Fuelly mileage of the big three diesels
It appears the new 10 speed in the Fords made a significant impact in catching up with the Cummins fuel mileage in the 2500's. Although it is still too little info in all of the new 2020 models to te...
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Fuel mileage wasn't even a consideration when I bought my 2014 Ram 2500 CTD either. Neither was cost. It mainly came down to me being familiar with the Cummins, it's reliability, and being able to work on it myself. My company also is a Cummins distributor so I could get Cummins parts and software cheap.
Then again, we also own nine Ford dealerships so I could do the same for Ford, but after looking under the hood of my brother's 2012 F350 PSD he had at the time, I got turned away. I knew I wasn't going to keep my truck stock and was going to replace the turbo, manifolds, injectors, and so on later on down the road. Replacing all this stuff in the PSD myself would have been a nightmare compared to how easy it was in my Cummins. I do wish the Ram had a stout/tunable transmission like the Ford does though. These are just my preferences and everyone is different. I just posted the fuel mileage to give people a clue on what to expect in the real world.
Not trying to start a brand war and I am not sure about the new 2020 model, but I would tow with the newer PSD's before trading that Ram in. My brother traded in his 2012 for a 2014 Ram 2500 and he stated multiple times that it tows better(stability wise) that his F350. My father in law said the same thing when he had to borrow my truck because his 2019 F350 was in the shop due to a recall. Both said the 2500 handles the bounce/sway considerably better than their F350s. May not be a big deal for some.
Then again, we also own nine Ford dealerships so I could do the same for Ford, but after looking under the hood of my brother's 2012 F350 PSD he had at the time, I got turned away. I knew I wasn't going to keep my truck stock and was going to replace the turbo, manifolds, injectors, and so on later on down the road. Replacing all this stuff in the PSD myself would have been a nightmare compared to how easy it was in my Cummins. I do wish the Ram had a stout/tunable transmission like the Ford does though. These are just my preferences and everyone is different. I just posted the fuel mileage to give people a clue on what to expect in the real world.
Not trying to start a brand war and I am not sure about the new 2020 model, but I would tow with the newer PSD's before trading that Ram in. My brother traded in his 2012 for a 2014 Ram 2500 and he stated multiple times that it tows better(stability wise) that his F350. My father in law said the same thing when he had to borrow my truck because his 2019 F350 was in the shop due to a recall. Both said the 2500 handles the bounce/sway considerably better than their F350s. May not be a big deal for some.
