Diesel,,,how many MPG does your get? - Page 2

fordman00 · 01-11-2010, 10:39 AM

I believe that for the money and the price you pay fords are the best from interior, exterior and motor and drivetrain.If you find one thats been taken care of there nice but if you get someone who has put a bunch of stuff on it and doesn't know what there doing its going to have problems, but thats for any diesel truck really. Make sure whatever you buy that if there are performance upgrades on the truck that their not just slapped on there and dont have the other weak links fixed.Like on the cummins a buddy had a brand new 06' 4x4 4 door auto, 16,000 MILES! and he put a bully dog triple threat or something close to it and the trans had issues two months later. Not pulling anything and kept on perfomance mode mostly.Now he has a 6 thousand dollar transmisson a rear end to back it up along with transfercase, driveshaft, and other mods under the hood. He got smart and built the other weak links after having that problem. but in the end its up to you and what you want and like whether its ford, dodge, or a gm product. good luck deciding! let us know what you decide!!

buckeyezuk · 01-11-2010, 11:09 AM

dodge or chevy is my vote. anything newer than the 7.3 in the fords have serious reliability and power issues. if you like manual shift and dont mind spendin a couple grand on a clutch, buy a dodge. if you want a automatic buy a duramax..my opinion..i have a duramax and like it..

WrenchMonkey · 01-11-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by buckeyezuk

anything newer than the 7.3 in the fords have serious reliability and power issues...

Well, he did say he was looking 2000-05...

Robert

fordman00 · 01-11-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by buckeyezuk

dodge or chevy is my vote. anything newer than the 7.3 in the fords have serious reliability and power issues. if you like manual shift and dont mind spendin a couple grand on a clutch, buy a dodge. if you want a automatic buy a duramax..my opinion..i have a duramax and like it..

I will agree there about the years after the 7.3 but some of the 6.0's are not bad motors like i said my uncle has a 04' PSD 6.0 and it is a tank,i love driving it its power everything, leather seats, automatic sliding rear window, four door and very spacious. I plow with it and pull trailers with it no problems yet and it has 80XXX +.

DEZROCKS · 01-11-2010, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tinbeater

Mike, watch the gear ratio, big difference.
My 02 cummins 5 speed gets 15/16 highway. 11/12 towing with the slide in camper, trailer and buggie.

whats a good gear ratio? do they like low gears or high gears?

94Dodge Truggy · 01-11-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DEZROCKS

whats a good gear ratio? do they like low gears or high gears?

Depends on what you plan on towing, tire size, power adders, dodge, chevy, ford etc...

Need to decide on that first.

hotrod · 01-11-2010, 05:58 PM

mine has 4.10s wish they were like a 3.73 i turn about 2500 @ 70mph but it would pull down a house given the oppertunity

Rubi06 · 01-13-2010, 10:33 AM

I've got an 05 5.9 cummins 2500 4x4 quadcab and I get between 15-20 overall during summer depending on what the programmer is set at and how much i'm playing around. Without the programmer it's on the higher end of that most of the time. Winter it goes down towards the lower end all the time. I have a programmer, s&b intake, and 5" turbo back exhaust and 3.73 rear. I did have my trans rebuilt at around 78000mi but that was due to my programmer. I had no problems with it before then even towing.

Now my girlfriend has a 08 F350 4x4 long bed crew cab and it gets between 10-14 mpg. All the emissions stuff they have put on it has really killed the mileage. As for the interior it is very nice. Being a King Ranch it has saddle leather seats and just about every option available. Not done any towning with it yet but I really want to try out the built in brake controller so I'm used to it when I start using the gooseneck.

I've never been around in a dmax except the van ambulances we have at work and they aren't any more reliable than the fords. But i've never had a chevy truck or been around in a dmax truck so I don't have an opinion about those. I love my dodge and the luxury of my girlfriends ford. Only complaint with the Ford is mileage due to emission stuff.

94Dodge Truggy · 01-13-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by hotrod

mine has 4.10s wish they were like a 3.73 i turn about 2500 @ 70mph but it would pull down a house given the oppertunity

put a taller tire on it and lower the rpm's.

adamkn · 01-23-2010, 04:41 PM

I've got a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4, with auto transmission. Tire size has a huge impact on mileage. I have 285/75R17 (33.8") tires, and typically get around 17 mpg. I can get over 20 on the highway.

My truck has the 48RE auto transmission - I think that was used for model years 2003 to 2005. If you do some research on it (Dodge truck forums, etc), you'll find that reliability has been excellent, as least with stock engines.

I've got 56k on my truck - and zero problems so far.

01-11-2010, 11:09 AM	#27
buckeyezuk wheeler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: bethel Posts: 134	Diesel dodge or chevy is my vote. anything newer than the 7.3 in the fords have serious reliability and power issues. if you like manual shift and dont mind spendin a couple grand on a clutch, buy a dodge. if you want a automatic buy a duramax..my opinion..i have a duramax and like it.. __________________ ZUKI linked f/r 16v air shocks cut 39.5" tsl. exod. full hydro F/R. rear steer.

01-11-2010, 05:58 PM	#32
hotrod Diesel guy Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bridgetown Posts: 241	mine has 4.10s wish they were like a 3.73 i turn about 2500 @ 70mph but it would pull down a house given the oppertunity __________________ 2013 RZR S

01-23-2010, 04:41 PM	#35
adamkn Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Loveland Posts: 14	I've got a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4, with auto transmission. Tire size has a huge impact on mileage. I have 285/75R17 (33.8") tires, and typically get around 17 mpg. I can get over 20 on the highway. My truck has the 48RE auto transmission - I think that was used for model years 2003 to 2005. If you do some research on it (Dodge truck forums, etc), you'll find that reliability has been excellent, as least with stock engines. I've got 56k on my truck - and zero problems so far. __________________ 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sport

01-11-2010, 10:39 AM	#26
fordman00 Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 433	I believe that for the money and the price you pay fords are the best from interior, exterior and motor and drivetrain.If you find one thats been taken care of there nice but if you get someone who has put a bunch of stuff on it and doesn't know what there doing its going to have problems, but thats for any diesel truck really. Make sure whatever you buy that if there are performance upgrades on the truck that their not just slapped on there and dont have the other weak links fixed.Like on the cummins a buddy had a brand new 06' 4x4 4 door auto, 16,000 MILES! and he put a bully dog triple threat or something close to it and the trans had issues two months later. Not pulling anything and kept on perfomance mode mostly.Now he has a 6 thousand dollar transmisson a rear end to back it up along with transfercase, driveshaft, and other mods under the hood. He got smart and built the other weak links after having that problem. but in the end its up to you and what you want and like whether its ford, dodge, or a gm product. good luck deciding! let us know what you decide!!

01-13-2010, 10:33 AM	#33
Rubi06 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Posts: 114 Images: 53	I've got an 05 5.9 cummins 2500 4x4 quadcab and I get between 15-20 overall during summer depending on what the programmer is set at and how much i'm playing around. Without the programmer it's on the higher end of that most of the time. Winter it goes down towards the lower end all the time. I have a programmer, s&b intake, and 5" turbo back exhaust and 3.73 rear. I did have my trans rebuilt at around 78000mi but that was due to my programmer. I had no problems with it before then even towing. Now my girlfriend has a 08 F350 4x4 long bed crew cab and it gets between 10-14 mpg. All the emissions stuff they have put on it has really killed the mileage. As for the interior it is very nice. Being a King Ranch it has saddle leather seats and just about every option available. Not done any towning with it yet but I really want to try out the built in brake controller so I'm used to it when I start using the gooseneck. I've never been around in a dmax except the van ambulances we have at work and they aren't any more reliable than the fords. But i've never had a chevy truck or been around in a dmax truck so I don't have an opinion about those. I love my dodge and the luxury of my girlfriends ford. Only complaint with the Ford is mileage due to emission stuff.