Why did you buy a Ford over a Dodge?
Why did you purchase a Ford? The wife and I have been looking at new 2017 Ford, Dodge and GMC dually diesels. It seems that a lot of people on the forums and others in general say, get the Dodge. I ...
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Redwoodcamper wrote:
So many reviews on here or opinions of people who don't keep their trucks past 200k miles. If you plan on selling or changing rigs every 100-150k miles then pick whichever one you like best. They all make a nice truck. If you put alot of miles on them or you keep it forever then you have more to think about. I can change injectors on my Cummins on the side of the road with a small tool kit in about half a day.go get a quote for injectors on either Ford or Chevy, and it will be 20-30 hrs labor. And more money for the injectors. Same story with the head gasket. I'm not a professional mechanic, but I have changed head gaskets on Cummins in about 12hrs labor. You will have more than double that amount in the others. So few of the replies have been from people who have actually wrenched on their own truck. If you have, then it isn't a difficult choice. If you have been under the hood of a few 6.0s, you will flat out refuse to buy another Ford. A company that could sell such a terrible product to hundreds of thousands of people doesn't deserve loyalty from their customers. That's for certain.
I agree. I've spun wrenches on all 3 and the Ford is by far the hardest to work on. When I open the hood on a ford truck vs Chevy or ram, there's a big difference. I am a Ford man too and like all 3 of the big 3 am not brand loyal. My local dodge dealer treated me very well on my first service visit.
I handle auto claims for fire apparatus and eso vehicles. I can tell you first hand that ford has not taken care of their customers with the 6.0 diesel. What a disaster. We see so many claims for blown engines in the 6.0, some 6.4 and some 6.7 diesels and they are not covered claims.
This straps very limited budget departments with a huge repair bill on many times low mileage trucks. Not good.
I can't recall a single claim come across my desk for the Chevy duramax or Cummins in the Dodge, and we insure a lot of apparatus and ambulances from all 3 of the big 3. Again, not intending to bad mouth ford, but those are the facts.
