Re: OT: 3/4 Ton Trucks

Posted by Bill46 on April 11, 2006 at 10:27:58 from (63.65.68.28):

In Reply to: OT: 3/4 Ton Trucks posted by Specter on April 11, 2006 at 07:45:38:

Well Spector, I am no expert...I only know what works for me.
I had nothing but Fords for years...dad kept after me to buy a Dodge with the Cummins.
I finally got off the extra money in 96 and haven't looked back.
I may have made one mistake in getting the automatic...but an ATS torque convertor sure fixed that.
Never paid a lot of attention to fuel mileage until I started hauling dad's old tractors from Indiana to Texas.
Had a friend ride along on one trip. He had the older 3/4 ton Powerstroke, I had the 3/4 ton Cummins. He had a 20' gooseneck with a single WD9 on it, I had a JD 820 and a Farmall Super M on a 30Ft gooseneck.
He could leave me at a startup easily, but on the road...I could walk him on the hills thru Kentucky and Tennessee.
He kept count of the fuel for the fun of it. I gave it little thought as I had other things on my mind at the time.
Empty going to Indiana he got around 15, I averaged 22. His score...not mine.
Coming back loaded...and we were loaded, he averaged 9 and I averaged 14.
Again, the Dodge has the older mechanical injector pump...not the newer electronic system. I have been told they do not do as well.
I now have 250K miles on it, and I feel like the engine will go forever...but the body may not. The engine has cost me very little.
I like the engine so well, when the body is gone, I plan to stick it in an old 3/4 ton IH...just for kicks and grins.
You drive them all...buy the one you like the best. Now...having said that...if they would stick that Cummins in a Ford...but that is a dream I know. Make a heck of a truck though.....
My 2 cents.

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