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RobertRyan wrote:Valhalla360 wrote:
My take: the driving force was likely the MPG and range of a small diesel not that the toyota was intrinsically more capable. Dodge just came out with thier small diesel for a 1/2 ton, so there were no comparable.
A big 1 ton, long bed 4 door is a lousy off road vehicle but makes a real nice tow vehilce which is much more relevant to this site
Actually would be very wrong, basically Toyota is extremely reliable, yes the small diesel is FE, it is more capable. That is why it sells roughly 650-700,000 Hiluxes outside NA, take out Europe generally as a market they sell very few Pickups there.
Dodge is now Ram and the basic payload is terrible for the VMotori 3litre diesel
Right US 1 tons are terrible Off Road, I/2 tons not much better
My 2001 Ram 2500 can handle 1 ton loads just fine as it has the heavy duty chassis. It's also been great off road for the last 5 years I've owned it. I don't really need roads, just areas without big trees. However, Chrysler Corp. did wimp the trucks out after 2002. My truck was also a commercial farm truck originally. I've also got a 1997 F-250 diesel witch rides like a Cadillac compared with the dodge. It also gets twice the fuel mileage.
