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Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 754
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From: Idaho
Well I've got a 2003 f350 with a service box for work truck 6 liter 188,000 miles the only time it's been in the shop was for balljoint,oil changes and windshields all stock of course the company wont let me play with it,but still pulls as hard as it did brand new!!! had four dodges befor that the motor's ran alright but the rest of the truck was complete and total CRAP!!! in fact the only thing that was never touch on the first one was the motor. needed brackes on the front every 20,000 rotors every other time.You couldnt give me one of them !!!!
Guest
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,988
Likes: 55
From: north west new jersey
figures the first poster is from new york. never happy there. how about a 2000 7.3 with 315k on it never apart yet. 12 ford diesels and 5 ford gassers in my family . so don't knock ford around me.
Senior User
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 245
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From: Texas
Go to any major horse show and you'll see 60% Fords and 40% Dodges (not counting Freightliners, etc.). In a hundred horse shows I think I have seen one Duramax.
Those that pull trailers for a living (like horse trainers) use PSD's and, to a lesser extent, Cummins. Never Chevy.
Yes the Cummins is a good engine, but as a Dodge owner I can tell you their interiors are pure crap.
Those that pull trailers for a living (like horse trainers) use PSD's and, to a lesser extent, Cummins. Never Chevy.
Yes the Cummins is a good engine, but as a Dodge owner I can tell you their interiors are pure crap.
Senior User
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 182
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My Dad loves his Dodge powerplant but the rest of the truck is falling apart like when the carwash guy honks the horn to let you know there done and the horn woun't shut off the driver seat is stuck and need a new moter, and the seal between the trans and transfer case leaks atf when parked up hill. so now he parks backwards. Oh and the truck turns it self off ever time the frame flexes off-road . My old 7.3 will do me just fine.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,516
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Ford really should have moved faster to correct the 6.0L issues. In my area, I think the 6.0L scared a lot of commercial customers away. Almost every new tow truck I see now is either a Topkick or Kodiak 4500 (I do see some F-650 roll-backs, though). Contractors seem to have discovered the Chevy W4/Isuzu NPR, and with the price of diesel fuel I don't see those guys going back to Powerstroke. The lesson here is no matter how good your product was in the past, if you screw up, there's always someone right behind you ready to eat your lunch.
