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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 41154" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Good information there Brent.</p><p></p><p>I did post the wrong way about the commpression of the gas vs diesel.</p><p></p><p>As for Glow plugs in the Ford, had my fill of them and that's really the only complaint other then the weak automatic transmissions Ford has "always" put in until going to the new one recently. We shall see how they hold up.</p><p></p><p>AS for your friend with the Dodge and 500,000 miles, that speaks volumns about the Dodge Cummins engine. I'm sure the older year of it is why you mentioned a rattletrap. After 12 years they all start to make noise. Possibly that's the only one your familar with and it's an old one to boot? Must admit, the Dodge was built extremely heavy duty back then. The axles are actually 1 ton and single fronts.No twin I beam or coil springs in them back then.</p><p></p><p>The new Dodges s I've been in are very low in any noise rateings. Add the HO Cummins and you have an engine that will outlive the truck, by far and probably the competition to.</p><p></p><p>As far as starting problems in cold weather, have talked to several people that live and work in Alaska and do repair and upkeep on the oil pipeline and they said the best diesel for starting in the cold weather up there has "always" been the Dodge Cummins?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, to each his own but, I'll certainly take the Cummins everytime over anything out there and I have had the Ford diesel to make my comparison.</p><p>Any new one I buy will be standard shifts to unless Allison wants to put a transmission in a Dodge?</p><p></p><p>I think each Diesel available to the consumer has it's good and bad points but, when looking at the power plants, which is the Most important aspect of diesel ownership, the Cummins has always been---"Top Dog" and as far as longevity will "spank" the rest of them.</p><p></p><p>Later</p><p>DC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 41154, member: 34"] Good information there Brent. I did post the wrong way about the commpression of the gas vs diesel. As for Glow plugs in the Ford, had my fill of them and that's really the only complaint other then the weak automatic transmissions Ford has "always" put in until going to the new one recently. We shall see how they hold up. AS for your friend with the Dodge and 500,000 miles, that speaks volumns about the Dodge Cummins engine. I'm sure the older year of it is why you mentioned a rattletrap. After 12 years they all start to make noise. Possibly that's the only one your familar with and it's an old one to boot? Must admit, the Dodge was built extremely heavy duty back then. The axles are actually 1 ton and single fronts.No twin I beam or coil springs in them back then. The new Dodges s I've been in are very low in any noise rateings. Add the HO Cummins and you have an engine that will outlive the truck, by far and probably the competition to. As far as starting problems in cold weather, have talked to several people that live and work in Alaska and do repair and upkeep on the oil pipeline and they said the best diesel for starting in the cold weather up there has "always" been the Dodge Cummins? Anyway, to each his own but, I'll certainly take the Cummins everytime over anything out there and I have had the Ford diesel to make my comparison. Any new one I buy will be standard shifts to unless Allison wants to put a transmission in a Dodge? I think each Diesel available to the consumer has it's good and bad points but, when looking at the power plants, which is the Most important aspect of diesel ownership, the Cummins has always been---"Top Dog" and as far as longevity will "spank" the rest of them. Later DC [/QUOTE]
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