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the 6.7 is over kill unless you use to tow or haul heavy loads. the epa has killed these trucks.
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the 6.7 is over kill unless you use to tow or haul heavy loads. the epa has killed these trucks.
Please for the love of god learn what punctuation is.... please. For my sake and everyone elses.Well the real question is do you need a 3/4 ton the fuel economy between the 1500 diesel and 2500 are very different but both are good for there size and utility needs do yoy haul a 7000lb trailer all over get a 6.7 do you just buzz to and from work and once in a while haul sum 2x4 buy the 1500 diesel then it comes down to price too get a loaded lifted 2500 you will spend 80g buy the 1500 loaded its like 60g. So its what your using it for and what budget you have
same truck, one with a cummins the other a hemi all things equal, the cummins will be more dollars. of course i dont buy vehicles based on resale.
Wow... A lot of non-diesel truck owners here are such experts on diesel trucks... I'm just sayin.. you would get more accurate info about the diesel truck if you talk with some of the fellas on a Cummins forum... there is a lot of claims about maintenance costs, mileage, reliability, and resale values, that I've read here that are exaggerations, and sometimes pure BS. But these claims keep getting repeated and are generally accepted as truth now. I am not here to debate though. I'll just share a bit about my personal experience.
I've owned Cummins trucks for the last 20+ years (1st, 2nd, and now a 4th gen). I sold my 17 year old 24 valve last year for $4000 over book value. It had 125k miles on the clock. (Very low mileage for a diesel truck of this age).
I've always got excellent fuel economy on all of my diesel vehicles. I take good care of my vehicles, and they have always taken good care of me. Sure, I've bombed them a bit, better injectors, a little tune, etc. nothing outrageous.
My truck is my daily driver, my tow vehicle, rock, dirt, bark, and whatever else I need hauled vehicle. I load my camper on it and drive to Mexico and back each winter (3000 miles each way).
They make badges for our Cummins grills for 100k, 200k, 300k, 400k, 500k, and up to a million miles.
The 1500s with the hemi engines are fine trucks, but I'd bet that you don't see many with high mileage badges on them..
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From what I've seen and heard, you can't order a 3.0 Diesel for 2017. I haven't seen any on any dealer lots. Could it be that they can't meet emission standards?
This x1000 except I found the crowd here a whole lot better to get along with than guys on cummins forum Personal preference that's all.
OP, what kind of "around town' driving are you planning to do with the truck? This modern Cummins is a GREAT engine, but it doesn't like to be lugged around town and driven cold. Lots of short trips, stop and go, lugging engine (low speeds) will either plug up your DPF or else have you going through a lot of regens.
On the other hand, if you are getting out on the highway 3 or 4 times a month and driving at highway speeds and getting temps up, you will find the truck likes you better. Ram engineered these trucks to work. They like to haul trailers, they like to haul weight in the bed.
I get about 17-18 mpg around town. For me, around town is the suburbs mostly. 45 mph highways and far too many red lights. I can get 21 or 22 on the highway at speeds of 65-75 mph. Personally, I think those are darn good numbers. Diesel fuel in my area is only 10 or 15 cents higher than 87 octane. I bought my 2015 used, which is how I afforded the diesel.
I would look hard at the V6 engine if I were in your shoes. I would also research the heck outta the Ecodiesel, which can give you close to 30 mpg on the highway.
OP, what kind of "around town' driving are you planning to do with the truck? This modern Cummins is a GREAT engine, but it doesn't like to be lugged around town and driven cold. Lots of short trips, stop and go, lugging engine (low speeds) will either plug up your DPF or else have you going through a lot of regens.
On the other hand, if you are getting out on the highway 3 or 4 times a month and driving at highway speeds and getting temps up, you will find the truck likes you better. Ram engineered these trucks to work. They like to haul trailers, they like to haul weight in the bed.
I get about 17-18 mpg around town. For me, around town is the suburbs mostly. 45 mph highways and far too many red lights. I can get 21 or 22 on the highway at speeds of 65-75 mph. Personally, I think those are darn good numbers. Diesel fuel in my area is only 10 or 15 cents higher than 87 octane. I bought my 2015 used, which is how I afforded the diesel.
I would look hard at the V6 engine if I were in your shoes. I would also research the heck outta the Ecodiesel, which can give you close to 30 mpg on the highway.
So I currently drive around 17 miles one way too work, we also drive any were between 60-120 miles every other weekend going to the other bigger cities around where I live. But that will change whenever I move to a new post. But we normally try to live away from post so we don't have the "Army" feel 24/7.
I've owned 5 (95, two 01s, two common rails), and two 6.7s at work. Three of those made close to or over 600 horses from work I personally did. One 6.7 had perpetual computer problems, and the other was alright until sent back when the lease ran out.
The new Cummins trucks make lots of power, but the DEF will freeze, the emission system will need serviced, and compared to a pre-DPF truck they will get crappy mileage. Nothing about them sounds appealing.
Yup, my bad. I changed my post to be specific.you should be a little more specific, I was confused even. When you say look at the v6, then research the eco, you are talking about two engines right ? the pentastar vs ecodiesel?