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Meaning they never pull trailers, they don't have big heavy flat beds on them, and they travel mostly pavement and groomed gravel county roads. They do see quite a few hours of idle time a day. I'm sure that's not great on them. They also get maintained well and on schedule. And a good handful of our guys are retirement age. So they're not really abused as much as you'd think.

And I'm not bashing Dodge either. I own one myself. I've only ran a Dodge as a personal truck since 2001. I've owned 5 of them since then. I'm only talking about the 2016-2017. The older ones we had decent luck with. It's just these newer ones we haven't.

That doesn't sound too bad at all. About like I use my farm pickup. Which is a world of difference from how our feed pickups get used and abused.



Big difference between honest use and flat out abuse.

No sir... I really think the hardest thing we do to them is the idle time.

I have a '15 Ram 2500 Reg Cab 4x4, 6.4 Hemi, 4.10 LSD w/ 8.5' Fisher Xtreme V-plow. Trucks been great so far. Also have a '07 1500 with the 5.7 Hemi. Still runs great.

GM uses the same axles in their trucks as Ram does. They both use AAM front and rear diffs. GM uses a IFS type front. Ram uses a solid front axle. GM uses 10.5" or 11.5" depending on the truck. Since 2014 Ram uses 11.5" in all 2500/3500 SRW trucks and a 11.8" in their DRW high output diesels trucks. GM may do the same with their DRW diesels, not sure.

NYH1.

Oh? Do elaborate.


Have you tried adjusting the idle/WOT voltage on the TPS? PM me & I will show you how if you haven't done so already.

I'd recommend it unless you are fond of being hit by a large automobile.

They sure have some good deals on those Dodge 2017's in these parts which leads me to believe that guys are buying something else. Just this morning the local dealer is advertising 30% off MSRP sticker price on trucks and that is the most that I have ever heard of. Some years back I bought a nice used F-150 5.4 from the local Dodge dealer and they told me that I could buy a new Dodge truck for the same money. I still bought the Ford and never regretted it.

Mine never have.

Mine neither; and thats with salt exposure.

Don't know about the front but GM heavy duty SRW pick ups run the GM Corporate full floating 14 bolt axel. They have since the early 70's

Since I posted this, I had a power door lock quit working. If your window or lock quits, almost always its a broken wire in the wiring bundle between the door and the frame. You can unplug it from the frame at the end. Then pull the rubber back and start checking the wires. The wires are very small and they break easily with the door opening and shutting.

Manual crank windows for the win.
I’m usually the only feller at my rare drive through occurrence that can lean my shoulder on the glass, crack the ice, force crank the glass down and order up.
It’s amusing to see folks in front open their doors to order as their motors won’t break the ice on the glass edges.

I own both ford with the 5.4 triton motor and ram with 6.4 hemi.My choice is ram 6.4 hemi hands down.My 5.4 triton motor is a money pit..

I just got rid of my power wagon with the 6.4 hemi....what a gas pig, was horrible. Traded it off on a new F150 ecoboost and already enjoy the improvements in gas mileage.

I did not buy my truck thinking I would get honda civic gas mileage did you?My 5.4 trition in my ford gets 15 mpg,s and my 6.4 hemi gets 15-16 mpgs.I knew going in the mileage would suck,guess what its a truck.Good luck with your twin turbos in the ford echo boost,have you drilled a weep hole yet?

the milage got to the point that I couldn't go hunting due to the cost of gas...sorry but not worth having it affects things like that. With gas suppose to jump up $0.18/litre here in January with the new tax making next year will be worse. Don't forget you arent paying the prices we are for gas...today its $1.12/litre for regular, not to mention what mid grade which is what the power wagon is suppose to use.

My ecoboost is was getting better than 23 miles to the gallon cruising the hwy the other day....best I ever got in the power wagon was about 17 and that was only on one trip.

Sorry would rather spend my time getting out to hunt than sitting at home due to cost of a truck

Before I purchase any car/truck I make sure what I can afford it according to my budget.Sorry the ram did not work out for you price wise.I paid cash for my 2016 Ram 2500 with 6.4 hemi so gas costs are not a problem..

Im not that lucky I can pay cash for a vehicle unfortunately. This truck better suites my needs anyhow and I will get my hunting time in vs sitting at home looking out the window wish I was

No luck involved here.Got out of bed & busted my ass for 45 plus years and went to work everyday.Not easy but pays dividends in the long haul..