Fuelly mileage of the big three diesels

ShinerBock wrote:
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.

Not trying to start a brand war either, but in 2012 when I got the new truck bug (the offering of a stock 400hp didn't help either :B) Ram didn't offer DEF in their 2500/3500 trucks and touted their trucks not needing it which I would never purchase one without DEF and I couldn't stomach the looks of the Chevy truck. My 2005 Super Duty gave me good service so I decided on another Super Duty truck which I felt had the best platform at the time by far. My truck currently has 198k miles and the engine/drivetrain hasn't been touched. EGT sensors, Nox sensor, AC compressor, evaporator coil, passenger side hub/bearing, 2 serpentine belts, 2 brake jobs have been the repairs to date. I've been extremely pleased with the service of this truck and the fuel economy and the regen frequency is essentially unchanged which tells me the engine and the emissions system is still in good shape.