Who Daily Drivers their diesel TV?
I am looking for honest real-world feedback from people that use their TV as a daily driver as well. I am thinking of upgrading from my Tundra to get a little more capacity. Tundra has been a great ...
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I'm not sure where your opinion came from that diesels pick-up trucks have poor reliability??? The only one that deserved that opinion is the Ford 6.0 out of all of them.
My first diesel was an 1983 Chevy 6.2 diesel that didn't come with a turbo then. It was my daily driver for 20+ years. Boy did I abuse that truck. In the winter time I plowed our area roads with it. Had to chain up all four wheels and put a 1,000 pounds of weight in the rear due to the hills. In the summer I put an overweight TC on it. Went through two transmissions, rear ring gear, a whole front end, one front drive line and two locking hubs. The only problem the diesel engine gave me was that I lost the injector pump one winter because of poor fuel filters and a lot of excessive water in the fuel that winter.
My next and current diesel is a 2005 Ford CC F250 4X4. A lot of people have had problems with this engine - I've had very few. It's my daily driver also.
On both trucks were / are my daily driver with trips under 30 minutes going to work before I retired. Now a lot of my trips are just to the grocery store or hardware store 5 minutes away. And I live in a cold climate.
And as for comfort, this 2005 3/4T is very comfortable. I prefer it on longer trips over the DW's vehicle any day.
When I decide on a new truck, probably an F450 or F550 so I can pull my hunting rig, guess what, it's going to be a diesel again. My MH is a diesel, my hunting rig is a diesel, some of my generators are diesels and the truck I use to haul the lowboy is a diesel. The only things I own that aren't diesel are my lawn mowers and Honda generators. Oh yeah, my Jeep Wrangler isn't diesel, but those are on the way.
Bill
My first diesel was an 1983 Chevy 6.2 diesel that didn't come with a turbo then. It was my daily driver for 20+ years. Boy did I abuse that truck. In the winter time I plowed our area roads with it. Had to chain up all four wheels and put a 1,000 pounds of weight in the rear due to the hills. In the summer I put an overweight TC on it. Went through two transmissions, rear ring gear, a whole front end, one front drive line and two locking hubs. The only problem the diesel engine gave me was that I lost the injector pump one winter because of poor fuel filters and a lot of excessive water in the fuel that winter.
My next and current diesel is a 2005 Ford CC F250 4X4. A lot of people have had problems with this engine - I've had very few. It's my daily driver also.
On both trucks were / are my daily driver with trips under 30 minutes going to work before I retired. Now a lot of my trips are just to the grocery store or hardware store 5 minutes away. And I live in a cold climate.
And as for comfort, this 2005 3/4T is very comfortable. I prefer it on longer trips over the DW's vehicle any day.
When I decide on a new truck, probably an F450 or F550 so I can pull my hunting rig, guess what, it's going to be a diesel again. My MH is a diesel, my hunting rig is a diesel, some of my generators are diesels and the truck I use to haul the lowboy is a diesel. The only things I own that aren't diesel are my lawn mowers and Honda generators. Oh yeah, my Jeep Wrangler isn't diesel, but those are on the way.
Bill
