http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/235096-3867-102.html

 

And who cares???

 

No really? Who cares? They all had to do that to make what is known as the tier requirements for offroad and then whatever the new onroad requirements are. Right now, I think Cat is ahead of Cummins in that area. Every diesel manufacture should have gotten the award. Of all people, why did the CEO get the award? The engineers do all the work! Like the engineers couldn't have done it without the CEO? I hate it when the big wigs get all the credit.

 

I am having trouble understanding the title of this thread. You make it sound like Cummins has never done anything right. Do me a favor and scroll to the Cummins VS PSD thread that I started a while ago and look at the thred. Here on a Ford truck site, the Cummins engine is prefered over Ford's own offering. It looks like Cummins has been doing things right for a while. It has a reputation of being durable, and long lasting. And at the same time could tow anything you can throw at it, barely breaking a sweat.

Wake up and smell the coffee. Cummins has been building a solid diesel for a long, long time. When exactly did they go wrong?


Best regards.

 

Sorry I lead you to believe I didn't like Cummins. I was being factious. It is just some of the arguments leveled against Cummins in recent threads on this sight were such that I named my thread that way.

 

No need to apologize flashman. And sorry If came across as a bit annoyed. I now see what you meant when you said that. It is indeed an awsome engine. Hope yours keeps going strong for you.

 

You are on a Ford site, the chance of that happening is pretty good
Curious do you own a Ford truck?
...and what brought you to FTE.....?

 

I was in the market for a new truck and have always owned Fords or Dodges and I wanted to see what the current thinking was.

 

OK I'll bite, then why if…. your own words “in the market” would you come in touting the Cummins...IMO if you wanted a truly fare opinion of the market, I would not have started in the Ford vs. the Competition.....hum...strange way to research the market.
Your methodology to discovery is different...albeit not wrong just different.

and you typed WAS...does that mean you have made your choice...curious again I am

 

Was - until my wife spent ~ $20,000 on a kitchen remodeling job. I was split between a 2005 3500 SRW w/Cummins or a 2005 350 SRW w/6.0. Leary of 6.0 because of early problems and was cruzing the web to find out more. Discussions about Cummins vs 6.0 are/were at the heart of the matter in my decison in buying a truck.

Irrational attacks on either engine can be found all over the net - so I thought I would post something about how well one was regaurded by the press. Not that Navstar isn't on top of the emission issues but they did have to resort to EGR before Cummins. EGR, while not proven to be bad, is typicaly looked at with suspicion by many owners.

 

Well sorry for you. Next time hurry up and spend the money before she does. Wow I thought guys were smarter than that. Sheesh

 

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If you take a look at the sales, and percenatges of HD Rams with Cummins engines in them you will see that neither Cummins or Dodge went wrong when they first dropped the 5.9 into the Rams in 89.


Best as always.

 

*First sentence removed, as unnecessary, after editing two posts above - FL55*

It would have been a MUCH smarter business move to go with either one of the big three except Dodge. Especially from a business standpoint, they would have sold hundreds of times many more trucks by now if they had gone with either GM or Ford, and you can't overlook that.

 

Company name: Cummins Inc.
Corporate Headquarters: Columbus, Indiana
2004 revenues: $8.4 billion
2004 net income: $350 million

These are fishy financial numbers. 8.4 Billion in revenues while net income is only a small fraction. I think they are using funny calculators.