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Between the $250 oil changed, and the dollar a gallon higher fuel price. And the 20K difference in sticker price. There’s no reason to own a new diesel I think your myth has been sufficiently crushed.Diesel fuel around here isn't that much different than regular and cheaper than premium. An oil change costs me $50.00 at the dealership and there isn't a gasser that will haul or pull the load this Cummins will...
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After having a CP4 injection pump come apart internally twice in 130,000 miles on my 2500 Duramax I bought a 2018 3500 Cummins with the Aisen tranny. The dealer was pushing me to wait for the 2019 to come out but hearing that they were putting that same CP4 injection pump in the 19s I wouldn't own one for anything. It cost 11k to fix the Duramax the second time. First time was under warranty. It was enough to make a life long Chevy guy buy a Dodge. As of now I'm happy with the Cummins. Its a pulling SOB!
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What year was the Duramax?
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After having a CP4 injection pump come apart internally twice in 130,000 miles on my 2500 Duramax I bought a 2018 3500 Cummins with the Aisen tranny. The dealer was pushing me to wait for the 2019 to come out but hearing that they were putting that same CP4 injection pump in the 19s I wouldn't own one for anything. It cost 11k to fix the Duramax the second time. First time was under warranty. It was enough to make a life long Chevy guy buy a Dodge. As of now I'm happy with the Cummins. Its a pulling SOB! Gotta laugh there. My 98 Dodge cummins went thru three VP44 injector pumps. $2k each time.So I bought a 2019 Chevy Duramax. 2500HD Figuring on that,I bought the extended warrarnty for $3k. I will be dead or not running trucks by the time it runs out.I probably won't put 100,000 miles on it.
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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There’s no reason to own a new diesel Ya mean there is no reason for YOU to own a new diesel, right?
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That is my understanding.
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Last year we bought a 40' fifth wheel. After buying the camper I bought the right truck to pull it. I bought a new 2018 ram 3500 srw long bed 4x4 with the aisin transmission. Love the truck. 10 months later 13k on the odometer now with 3500 of that towing the 5r and it only gets better. Rural daily driving average 18 mpg, towing the 14k 5r average 12.5 mpg.
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I have a 2013 Ram 3500 w Cummins n Aisin. Great combo, great truck. I’m at 107k miles. Runs like a top and will pull anything.
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I had a 2014 Ford (4x4 SC f250)gasser. It was a great truck . We bought a 8000# fifth wheel camper . It may have been 9000 # or so in the real world with gear . It was like pulling a parachute behind the truck at times. Personally, if I was gonna own a heavier fifth wheel camper I’d want to have a diesel to pull it a whole bunch of miles.
OTOH, I pulled 14,000# (hay) weight with the truck without much complaint, it was the damn sheer size of the camper catching air that was the problem. That said, for farming and working construction, that 6.2 gas truck is pretty damn good.
What are the problems with the f150’s? Guess I’ll find out as I’m taking delivery of a ‘16 today.
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It came with a too small fuel tank and doesn't get the mileage a diesel should. 6-8 pulling a 28ft camp trailer and 16-18 empty depending on what tires I have on it. Good LORD! My Kenworth gets 7-8 grossing 88,000..... That Cummins should hardly notice a little camp trailer behind it. They shouldn't but they do. My '08 Dodge Cummins with manual tranny gets 17 empty. With a 5k camp trailer and a stock rack full of llamas in the bed, it drops to about 11. Admittedly, when it's loaded like that, the roads are usually more vertical and lower gears are used quite a bit.
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You have a F-150 and you are going to a full 1 ton? Did you buy a new heavy trailer or something?
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You have a F-150 and you are going to a full 1 ton? Did you buy a new heavy trailer or something? Decided I’m staying with my F150 until warranty is up at least. Another 70,000km until that happens. Maybe longer if ford comes up with a fix for the cam phasers. I don’t really need a diesel so going to stay away.
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I have an older 8.1 Gm with the allison, best truck I have owned, hands down, not sure what I will do when it gives up. Pulls like a diesel, constant 10MPg loaded or empty, Ford with the new 7.3 big block might be my next choice. But I love my high mileage truck, and really worry about having to replace it.
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