I'm looking for a replacement truck
Ok, first off, I don't want to start a brand war here, but would appreciate some input based on experience. My TC hauler, a 1997 Ford F350 diesel dually suffered frame damaged by hurricane Michael....
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KD4UPL wrote:
You can get a Ford truck with a Cummins and an Allison, it's called a F-650 or F-750. To me it goes to show that Ford didn't trust their own products. They put their diesel and tranmission in the "little" F250 and F350 but when they built a "big" F-650 they used the same engine that's in a 2500 RAM and the same transmission (almost) that's in a 2500 Chevy.
I worked for years as a buyer for one of the world's largest mining company and had opportunity to spec out trucks like this. Ford offered Powerstroke, Cummins and Cat engines in these trucks along with different transmissions. It WAS NOT because they didn't trust their own drivetrains. The various combinations were offered to serve different uses of the trucks, as demanded by the market. An F750 that we intended to use as a service truck that would never leave mine property was spec'd differently than an F750 that would be taken over the road.
