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From: Leesburg GA
Diesel Mags
I am so tired of reading diesel world and diesel power, there is never anything good about our trucks! the new diesel shootout is rediculous!If they are right about everything im definately putting a duramax in when my stroke goes! All we are driving around in is underpowered CRAP (to them) someone needs to build a low 10 sec powerstroke and shut them the hell up.And when that happend there will be more studies and trials for new parts for our trucks! everyone who wants to see this happen needs to send 500 dollars to Matt at Spartan so he can get his truck done!!!! Only need 100 sponsors!!I WILL GIVE HIM MONEY TOMORROW IM READY FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Really? I thought they were all pretty close on the stats. When you compare the fact that we have the best looking, best riding and nicest interiors of any of the two, I' m good with that. Plus, you notice that the "winner" of what ever comparison they are doing that month rotates? I think it's based on advertising dollars.
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From: ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
I have noticed too that all thier project trucks are dodges and cheby's except for the f-250 rock crawler, but i would like to see more superduty's in the lime light as well. And you would figure there would be more editorials with fords since the editor of diesel power drives a f-250 sc fx4.
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Originally Posted by rchouser
Watch Ice Drivers on Sunday mornings. The SD's don't backseat anybody when the roads get real. rc
All of the truck that are there to provide technical & emergency support for all of the Ice Road Truckers are FORD's.
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Originally Posted by eliwho
I have noticed too that all thier project trucks are dodges and cheby's except for the f-250 rock crawler, but i would like to see more superduty's in the lime light as well. And you would figure there would be more editorials with fords since the editor of diesel power drives a f-250 sc fx4.
When I subscribed to Diesel Power I was hoping and expecting to read articles about modest dollar improvements, educational articles about Diesel do's and don'ts, practical drivetrain mods and maintenance, towing, and some HP/Torque shoot-outs between tuners and mods.
It's mostly about sled pulling, mega-dollar trucks (ala Hot Rod magazine) and drag racing. I'm not interested in those activities. They'll have articles about the 5.9 Cummins all the time as that's a common engine to modify, I don't own one nor do I plan on that.
If the Duramax or Cummins came in a Ford truck the mag would be worth it to me, but that's never gonna happen!
Anyway, it's very easy to find great, useful info on this site and others once you determine who the experienced and knowledgeable posters are.
Just my .02.... and I think I just found change on the floor.....
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you hit the nail on the head kepler4, i dont want to sled pull or drag, or even burnout a $1000 set of tires, but every issue revolves around these things, we should start our own mag soon.
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It's about selling after market products. Most magazines are advertising. Count how many pages are articles and how many are adds. You might even count articles that endorse a certain product as an add. I do like some of the history on diesels that DP puts out.
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From: Boulder Junction Wi
Originally Posted by glm racers
Exactly!
All of the truck that are there to provide technical & emergency support for all of the Ice Road Truckers are FORD's.
All of the truck that are there to provide technical & emergency support for all of the Ice Road Truckers are FORD's.
also do you have any egr/turbo vane sticking issue's,what kind of antigel do you use,would think stanadine,powerservice or howel's would "WANT" to advertise on that show
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Originally Posted by poppie
Anyone from the iceroad rescue on here,would like to know how you guy's keep them from wet stacking when they look like they idle 24/7 @ -40 below, also do you have any egr/turbo vane sticking issue's,what kind of antigel do you use,would think stanadine,powerservice or howel's would "WANT" to advertise on that show.
also do you have any egr/turbo vane sticking issue's,what kind of antigel do you use,would think stanadine,powerservice or howel's would "WANT" to advertise on that show.I live in California, but during the winter months I travel to the mountains and I have never had any starting problems. after a long night in an open parking lot. And I don't prescribe to those magical elickser's there IMO a waste of money.
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From: Alberta, Canada
You have obviously never had the experience of having 400 gal of diesel turn into a big ball of snot in the tank and filters, which it tends to do between -40 and -50. The antigels work and they are well worth it; especially in cold climates. Although the winter diesel is good product the antigels provide a much better low temperature flowability than diesel alone.
For the engines most of the semis are totally enclosed with belly tarps and rad covers; I would expect that the light duty trucks do much the same thing. High idle mods would be a minimum, auxiliary idle controls would be more likely.
For the engines most of the semis are totally enclosed with belly tarps and rad covers; I would expect that the light duty trucks do much the same thing. High idle mods would be a minimum, auxiliary idle controls would be more likely.
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From: Denver, Co
Originally Posted by armymark
It's about selling after market products. Most magazines are advertising. Count how many pages are articles and how many are adds. You might even count articles that endorse a certain product as an add. I do like some of the history on diesels that DP puts out.
Hell, most of the automotive & motorcycle magazines are this way anymore. They are pretty much just colorful parts brochures for aftermarket products....intermixed with a handful of "tech" articles so that you don't get too bored with the advertising propoganda that just about oozes out of them.
I quit subscribing to three of the more popular four-wheeling magazines when they got bad enough that I could not find two consecutive pages that were not sporting an advertisement. I browsed through a couple diesel mags at one point, and was disappointed to find that they were the same way. Needless to say, none of them came home with me.
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Exactly. It's all propaganda. Hopefully some publisher will wake up some day. Unfortunately, it will probably be the aftermarket 6.0 ruiners and the trick-my-truck crowd for a while. I think all the publishers must live in Hollywood or NYC.