Forum Discussion
- Ya needed a blacksmith to align them but I beam was the most durable.
FishOnOne wrote:
Me Again wrote:
Yep, the Ford Twin I-beam was flawless for years and drove straight down the road, NOT!
The Twin I-Beam was a POS. But again did not receive the largest safety recall in automotive history.
I used to work for a company that had about 5 commercial Econolines...all early to mid '70's. If I recall they were all E 300's...the one ton variant back than.
Had 300 inline sixes, one 302 V8. There was also about a '76 E 350, DRW with a 460 V8, C6 transmission.
Great trucks, reliable, durable, had little maintenance.
But, one issue and a big one. The Twin I Beam front end. Constant and quick wear out of front tires and on the highway, I was always correcting...looked like I was driving on a Hollywood set...sawing the steering wheel back and forth.
That was about the only fault, but what a pain.- Guy on the TDR has a 13 RAM Dually or newer it has about 275K and the front end is tight and his truck has been trouble free.
- I've never had a Chevy that didn't handle better than the equivalent Ford or Dodge.
- I'm just a realist. You are right. Dodge has made some poor steering components. I agree. They all have their faults.
FishOnOne wrote:
blofgren wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Redwoodcamper wrote:
Or maybe you don't get it. Some of you may not need the higher tow ratings or haven't truly towed heavy with your trucks. GM completely takes themselves out of the hot shot truck market, and takes themselves mostly out of the heavy equipment market by rating their trucks so low. I agree holding the "title" of highest tow ratings is stupid and useless. No pissing contest needed. But if your truck is capable of something why take yourself out of the foundation of the truck market? It's like inviting customers that won't use them hard. There are exceptions. And I actually really like the way they are to ride and drive. If I could afford to drive a truck for 150k miles and trade in or pay someone to work on it I would buy a Duramax over my ram. But for being a truck, when I'm towing two pieces of equipment up a steep gravel driveway axle hopping with 4500lbs of tongue weight and 275k miles on my truck, there is no question which truck takes the beating and which would be broken. The dmax front end would have been in pieces if I even got there towing illegally over the truck ratings.
From a safety recall standpoint the Chevy hasn't had the crazy NSHT fines on their front suspensions like the dodge/ram trucks. Ram recalls aside, front suspension work is a full time job in a ram/Chrysler shop.
Full time job in which world? Good grief, Fish....
Why don't you quit sipping the koolaid and ask any Chrysler/ram tech! But I'll tell you the one I know at the shop he works at they keep 55 gallon drums behind the chrysler shop just for storing wore out/defective suspension parts.
I spent the better part of $2k on front end work on my 2003 F-350 well before it hit 100k miles. ;) If you truly think they're any better you're really kidding yourself.Redwoodcamper wrote:
I agree Dodge had some pretty poor steering. I've changed alot of steering boxes and put braces in. But I can't remember hearing of them leaving someone stranded. There are literally hundreds of cases of Chevy wheels pointing at each other. It's hilarious actually.
I've yet to see a Chevy/GMC stranded on the road because of a suspension failure. I have reason to believe their front suspension has been improved.
You ram mafia guys love to hate.
I bet this failure stranded someone!
blofgren wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Redwoodcamper wrote:
Or maybe you don't get it. Some of you may not need the higher tow ratings or haven't truly towed heavy with your trucks. GM completely takes themselves out of the hot shot truck market, and takes themselves mostly out of the heavy equipment market by rating their trucks so low. I agree holding the "title" of highest tow ratings is stupid and useless. No pissing contest needed. But if your truck is capable of something why take yourself out of the foundation of the truck market? It's like inviting customers that won't use them hard. There are exceptions. And I actually really like the way they are to ride and drive. If I could afford to drive a truck for 150k miles and trade in or pay someone to work on it I would buy a Duramax over my ram. But for being a truck, when I'm towing two pieces of equipment up a steep gravel driveway axle hopping with 4500lbs of tongue weight and 275k miles on my truck, there is no question which truck takes the beating and which would be broken. The dmax front end would have been in pieces if I even got there towing illegally over the truck ratings.
From a safety recall standpoint the Chevy hasn't had the crazy NSHT fines on their front suspensions like the dodge/ram trucks. Ram recalls aside, front suspension work is a full time job in a ram/Chrysler shop.
Full time job in which world? Good grief, Fish....
Why don't you quit sipping the koolaid and ask any Chrysler/ram tech! But I'll tell you the one I know at the shop he works at they keep 55 gallon drums behind the chrysler shop just for storing wore out/defective suspension parts.Me Again wrote:
Yep, the Ford Twin I-beam was flawless for years and drove straight down the road, NOT!
The Twin I-Beam was a POS. But again did not receive the largest safety recall in automotive history.- Happened to me years ago when I was logging. Just turning around in some mud. Honestly not beating on it. 5 guys stuck 20 miles out of town. That company ran Ford's for years. They just got 3 new Rams at Dave Smith a few months ago.
