Just looking at build/price info for HD trucks from the big 3.Ford - wants your name, email, etc, etc before they will show you local inventoryChevy/GMC - I'm largely unsure as the website just seemed to reset after building a vehicle. I tried twice with the same results. User error is always a possibility. Ram - Very easy to use. Build/price a vehicle and they show you local inventory with how close a certain matches your criteriaFull disclosure - I'm a current Ram owner but my truck is sitting at the dealer having the tranny rebuilt at 38K miles. I'm far from brand loyal as my last trucks have been 1989 Toyota 4runner to 1999 Ford F150 to 2005 Nissan Titan to 2006 Chevy Silverado Duramax to current 2014 Ram 2500 Hemi. I'm truly open to all brands and well may keep my Ram for a while. It's just interesting shopping the different brands and their websites. Anyone have any shopping tips??

Just check out the local dealer websites. Email them for a price. Ford is heavily discounting their super duty trucks. I just bought a 2016 F250 for almost 15000 off sticker.

I have the same observations on websites...GM and Ford are a bit harder to use. Ram is simple...I love that I can find out the tow rating and payload rating by checking the VIN...Dealer websites are worse "call for price". Frustrating...What happened to the Hemi's transmission of you don't mind me asking?Thanks!Jeremiah

If you go to Ford inventory search all you need to put in is what you want and a zip code.

OP, you're not alone. I find the recent trend of website designs to be almost unusable. Just when your eyes focus on a portion of the page to be able to read it, the whole freakin page suddenly moves, or scrolls, or presents something else... without you ever touching the mouse.Or, just when you've mentally mapped all the things you saw at first glance, that you want to examine in more detail individually... again, the entire page morphs into something else. This rapid wipe scrolling nonsense.Or, take Ford's commercial vehicle website for example. I was trying to "build and price" a commercial transit van. There are two columns presented initially, where the column on the right has a scroll bar. But it really isn't clear that the column on the left is scrollable, because the scroll bar doesn't "appear" until you mouse over it in just the right way. How would I know that.So I'm going along, trying to build this cargo van, and I know that Transits have a configuration that is different than what I'm trying to build, but I can't see the option anywhere on the page. How do they expect me to know what exists if I can't see it?By accident, I move the mouse in such a way that another scroll bar appears in the middle of the page, and now other configurations appear... but they are in graphic boxes so large that only 2 or 3 options can appear on my screen at a time. Huge empty graphic boxes, with a generic sign that says "photo not available" over and over again. So I can't compare the choices without vigourous scrolling up and down, hunting for a scroll bar that plays hide and seek all the time.I can't tolerate today's generation of websites. I'm sure the new millennials with their phones in their faces all the time just laugh and dismiss one old man on a revolt, but the only way I could actually place an order for a vehicle is with an all text order guide printed on paper or pdf.

You need to increase your screen resolution. It is too small to display the sites you are looking at. If you increase the screen resolution, it will effectively shrink the pictures that are too big. If you are on Windows 10, right-click anywhere on the wallpaper picture. Then go to display settings, advanced, and you should see options for your display resolution. Pick one with bigger numbers than you are using.Also when the site jumps around like that, it's probably because you started scrolling on it before it completely loaded.

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Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 29, 2016
FishOnOne wrote:
Me Again wrote:
1000 ft lbs and how much torque management, under what conditions will they be able to release it. I know they have a great tranny, but you need transfer cases, u-joints, drive lines, rear ends, wheels and tires and drivers that can handle it. Or you just dumb it down with Torque Management!

Turn that much loose and you will not be able to keep it on the road when it rains. Maybe full time four wheel drive?

You can get yourself in trouble real quick with the current Power Stroke if you don't know what your doing... Anyways the new Super Duty weight savings from the aluminum body panels was reinvested in upgraded and stronger drivetrain components. The 6 speed Torque Shift transmission doesn't have the torque management like the 5 speed Torque Shift transmission did.

With aluminum weight savings hopefully they can get the F450's RAWR up from a low 9,100# to at least what the RAM's 3500 is at 9,750#.
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 29, 2016
"I'm hearing about some rumors about a new Duramax and I'm certain they won't be in last place on the power levels."

They will no doubt have a NEW Allison that will handle more power and an updated DMax for sure very soon.
blofgren
Explorer
May 29, 2016
I haven't seen any 6.7L Powerstrokes in the ditch here on the Wet Coast ;)
FishOnOne
Nomad
May 29, 2016
Me Again wrote:
1000 ft lbs and how much torque management, under what conditions will they be able to release it. I know they have a great tranny, but you need transfer cases, u-joints, drive lines, rear ends, wheels and tires and drivers that can handle it. Or you just dumb it down with Torque Management!

Turn that much loose and you will not be able to keep it on the road when it rains. Maybe full time four wheel drive?

You can get yourself in trouble real quick with the current Power Stroke if you don't know what your doing... Anyways the new Super Duty weight savings from the aluminum body panels was reinvested in upgraded and stronger drivetrain components. The 6 speed Torque Shift transmission doesn't have the torque management like the 5 speed Torque Shift transmission did.
Me_Again
Explorer III
May 29, 2016
1000 ft lbs and how much torque management, under what conditions will they be able to release it. I know they have a great tranny, but you need transfer cases, u-joints, drive lines, rear ends, wheels and tires and drivers that can handle it. Or you just dumb it down with Torque Management!

Turn that much loose and you will not be able to keep it on the road when it rains. Maybe full time four wheel drive?
blofgren
Explorer
May 29, 2016
There's only one with a high mileage club with many 1 million plus mile members, though!:B I'll happily climb the hill a few seconds slower knowing the little I-6 will continue to do it for many more miles, years, times, whatever!
FishOnOne
Nomad
May 28, 2016
BigToe wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
I'm hearing about some rumors about a new Duramax and I'm certain they won't be in last place on the power levels.

So Fish, since Cummins is ranked at the top, and you're certain that the Duramax "won't be in last place on the power levels", um...who does that leave last?

:D

Let's just keep wandering minds....wandering!

Here's the current power ratings:
Power Stroke: 440 HP
Duramax: 397 HP
cummins: 385 HP

:W
BigToe
Explorer
May 28, 2016
FishOnOne wrote:
I'm hearing about some rumors about a new Duramax and I'm certain they won't be in last place on the power levels.

So Fish, since Cummins is ranked at the top, and you're certain that the Duramax "won't be in last place on the power levels", um...who does that leave last?

:D
mtofell1
Explorer
May 28, 2016
oops... trying to edit
FishOnOne
Nomad
May 28, 2016
Sorry about the transmission failure.... :E

As for the 2017 Ford Super Duty's you can expect an increase in HP/Torque for the 6.2 and an increase in HP and 1,000 ft/lbs of torque, but nothing official yet. These 6.7PSD are already towing beasts with a transmission that's robost like an anvil and with the upcoming power levels will make that big camper feel like your pulling a dingy. :B

I'm hearing about some rumors about a new Duramax and I'm certain they won't be in last place on the power levels.