Diesel Truck MPG

NC Hauler wrote:

laknox wrote:

Vulcaneer wrote:
Not sure I agree with everything that travelnutz has posted. But I do agree that the old Dodges and Rams I see here in the NorthEast do seem to not tolerate road salt well. Look at those that are 2006 and older, and their bodies, frames, do not hold up as well as the Bodies and frames on the Fords, or GM twins. On all makes of that age, the brake and fuel lines are either replaced, or need to be replaced.

Of course the Ford 6L, have other devastating problems. But they seem to hold up against the salt better than the RAMS/Dodges.

So considering that, if I was going to recommend a diesel of that vintage, it would be the GMC, or Chevy. The 2006 or 07. are very good models.

Just my opinion.

Also, if you stay to the early '07 Duramax, you don't have to deal with DEF, IIRC. I know that if I can replace my current '02, and I have the funds to play with, I'd =build= an '06 or early '07, with beefed up frame and current undercarriage to get the payload of the '14/15 trucks. It also would get registered as that model year, no matter what's "under the hood". :-)

Lyle

Don't think DEF came out till 2010...believe you meant DPF which came out about the middle of 07.5, (EGR before that).

OK; whatever the extra cr@p you have to put in. I still find it somewhat amazing that the world's largest diesel engines, with 100,000+ cubic inches PER CYLINDER, are also the most efficient IC engines ever built for production =and= meet all current international pollution standards...running on heavy fuel oil. Why can't we do this with these puny engines so we don't have to have special fuel additives?

Lyle