Duramax is king of the mountain again

Are the farmers/ranchers waiting in line for a non DPF 6.0? ;)

FishOnOne wrote:

Greene728 wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

blofgren wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

jtallon wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
My parents finally traded their '05 Duramax for a new '16 Duramax yesterday. They wanted a two wheel drive truck and after my dad saw the pictures of the hood scoop he didn't like so they went truck shopping at the local dealer. They test drove a Ram Cummins and the Chevy Duramax and decided on the Chevrolet because of more responsive power, transmission shift quality and just a better ride.

Funny how people's priorities are different.

765ft/lbs of torque in the '16 was sufficient for them, I suppose? Given they're essentially the same truck, I'd have waited a bit, and taken the additional power of the '17, and learned to accept the hood scoop. But everyone sees things differently, I guess.

Did they look at the '17 F350?

Best of luck to them. They should be very happy with the Chevy!

Coming from a 05 they should notice a nice improvement in towing performance but it'll be interesting what the fuel economy will be. Plus he always said my Ford towed better than his Chevy so he's probably thinking this new Chevy should be on par with my Ford.

They only looked at the Ram and Chevy. The dealer they purchased the truck was a dealer my mom worked at since the early sixty's. She's been retired for ~15 years now and the dealer still gave them employee discount.

For me I would have wanted the increase in power like yourself.

They didn't look at the Ford? I'm absolutely stunned given the trouble free service you've had from yours. You need to mix up stronger batches of blue Koolaid at the family functions. ;)

And before anyone gets their undies in a knot, I'm kidding! :B. I wish them the very best with their new truck.

LOL.... There truck was 11 years old and the only wrench it saw was a new set of shocks and a oil drain plug seal, but it only had ~ 55k miles.

Where was it traded?
I'll bet it brings a premium in price!!!

Don Elliot Autoworld... It has ~56k miles.

Link

Well it appears that my parents truck that they traded in sold in about a week. As I have been saying here is that the local farmers/ranchers will pay a premium for a decent shape non DPF diesel truck. In some cases they are on a waiting list to receive a phone call that a truck has just come in on a trade and they're on it like white on rice. :B

ib516 wrote:
Interesting that GM chose not to get into the "tow rating numbers war" that Ford and Ram are in. Staying pretty conservative on their numbers - same as the previous year.

GM's sales pitch is to have the best towing confidence and not to have the best tow rating.

Interesting that GM chose not to get into the "tow rating numbers war" that Ford and Ram are in. Staying pretty conservative on their numbers - same as the previous year.

4x4ord wrote:
Clicky

Not for me...more than satisfied with my Ram!

Greene728 wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

blofgren wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

jtallon wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
My parents finally traded their '05 Duramax for a new '16 Duramax yesterday. They wanted a two wheel drive truck and after my dad saw the pictures of the hood scoop he didn't like so they went truck shopping at the local dealer. They test drove a Ram Cummins and the Chevy Duramax and decided on the Chevrolet because of more responsive power, transmission shift quality and just a better ride.

Funny how people's priorities are different.

765ft/lbs of torque in the '16 was sufficient for them, I suppose? Given they're essentially the same truck, I'd have waited a bit, and taken the additional power of the '17, and learned to accept the hood scoop. But everyone sees things differently, I guess.

Did they look at the '17 F350?

Best of luck to them. They should be very happy with the Chevy!

Coming from a 05 they should notice a nice improvement in towing performance but it'll be interesting what the fuel economy will be. Plus he always said my Ford towed better than his Chevy so he's probably thinking this new Chevy should be on par with my Ford.

They only looked at the Ram and Chevy. The dealer they purchased the truck was a dealer my mom worked at since the early sixty's. She's been retired for ~15 years now and the dealer still gave them employee discount.

For me I would have wanted the increase in power like yourself.

They didn't look at the Ford? I'm absolutely stunned given the trouble free service you've had from yours. You need to mix up stronger batches of blue Koolaid at the family functions. ;)

And before anyone gets their undies in a knot, I'm kidding! :B. I wish them the very best with their new truck.

LOL.... There truck was 11 years old and the only wrench it saw was a new set of shocks and a oil drain plug seal, but it only had ~ 55k miles.

Where was it traded?
I'll bet it brings a premium in price!!!

Don Elliot Autoworld... It has ~56k miles.

Link

FishOnOne wrote:

blofgren wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

jtallon wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
My parents finally traded their '05 Duramax for a new '16 Duramax yesterday. They wanted a two wheel drive truck and after my dad saw the pictures of the hood scoop he didn't like so they went truck shopping at the local dealer. They test drove a Ram Cummins and the Chevy Duramax and decided on the Chevrolet because of more responsive power, transmission shift quality and just a better ride.

Funny how people's priorities are different.

765ft/lbs of torque in the '16 was sufficient for them, I suppose? Given they're essentially the same truck, I'd have waited a bit, and taken the additional power of the '17, and learned to accept the hood scoop. But everyone sees things differently, I guess.

Did they look at the '17 F350?

Best of luck to them. They should be very happy with the Chevy!

Coming from a 05 they should notice a nice improvement in towing performance but it'll be interesting what the fuel economy will be. Plus he always said my Ford towed better than his Chevy so he's probably thinking this new Chevy should be on par with my Ford.

They only looked at the Ram and Chevy. The dealer they purchased the truck was a dealer my mom worked at since the early sixty's. She's been retired for ~15 years now and the dealer still gave them employee discount.

For me I would have wanted the increase in power like yourself.

They didn't look at the Ford? I'm absolutely stunned given the trouble free service you've had from yours. You need to mix up stronger batches of blue Koolaid at the family functions. ;)

And before anyone gets their undies in a knot, I'm kidding! :B. I wish them the very best with their new truck.

LOL.... There truck was 11 years old and the only wrench it saw was a new set of shocks and a oil drain plug seal, but it only had ~ 55k miles.

Where was it traded?
I'll bet it brings a premium in price!!!

97chevor wrote:
So 40,000 pound GCWR on E rated tires?

UH.......don't think all 40K will be siting on the 6 tires. I tow 33K combined and my rear tires are inflated to 65 with reserve at that psi. Fronts are at 80 but little extra weight would be added if any since a 40K combined would be with a gooseneck hitch at 15 percent pin at 6K. My pin is 5,800#.

So 40,000 pound GCWR on E rated tires?

Someone it going to get a great used truck! However it will most likely be twice the cost of a PSD of that vintage. Chris