MooSSe
Junior Member
Hello Ram owners. My 2006 F350 King Ranch Dually was just stolen. I need something to tow my 14k lb 5th wheel so I'm looking around while my insurance company works on getting me a settlement.
I've had two Ford diesels, a '97 7.3L and the '06 6.0L, so I'm pretty familiar with diesels from the Ford perspective, but I want to keep my options open.
I really do NOT want to deal with DPF and DEF fluids, so I have some specific questions about older 2500's and 3500's, and then some more general questions. I also am looking for a truck to last me 500k miles or more. Since Ford introduced DPF's and DEF fluid in 2008, I'm assuming Dodge did too so I'm going to ask all my questions about 2007 2500/3500's. If it was a different year than 2008, then substitute the last year without those for 2007 in my following questions.
1) What problems do 2007 Cummins have?
2) What kind of fuel mileage does the 2007 2500/3500 get?
3) What sort of things would I have to do to the engine to help make it last 500k+ miles? (EGR delete for example?)
4) I've heard stories about Dodge transmissions needing rebuilding every 150k miles. True or not?
5) Does 'death wobble' occur in the 2007 2500/3500's? (I had to practically rebuild my whole front end of my F350 to get that to stop.)
6) The 2005-2007 Ford F250's/F350's were practically the same truck with same suspension and engines. What years are very similar to the 2007 2500/3500's?
7) Any model years to avoid, and why should they be avoided?
My wife and I are used to Lariat King Ranch luxuries like heated leather seats, sun roof and lots of storage room inside. Is the Laramie the only model that would have these? My Craigslist searches are not showing any heated seats in the Laramie's for that year model, and none have sun roofs.
Any other advice for a 'newbie' to Dodge trucks would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Randy
I've had two Ford diesels, a '97 7.3L and the '06 6.0L, so I'm pretty familiar with diesels from the Ford perspective, but I want to keep my options open.
I really do NOT want to deal with DPF and DEF fluids, so I have some specific questions about older 2500's and 3500's, and then some more general questions. I also am looking for a truck to last me 500k miles or more. Since Ford introduced DPF's and DEF fluid in 2008, I'm assuming Dodge did too so I'm going to ask all my questions about 2007 2500/3500's. If it was a different year than 2008, then substitute the last year without those for 2007 in my following questions.
1) What problems do 2007 Cummins have?
2) What kind of fuel mileage does the 2007 2500/3500 get?
3) What sort of things would I have to do to the engine to help make it last 500k+ miles? (EGR delete for example?)
4) I've heard stories about Dodge transmissions needing rebuilding every 150k miles. True or not?
5) Does 'death wobble' occur in the 2007 2500/3500's? (I had to practically rebuild my whole front end of my F350 to get that to stop.)
6) The 2005-2007 Ford F250's/F350's were practically the same truck with same suspension and engines. What years are very similar to the 2007 2500/3500's?
7) Any model years to avoid, and why should they be avoided?
My wife and I are used to Lariat King Ranch luxuries like heated leather seats, sun roof and lots of storage room inside. Is the Laramie the only model that would have these? My Craigslist searches are not showing any heated seats in the Laramie's for that year model, and none have sun roofs.
Any other advice for a 'newbie' to Dodge trucks would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Randy