john&bet wrote:
Here is my .02$ on reliability. I have owned or driven 5 vehicles that were classified as trucks since '76. I put over 100k on all of them over the years I drove them. Two of said vehicles I did not own, but drove them in the course of my work as an electrician for the company I worked for. One was a Ford and replaced by a Chevy. Drove both for over 10 years and 100k each. Of the other three, one was a foreign model, over 200k, with the others being Dodges. One was traded at 12 years old with 140+k and the other is my current '04.5 truck with 177k+. With this 39 years and 600k+ of experience I would rate their reliability in this order, 1) Dodges, 2) foreign, 3) Ford, 4) Chevy. This is my experience, others may be different.
I would agree, our company has owed many of the trucks you mention and I would say the same although the Ferd's were the early 6.0 versions. The GM's seemed to rust parts annually which was the same for Toyota, although they were the cheapest to run locally with not much of a load.
Rams were the least expensive although some also had some rust damage over the years. A few also had some 48RE tranny problems but they were run pretty hard and heavy most of their lives.
Never had a F series last long enough to rust, but I'm sure they have changed for the better since 2003.
2015 Tiffin Phaeton Cummins ISL, Allison 3000, 45K GCWR
10KW Onan, Magnum Pure Sine Wave Inverter
2015 GMC Canyon Toad
Previous camping rig
06 Ram 3500 CC LB Laramie 4x4 Dually 5.9 Cummins Smarty Jr 48RE Jacobs brake
06 Grand Junction 15500 GVWR 3200 pin
