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- 7800 lb tow rating too....
- Look forward to seeing some towing tests on this one.
- Pretty impressive power out of a 3.0L diesel. My 2002 5.9L Cummins had 235hp and 460tq and performed very well with the ~9000lb TT I towed with it.
parker.rowe wrote:
Look forward to seeing some towing tests on this one.
I look forward to seeing if this (and the Ford baby diesel) can prove themselves reliable and durable over the long run. I'm going to say the Ram EcoDiesel is......what I'd call so-so for those categories. Not a disaster by any stretch, but enough issues I don't think I'd buy one. Diesels aren't the bulletproof workhorses they once were IMHO. I think they are getting better than the choked up junk they passed onto consumers in 2008 - 2010 (no matter the brand), but I still think today's diesels, although very powerful, don't measure up to the durability and longevity of the 5.9L Cummins and 7.3L Powerstroke in their best iterations.- Keeping it straight is a great start compared to the others that swing both ways.
- Anything new will have issues. Look how terrible the Ford modular V engines were in the beginning. Having to warranty so many flying spark plugs and exploding timing chains was a great incentive to make the modular the bulletproof thing it's evolved into.
- Cool to see these big power baby diesels.
From someone who's @ss has been planted in a 1/2 ton truck for at least 15 of the 23 years (some years I had a 3/4ton) that gets driven 30-40k miles per year and randomly worked like it's a bigger truck than it actually is, I can say I'd love 25mpg avg (less fill ups) and 10 speeds with 450ft lbs in front of it.
Only offering in higher trim is missing the market. Incentiveize it for fleet/construction use in the low/mid trim models and then convince my company to buy me one! - Sounds like that will be a winner. I hope they put it in their Burb/Yukon XL. I’d be interested in that more than the truck.
- Interested in this lil I6. I think the 282HP 450TQ 28hwy 10 speed look good.
New Jeep Rubicon diesel is specked 260HP 242TQ
My lil conservative tow tune ED 268HP 485TQ
28 Hwy looks good considering the tall big box front end.
7,800 tow rating looks low my 4 door ED is 8,800 but really I don't care what Ford etc rates them if you are buying it to tow 9k+ load you should be looking into the HD platform. Certainly it has the power and gearing to tow more. VernDiesel wrote:
Interested in this lil I6. I think the 282HP 450TQ 28hwy 10 speed look good.
New Jeep Rubicon diesel is specked 260HP 242TQ
My lil conservative tow tune ED 268HP 485TQ
28 Hwy looks good considering the tall big box front end.
7,800 tow rating looks low my 4 door ED is 8,800 but really I don't care what Ford etc rates them if you are buying it to tow 9k+ load you should be looking into the HD platform. Certainly it has the power and gearing to tow more.
I'm not sure I trust the 7800 rating in this doc.
That platform with the same rear and transmission is rated to much more, and to be competitive with the other half ton diesels they would need a higher rating.
So unless there is some issue with the engine holding it back, I'm not sure a 7800lb max rating makes sense.
We'll just have to wait for the official specs but I am looking forward to seeing what they are.
