Who Daily Drivers their diesel TV?

[RoyBell]

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 truck since I bought it new 6 years ago, however, I feel I could use a little more TV with my new camper I got last year. Around 7300lbs loaded. Everything seems fine until I load the truck full of passengers and it's a different towing experience.

I have a concern going to a diesel because they get a bad rap for expensive repairs and poor reliability. Right now I am swaying to the F250 because I like their looks and hp/tq figures seem to be the best currently. Some people cry that they are very expensive to maintain and repair. Can anyone share real world opinions on that?

In 6 years I have done nothing to the Tundra but put gas in and change the oil. Brakes/tires at 50K miles but that's been it. Very good truck in that regard.

It's a little surprising the Big 3 don't offer better gas engines at this point. All current gas engines make as much power as my 5.7 Tundra. At a heavier curb weight and the same or less hp, I am taking a step backwards in power which is not something I am willing to do. I was sold on the GMC 6.2, but they only put it in their 1500 trucks. Their 1500 HD barely tows more than my Tundra when you look at GVWR numbers.

Which has me looking at Diesels again. On days I do drive it, I would be looking at 30 minute minimum trips in it. I know short drives or not driving Diesels under load is not good for them which has me wondering what kind of driving people with issues actual do.

Appreciate any input. I figured this asking this here would be better than going to a vehicle specific forum. Looking forward to the unbiased responses.

[Grit_dog]

FishOnOne wrote:

IdaD wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
I have a '12 Super Duty with the 6.7 Power Stroke with 86k miles. There's isn't a day it doesn't get driven. It's used as my daily driver to work and also tows our camper, boat, utility trailer with tractor/shredder with little effort. With this many miles I'm confident that the emission system on these Power Strokes is solid and my truck hasn't seen a repair to date. Performance wise these trucks are very impressive and because of it's reliability record I plan to keep it for many years. If I were to buy a new truck today I would without question purchase another Super Duty that's built in the USA. :B

BTW... I'm not getting monthly recall letter's in the mail or all those pesky CEL's that some diesel's experience. Won't mention brands in order not to stir the hornets nest. :W And some that are reporting their diesel's as daily drivers aren't even one year old.

You can't post without a dig on Ram trucks...so predictable:R,,,I've NEVER had a CEL on a Ram truck.., have had this truck almost 3 yrs with over 36,000 miles on it -zero- issues..No CELs on any Dodge/Ram truck I've owned..."monthly recalls".:h...when you exaggerate, YOU EXAGGERATE! BUT, it's you, and it's the same thing we always expect from you and you never let us down...same old same old..

Try using the block member setting. This site is much nicer without wasting time reading his drivel.

I agree... Blocked NC a couple years ago and now I don't have to read all that darn drama... Except for the occasional quote.

Lol!
Awesomeness!

[FishOnOne]

IdaD wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
I have a '12 Super Duty with the 6.7 Power Stroke with 86k miles. There's isn't a day it doesn't get driven. It's used as my daily driver to work and also tows our camper, boat, utility trailer with tractor/shredder with little effort. With this many miles I'm confident that the emission system on these Power Strokes is solid and my truck hasn't seen a repair to date. Performance wise these trucks are very impressive and because of it's reliability record I plan to keep it for many years. If I were to buy a new truck today I would without question purchase another Super Duty that's built in the USA. :B

BTW... I'm not getting monthly recall letter's in the mail or all those pesky CEL's that some diesel's experience. Won't mention brands in order not to stir the hornets nest. :W And some that are reporting their diesel's as daily drivers aren't even one year old.

You can't post without a dig on Ram trucks...so predictable:R,,,I've NEVER had a CEL on a Ram truck.., have had this truck almost 3 yrs with over 36,000 miles on it -zero- issues..No CELs on any Dodge/Ram truck I've owned..."monthly recalls".:h...when you exaggerate, YOU EXAGGERATE! BUT, it's you, and it's the same thing we always expect from you and you never let us down...same old same old..

Try using the block member setting. This site is much nicer without wasting time reading his drivel.

I agree... Blocked NC a couple years ago and now I don't have to read all that darn drama... Except for the occasional quote.

[Cummins12V98]

"have had this truck almost 3 yrs with over 36,000 miles"

Dang, I think it's time for a NEW truck. Oh that's right you have one on order! :B

[alexleblanc]

Been my daily drive since September 2013, it has 74000km's on it now. It's really no bigger to drive than my 2011 F150 crew cab 6.5 bed truck was and its very comfortable on all my work related travels. Good in the snow too.

[IdaD]

NC Hauler wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
I have a '12 Super Duty with the 6.7 Power Stroke with 86k miles. There's isn't a day it doesn't get driven. It's used as my daily driver to work and also tows our camper, boat, utility trailer with tractor/shredder with little effort. With this many miles I'm confident that the emission system on these Power Strokes is solid and my truck hasn't seen a repair to date. Performance wise these trucks are very impressive and because of it's reliability record I plan to keep it for many years. If I were to buy a new truck today I would without question purchase another Super Duty that's built in the USA. :B

BTW... I'm not getting monthly recall letter's in the mail or all those pesky CEL's that some diesel's experience. Won't mention brands in order not to stir the hornets nest. :W And some that are reporting their diesel's as daily drivers aren't even one year old.

You can't post without a dig on Ram trucks...so predictable:R,,,I've NEVER had a CEL on a Ram truck.., have had this truck almost 3 yrs with over 36,000 miles on it -zero- issues..No CELs on any Dodge/Ram truck I've owned..."monthly recalls".:h...when you exaggerate, YOU EXAGGERATE! BUT, it's you, and it's the same thing we always expect from you and you never let us down...same old same old..

Try using the block member setting. This site is much nicer without wasting time reading his drivel.

[NC_Hauler]

FishOnOne wrote:
I have a '12 Super Duty with the 6.7 Power Stroke with 86k miles. There's isn't a day it doesn't get driven. It's used as my daily driver to work and also tows our camper, boat, utility trailer with tractor/shredder with little effort. With this many miles I'm confident that the emission system on these Power Strokes is solid and my truck hasn't seen a repair to date. Performance wise these trucks are very impressive and because of it's reliability record I plan to keep it for many years. If I were to buy a new truck today I would without question purchase another Super Duty that's built in the USA. :B

BTW... I'm not getting monthly recall letter's in the mail or all those pesky CEL's that some diesel's experience. Won't mention brands in order not to stir the hornets nest. :W And some that are reporting their diesel's as daily drivers aren't even one year old.

You can't post without a dig on Ram trucks...so predictable:R,,,I've NEVER had a CEL on a Ram truck.., have had this truck almost 3 yrs with over 36,000 miles on it -zero- issues..No CELs on any Dodge/Ram truck I've owned..."monthly recalls".:h...when you exaggerate, YOU EXAGGERATE! BUT, it's you, and it's the same thing we always expect from you and you never let us down...same old same old..

[mich800]

Cummins12V98 wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

burningman wrote:
I was at both ends of the spectrum, I drove a tiny Mazda Miata as a daily driver and a 4x4 crewcab dually when needed. The Miata recently met a violent death (miraculously I didn't!) and after thinking long and hard about it, I decided to daily drive my Ram Cummins dually, I think it makes more sense to just drive it than to buy another car.
No matter how powerful it is (I think my slightly pumped-up diesel would win a drag race against the Miata) I will admit it's big and heavy and sometimes I miss the way the sports car flies around. I hear people on Cummins forums calling their hot-rodded Rams "8000 pound sports cars"; yeah right, they've apparently never driven a sports car!!
Overall, so far I'm OK with it. I sure feel safer in the heavy truck. Honestly, if I weren't afraid of tiny cars after the crash in mine, I'd probably get another sports car though.

Those Miata's are a death trap, many have died or seriously injured in those cars, besides they are a little "girly" ! Happy you made it out ok.

I owned a 1990 Corvette and honestly my 15 RAM Dually is by far better riding than it was. The handling part is not all that far off, the RAM has very tight steering and has no roll coming into the corners. I can also say with all honesty the RAM is much more smooth at 104mph. 😉

HAHAHA! Really? Go find you a 1990 Ram Cummins or a C7 to do a comparison. Get back to us.

Not sure what purpose of your post was.

My guess is 25 years of technology.

[BigSkyFamily]

I daily drive my 03 Duramax so I can give some long term feedback unlike the guys who daily drive a 2 year old truck with 30K on it. Almost 300K miles on mine with a lot of aftermarket performance stuff and making almost 600hp and 1,000lbft of torque. It's long paid for, blows the doors off most sports cars in a drag race, and will probably beat your unloaded Toyota to the top of the mountain while pulling our 5th wheel.
I pulled our travel trailer around with our suburban for years saying "I don't need a diesel to pull our camper a couple months of the year".
After buying a diesel, you couldn't pay me enough to switch back to a gasser.
Other than my performance upgrades, my Duramax has cost less in maint. than my wife's gasser suburban.

[Cummins12V98]

transamz9 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

burningman wrote:
I was at both ends of the spectrum, I drove a tiny Mazda Miata as a daily driver and a 4x4 crewcab dually when needed. The Miata recently met a violent death (miraculously I didn't!) and after thinking long and hard about it, I decided to daily drive my Ram Cummins dually, I think it makes more sense to just drive it than to buy another car.
No matter how powerful it is (I think my slightly pumped-up diesel would win a drag race against the Miata) I will admit it's big and heavy and sometimes I miss the way the sports car flies around. I hear people on Cummins forums calling their hot-rodded Rams "8000 pound sports cars"; yeah right, they've apparently never driven a sports car!!
Overall, so far I'm OK with it. I sure feel safer in the heavy truck. Honestly, if I weren't afraid of tiny cars after the crash in mine, I'd probably get another sports car though.

Those Miata's are a death trap, many have died or seriously injured in those cars, besides they are a little "girly" ! Happy you made it out ok.

I owned a 1990 Corvette and honestly my 15 RAM Dually is by far better riding than it was. The handling part is not all that far off, the RAM has very tight steering and has no roll coming into the corners. I can also say with all honesty the RAM is much more smooth at 104mph. 😉

HAHAHA! Really? Go find you a 1990 Ram Cummins or a C7 to do a comparison. Get back to us.

Not sure what purpose of your post was.

[Grit_dog]

transamz9 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

burningman wrote:
I was at both ends of the spectrum, I drove a tiny Mazda Miata as a daily driver and a 4x4 crewcab dually when needed. The Miata recently met a violent death (miraculously I didn't!) and after thinking long and hard about it, I decided to daily drive my Ram Cummins dually, I think it makes more sense to just drive it than to buy another car.
No matter how powerful it is (I think my slightly pumped-up diesel would win a drag race against the Miata) I will admit it's big and heavy and sometimes I miss the way the sports car flies around. I hear people on Cummins forums calling their hot-rodded Rams "8000 pound sports cars"; yeah right, they've apparently never driven a sports car!!
Overall, so far I'm OK with it. I sure feel safer in the heavy truck. Honestly, if I weren't afraid of tiny cars after the crash in mine, I'd probably get another sports car though.

Those Miata's are a death trap, many have died or seriously injured in those cars, besides they are a little "girly" ! Happy you made it out ok.

I owned a 1990 Corvette and honestly my 15 RAM Dually is by far better riding than it was. The handling part is not all that far off, the RAM has very tight steering and has no roll coming into the corners. I can also say with all honesty the RAM is much more smooth at 104mph. 😉

Well you're both right! Who would t want a new vette and new Cummins??

HAHAHA! Really? Go find you a 1990 Ram Cummins or a C7 to do a comparison. Get back to us.

[transamz9]

Cummins12V98 wrote:

burningman wrote:
I was at both ends of the spectrum, I drove a tiny Mazda Miata as a daily driver and a 4x4 crewcab dually when needed. The Miata recently met a violent death (miraculously I didn't!) and after thinking long and hard about it, I decided to daily drive my Ram Cummins dually, I think it makes more sense to just drive it than to buy another car.
No matter how powerful it is (I think my slightly pumped-up diesel would win a drag race against the Miata) I will admit it's big and heavy and sometimes I miss the way the sports car flies around. I hear people on Cummins forums calling their hot-rodded Rams "8000 pound sports cars"; yeah right, they've apparently never driven a sports car!!
Overall, so far I'm OK with it. I sure feel safer in the heavy truck. Honestly, if I weren't afraid of tiny cars after the crash in mine, I'd probably get another sports car though.

Those Miata's are a death trap, many have died or seriously injured in those cars, besides they are a little "girly" ! Happy you made it out ok.

I owned a 1990 Corvette and honestly my 15 RAM Dually is by far better riding than it was. The handling part is not all that far off, the RAM has very tight steering and has no roll coming into the corners. I can also say with all honesty the RAM is much more smooth at 104mph. 😉

HAHAHA! Really? Go find you a 1990 Ram Cummins or a C7 to do a comparison. Get back to us.

[Redterpos3]

Come to central PA I drove a bunch of diesels and found mine. I tried out the short bed, and the long bed, and liked the long bed's drive, and since it is what I was thinking anyway it was an easy choice after driving them. I don't expect my diesel to be fast off the line, but towing was a breeze compared to my E-350 V10 (gas), which was maxed out on weight overall.

[NC_Hauler]

I've been daily driving 1 ton, crew cab, long bed, 4X4 diesel powered Dually's since mid year 2005, 5 years in D/A Chevy's, last 5.5 years in Cummins powered Rams.. No big deal:). Never an issue.. Drive every where I want to or need to go.

[beachram]

I have been daily driving my 2004 Dodge 2500 Cummins since new. 170,000 miles with one breakdown when the oem engine mounted lift pump died under warranty.