flat faced like the Ford.
The ford just feels industrial compared to the Silverado. Almost like driving a tractor sometimes. Less creature comforts.
Ford things I love are the fact that everyone looks when they hear you pull up. At a stoplight there is nothing better than that sound ****ing off all the local eco friendly people. It is a big a-- truck and everyone knows you mean business. The fact that the truck will last me a long time. I like knowing that it has been around for so long and there are people that just rave about them after 300,000 miles or more. It hauls around everything I need with ease and looks kick a-- doing it. I dont have to park it around the corner at the lumberyard like I did with the Chevy. It was a little odd being the only 1/2ton Chevy next to all the F-250 and F-350's every morning. I even had one buddy of mine offer to pick up all the materials for the day so I wouldn't strain the Chevy. Ha-Ha , Anyways, just my thoughts, I am a very satisfied owner of the Powerstroke and my only regret is that I did not get one sooner. Take care all
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Originally Posted by farmb0y
I'm not trying to be disrespectful here, but why didn't Ford stick with an engine that had proven performance and reliability?? I understand they were trying to meet emission standards, but I think they could have done a lot of fine tuning to the 7.3, like the stuff they did on the 6.0, to make it run even better and cleaner.
Pretty much any engine that is new, will go through a couple years of critizism and improvements, I understand that. But why would Ford put themselves through that again when they already had a great engine??
Pretty much any engine that is new, will go through a couple years of critizism and improvements, I understand that. But why would Ford put themselves through that again when they already had a great engine??
I agree. The 7.3L was a very remarkable engine in my opionion. I hear some 6.0L PSD owners on hear say that the 7.3L burned to much fuel for its displacement(444CI). I fail to see this myself. I average 18 empty on the highway and about 16 in town. From what Ive seen the new 6.0's are in generall getting about the same mileage as the old 7.3L, in some cases much worse the the 7.3L. It is a large displacemnt disel and it has way more poetnional for mods then the 6.0L Ford could have just opened out the exhaust and opened up the intake and tweaked the computer for an easy 325 (and more) HP. The whole thing is that it was an "old" engine. Ford was using it for almost 20 years and they wanted something new and exciting to put on the market. Not to mention emmissions. It appears to have worked I beleive the new 6.0L's are selling like hotcakes.
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Originally Posted by FORD352V8
It is a large displacemnt disel and it has way more poetnional for mods then the 6.0L
As for fuel consumption, I can't comment, as I know no one with a 6.0l to compare with, but I get around 12-13mpg with a 10000lb trailer.
And can there really be to many PSD's???
Although I do like the fact that it is quite a rare vehicle (in Australia anyway) and I get asked heaps of questions about it.
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Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
Here's my thoughts on the Superduty, having been a Chevy Silverado fan for 5 years. I really loved my Chevy, until I had to pull anything at all the Vortec just wouldn't do it. The mileage would drop down to 12-13 and the tranny would heat up. I am a General Contractor here in the Northwest and after 5 years of being laughed off the job when I would pull up with the work trailer I decided to get a F-250 PSD ext. Long bed lariat. Oh my, what a truck. Power is amazing. I love the way it handles. I Like getting around 20mpg instead of the usual 14-15. Things I have noticed right off the bat-
Silverado was very, very fast around town- Superduty not so good.
Silverado had a great looking interior, with all controls pointed to the driver, instead of flat faced like the Ford.
The ford just feels industrial compared to the Silverado. Almost like driving a tractor sometimes. Less creature comforts.
Ford things I love are the fact that everyone looks when they hear you pull up. At a stoplight there is nothing better than that sound ****ing off all the local eco friendly people. It is a big a-- truck and everyone knows you mean business. The fact that the truck will last me a long time. I like knowing that it has been around for so long and there are people that just rave about them after 300,000 miles or more. It hauls around everything I need with ease and looks kick a-- doing it. I dont have to park it around the corner at the lumberyard like I did with the Chevy. It was a little odd being the only 1/2ton Chevy next to all the F-250 and F-350's every morning. I even had one buddy of mine offer to pick up all the materials for the day so I wouldn't strain the Chevy. Ha-Ha , Anyways, just my thoughts, I am a very satisfied owner of the Powerstroke and my only regret is that I did not get one sooner. Take care all
Silverado was very, very fast around town- Superduty not so good.
Silverado had a great looking interior, with all controls pointed to the driver, instead of flat faced like the Ford.
The ford just feels industrial compared to the Silverado. Almost like driving a tractor sometimes. Less creature comforts.
Ford things I love are the fact that everyone looks when they hear you pull up. At a stoplight there is nothing better than that sound ****ing off all the local eco friendly people. It is a big a-- truck and everyone knows you mean business. The fact that the truck will last me a long time. I like knowing that it has been around for so long and there are people that just rave about them after 300,000 miles or more. It hauls around everything I need with ease and looks kick a-- doing it. I dont have to park it around the corner at the lumberyard like I did with the Chevy. It was a little odd being the only 1/2ton Chevy next to all the F-250 and F-350's every morning. I even had one buddy of mine offer to pick up all the materials for the day so I wouldn't strain the Chevy. Ha-Ha , Anyways, just my thoughts, I am a very satisfied owner of the Powerstroke and my only regret is that I did not get one sooner. Take care all
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Sorry about that, I will read all the rules next time, dont mean to upset anyone.
I got a 2001 F-250 Superduty Extended cab long bed 7.3 with automatic, and oh yes, Lariat. Currently getting 21mpg empty and 17 loaded. It has 90K on it.
Took it to the Ford dealer and they said it hardly has any wear on it at all. Last guy must have taking good care of it. Have many plans to modify it later.
I had an chance to drive a new 6.0 for about a month and I must say I was very impressed with the power. I got the exact same mileage though. I was told by a very reputable diesel shop that the 6.0 is not holding up very well at all and bent rods are common. Give it a couple of years and maybe they will be better.
I got a 2001 F-250 Superduty Extended cab long bed 7.3 with automatic, and oh yes, Lariat. Currently getting 21mpg empty and 17 loaded. It has 90K on it.
Took it to the Ford dealer and they said it hardly has any wear on it at all. Last guy must have taking good care of it. Have many plans to modify it later.
I had an chance to drive a new 6.0 for about a month and I must say I was very impressed with the power. I got the exact same mileage though. I was told by a very reputable diesel shop that the 6.0 is not holding up very well at all and bent rods are common. Give it a couple of years and maybe they will be better.
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Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
Sorry about that, I will read all the rules next time, dont mean to upset anyone.
I got a 2001 F-250 Superduty Extended cab long bed 7.3 with automatic, and oh yes, Lariat. Currently getting 21mpg empty and 17 loaded. It has 90K on it.
Took it to the Ford dealer and they said it hardly has any wear on it at all. Last guy must have taking good care of it. Have many plans to modify it later.
I had an chance to drive a new 6.0 for about a month and I must say I was very impressed with the power. I got the exact same mileage though. I was told by a very reputable diesel shop that the 6.0 is not holding up very well at all and bent rods are common. Give it a couple of years and maybe they will be better.
I got a 2001 F-250 Superduty Extended cab long bed 7.3 with automatic, and oh yes, Lariat. Currently getting 21mpg empty and 17 loaded. It has 90K on it.
Took it to the Ford dealer and they said it hardly has any wear on it at all. Last guy must have taking good care of it. Have many plans to modify it later.
I had an chance to drive a new 6.0 for about a month and I must say I was very impressed with the power. I got the exact same mileage though. I was told by a very reputable diesel shop that the 6.0 is not holding up very well at all and bent rods are common. Give it a couple of years and maybe they will be better.
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