Workhorse vs Ford
I am shopping again (!!) and have a question: Looking for a used gasser, and friends say the Chev 8.1 Workhorse/ Allison transmission is the best choice. Hard to find, because now I am told manuf...
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carringb wrote:
Workhorse *generally* was a year or two ahead in chassis improvements. Things like larger wheels, larger sway bars etc. came out on WH first, then Ford would eventually follow. So given the same coach on the same year chassis, a WH could handle and ride better. But eventually Ford stopped dragging their feet, and regained market share, to the point it GM could't make enough motors to justify the cost of the keeping the plant open. Workhorse (owned by Navistar) tried replacing the 8.1L with an underpowered 6.0 and also a problem prone 6.4L front-diesel. Neither really sold, so WH is pretty much out of the game now, especially since any resources Navistar has is being put into making a road-legal diesel (EPA has to pull their certification after the other diesel makers caught them cheating by using "credits" to pass emissions).
BTW - I honestly believe the V10 is one of the most reliable motors ever made. I have 350,000 miles on mine, and I've seen commercial vans with well over 500k. Ford believes in the V10 enough they offer it in the F650, but they don't offer their own diesel, it only comes with a Cummins.
what years are you talking about? Ford had the first decent chassis with the 1999 one that I bought. at that time Chevy/workhorse was still cranking out the P-30/32 (yes relabeled workhorse) for a couple of years.
bumpy
