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- THe lack of any real payload is why a 1/2 ton diesel just doesn't make sense to me. The current top of the line gas offerings can all easily handle whatever you can "safely" tow with these trucks. You buy a diesel because you need/want the pulling power but when the severly lacking 1/2 ton chassis becomes the weak link I can see why not everybody is jumping onboard with offering 1/2 ton diesels. Maybe Dodge knows something we dont, but I doubt it. Still trying to understand the logic behind a 1/2 ton diesel...
- Does anyone know the ECOnomics of this ECOdiesel engine?
I wonder how it compares ECOwise to a ECOboost engine docnascar wrote:
downtheroad wrote:
Impressive numbers...I would also like to see Payload info on it.
2014 Diesel Supplement Manual shows Max Payload: 1,520 lbs
pg 58.
Wow, that is a HUGE bummer. I'm sure their are some people for whom this is a good truck, but I'm not impressed at all. My Tundra has more payload AND tow rating. Gas mileage won't be as good, but its not worth the upgrade price to get lower payload and lower tow rating for a couple better mpg's. Any word on a price yet? Still seems to me that a base model 3/4 ton is a better option...downtheroad wrote:
Impressive numbers...I would also like to see Payload info on it.
2014 Diesel Supplement Manual shows Max Payload: 1,520 lbs
pg 58.fly-boy wrote:
fly-boy wrote:
Wow- really respectable numbers!
I could have missed it in the article- did it list a torque number?
Just looked it up- 420#'s of torque and 240 HP- I think my 2000 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke had similar power!
The ECOboost has that much torque.fly-boy wrote:
Wow- really respectable numbers!
I could have missed it in the article- did it list a torque number?
Just looked it up- 420#'s of torque and 240 HP- I think my 2000 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke had similar power!- Wow- really respectable numbers!
I could have missed it in the article- did it list a torque number? N-Trouble wrote:
THere is nothing "Eco" about driving a 6K lb+ brick down the road so please stop trying to polish a turd by calling it Eco... IF you want somethign "Eco" friendly then go by a Prius... Rant off
There is nothing Eco about replacing a functioning older vehicle with new Prius when you factor in production impacts and natural resources used.- That is for a 2 wheel drive, standard cab, 8' bed. Seems like they could have fleshed out all the details by now.
- Rant on: Would all the big three manufacturers PLEASE stop using the term "Eco" in naming your motors. FIrst it was Ford with the EcoBoost, then GM with their new EcoTech line of motors and now Dodge with their EcoDiesel.
THere is nothing "Eco" about driving a 6K lb+ brick down the road so please stop trying to polish a turd by calling it Eco... IF you want somethign "Eco" friendly then go by a Prius... Rant off
