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F-250 6 0 Turbo Diesel
Have any of you Dodge guys out there seen the new Dodge PowerWagon? It comes with a totally different independent suspension and standard with 4.56 gears. It is intended for more or less off-road users.
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F-250 6 0 Turbo Diesel
My cousins the farmers have gone back and forth between Ford and Chevy trucks. They had a Dodge back in the late 80's and didn't like it. They usually have atleast 4 trucks. The last 2 have been Chevies with Duromax. They were unhappy about the '99 and '00 250's and 350's. They kept ripping out front ends and going through trannys. They now have one 02 and 03 Super-Duty and one 03 and 04 Duromax. They always use automatic transmissions for ease of pulling out boats at the docks and creature comfort.
The Duromaxes are quieter and haven't had any problems. I think the one brother uses his Ford harder than the other with Chevy. The dad is semi-retired and drives the other Chevy. The oldest truck usually hauls fuel, wrenches ,etc. and is the common work vehicle.
The latest Super-Duties have been good also. One of the cousins has the Ford with 6.0 and complains about fuel economy. He says the mileage isn't good when driving North on I-75 (gradual uphill grade all the way) toward Grayling when going 80-85 mph pulling a fourplace snowmobile trailer. When heading West on M-72 toward Traverse on the roller-coaster hills it has plenty of power to pass and maintain speed at 65-70 mph.
The Ford easily handles the 2 to 2 1/2 ton payload of fertilizer and seed when driving through plowed fields getting to the recently tilled fields for filling the planter. It squats a little though. Srings on the Ford seem stiffer to maintain profile under load.
It also handles the 15,000 GVW trailer well. They say they use the semi and low-boy trailer for hauling the big stuff.
Other than the mileage complaint on the Ford, he finds the seats a little hard. I have an '02 F250 with Triton V-8 and am very happy with it except for the seating. It is real firm in my opinion also.
I understand allot of the guys with problems have put in chips to increase power. I also understand the injectors on the Duromax can go bad at about 65,000 miles. Believe all of them have problems of some sort, especially if short trips are involved. Ford hassled them about so many warranty repairs on the front ends and trannies. So, the one brother switched to Chevy.
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About a week or so ago I stated that my Farming Cousin with the F350 6.0 wasn't having any problems. I hadn't talked to him in a while. Well, I guess the story is beginning to change for him. Now he is getting some sort of miss and is loosing power on hills, just ripped out a front end and is getting some intermittent noices up front that service can't locate. He definitely doesn't pamper it by any means.
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