dilloncawthon

yeah the def is only added every oil change interval or so. i just picked up my f250 the other day. today was the first heavy load i've hauled with it.

2000lb pallet of sweet feed. you couldn't even tell it was back there while driving unless you looked back.

Red1999XLT

Cummins is better on fuel consumption, but it lacks power. It'll get the job done, but the ford will haul a** away from it lol. I have a 2009 1500 Laramie and its nice. It did have quite a few problems in the beggining but those many problems are fixed lol. So heres the deal basically, Dodge= Mpg, Ford= Power and towing. I havent driven the new powerstroke but ive been in a 2011 2500 and it was nice. If you want a nice interior go with the laramie or else its basically crap. Sorry Dodge. lol

Wolfdog

If you travel any interstate just take a look at what is towing.

Chevy, usually blowing black smoke or broke down.....

Dodges look right at home towing but most of them are struggling but still getting the job done.

Power Strokes pull period..... they may burn more fuel but never struggle pulling a load, even in Colorado in the thin air... they pull..

You want to pull with ease or save fuel? to me that's your question you need to answer..

I have had both for work in the not too distant past, and the Ford is why i choose to drive one..

Hunttman01

Fixed

wintersucks

Hands down the Cummins with a 6spd manual for me. If your looking for a manual its also your only option. If you want an awsome truck tho, I'd love to put a cummins in a brand new ford some day. I kinda like the Ford better, but without sticking money into a swap, I'd only put my money down on a dodge. Sad that they don't allow options like they do with trucks 1/4 or 1/2 ton higher rated. Silly as ford has been putting cummins engines in there large trucks for years now.

dilloncawthon

what trucks exactly has ford been putting cummins in?

Hunttman01

F550 f650

dilloncawthon

I would barely consider those ford trucks. they are made by blue diamond and international. all ford does is make the cab for them.

05 4x4 Triton

I know more people that use their Cummins on regular basis to tow and haul then I do Powerstroke owners. Making generalizations about one brand of truck driver is almost never accurate. You can defend Ford all you want but the truth of the matter is that all of the big three diesel trucks are roughly on par with each other. It's hard to defend Ford when the 6.o was a complete disaster. You can't blame it's numerous problems on epa regulations either considering that the major problems involved head studs, gaskets and oil coolers. The EGR was just ANOTHER problem they had. I don't know about you but but it seems odd to me that in the past 10 years Ford has used 4 completely different diesel engines while Chevy has used 1 basic platform and Dodge has used 2.

Kevin_MacArthur

They're slowly coming back to 7.3, duhhhh.