Torque wars continue in the diesels

1stgenfarmboy wrote:

Wild Card wrote:
New IH tractor on farm has Cummins 6.7 with DEF. Old IH combine has 5.9 Cummins.Ok Dont know of any industrial apllications with Powerstroke or Duramax powerplant
Cummins is an Industrial engine.

Cummins 6bt engine is in every market. Hell Ford used it in class 6,7 and 8 trucks for how long?

yes starting in 1984 Cummins has been put in alot of industrial equipment as well as running stationary equipment like pumps and generators running 24/7 for months on end, sure the first Cummins in a Dodge truck was a 160hp non-intercooled smokey dog, but they pulled very well and were almost indestructible, with little maintenance.


this alone is what sold the trucks, I have owned many Dodge diesel trucks, but it wasn't because I like a Dodge truck.

We had a Cummins 5.9 in a farm tractor. Loved the sound but soon learned the 5.9 wasn’t really built for farm use. Seems at approx 6000 hrs numerous tractors were ready for overhaul. Pistons came from Brazil, oil pumps came from China. John Deere, New Holland, using their own engines and the Case IH using the larger Cummins all seem to get 10,000+ hrs before overhaul.

The 5.9/6.7 May be fine for trucks that don’t demand full power for hours on end but farm tractors... I’ll pass.