Posted by Nancy Howell on November 10, 2009 at 09:24:39 from (144.162.48.126):
In Reply to: OT- Truck fire posted by Mike (WA) on November 10, 2009 at 08:40:58:
Sorry to hear about your truck.
We have a 95 Dodge 3500 Cummins diesel with close to 300,000 miles on it now. Finally had to have the original clutch replaced last w/e. Its been and still is a great truck. With 410 gears, it will tow anything, just not fast. On the highway, with no load, running 65 mph, gets about 18 mpg, tach reads about 2300 rpm.
In June I bought a 97 Ford F-350, single rear wheel, 4sp auto tranny with the 7.3L diesel. It had 92,000 miles on it when I bought it. I can't speak to durability yet, but it has easily pulled everything we needed. Heaviest load so far - about 8,000 lbs. Don't know what kind of mileage it gets towing, but on the highway I get between 20 and 22. One of the selling points for me on the Ford was at 60 the tach read 1600 rpm. I wanted another Dodge, but I couldn't find one in my price range that wasn't beat up and my mechanic said the older Fords with the 7.3L diesel were good trucks.
I can tell you this - about a month ago the power steering hose blew out of the housing on my Ford (design flaw for that year). Called a wrecker to come get it and take it to my mechanic's shop. The wrecker was the exact same truck as my 97 Ford. I rode with the driver to the shop and asked about the truck. He said it had 479,000 miles and that didn't include idling time. I watched his tach as he drove (after we had dropped off my truck). With no load, at 60 his engine was turning 2300 rpm (manual tranny). I'm sure it was geared low for towing. You can bet that wrecker has been driven hard and its still going.
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