If the duramax made 500k miles without a rebuild, I'm impressed. I don't see what's so hard about giving another brand respect. I also don't see an attempt to start an argument. A guys says "Hey, a duramax just went 500k!" If you're me, you then say essentially this: "Wow, that's great!", and there's no argument. Or you can say nothing-there's still no argument.

Now, if he had said "Hey, a duramax just went 500k-I told you cummins sucks!" then that would be trying to start an argument. Nowhere in what he said is there even an IMPLIED insult. If dodge folks get riled up at the mere mention of another brand achieving a high mileage, that doesn't make us look real confident.

 

I love the saying "All highway miles" Its like no sh**, you cant clock that many miles in the fields on that new of a truck. Also, there are quite a few highways that go through the city, mountains, etc Who really cares that EVERYONE claims "All highway miles" on any truck with higher miles....Id say for every 5 trucks with higher miles on them, 4 owners will say "all highway" whether they are or not.

HOHN, I agree with you 100%. If you can find a truck that was driven on all interstate type, open highway miles, you cant go wrong. I spoke with a Hotshot one time, had 324k on her 7.3 PS, and never replaced rear brakes, fronts only once. After the service, she asked if we would run the truck with the WDS scanner on it. Truck ran great, had no noises at all, no rattles, nothing.

 

almost 500,000 miles and going. i dont cear if its a car, truck, or a scooter. thats awsome with out a rebuild. i will be tickled pink if, when my truck gets to 500K.

but, gosh.500K, thats around $20K in fuel a year!!!!! thats a little over half of what i made last year.

Bob.

 

Yeah but we are talking about a 6.9 Turd.
I'd expect a properly run Cummins to run to 1 million no prob. I was impressed that the 6.9 went that far.

 

The 6.9s and the 7.3 idis(same block) do run almost forever because they are non-turboed and are so freakishly underpowered that they put limited strain on there components. I had an early 90s f-350 crew cab with the 7.3 idi. it had 360,000 when I sold it 3 years ago. The engine had never been opened up. As slow and smoky as it was reliable.
Joe

 

That's funny. I'd actually PREFER a truck like that with so many miles.

The reality of vehicle life is that hwy miles are the easiest you'll ever see. A vehicle that's been on the hwy almost all the time pulling a trailer will have very little engine wear, because it has so few cold starts.

If the truck itself (body and chassis) is in good shape, I'd use the high miles to talk the guy down and JUMP on that truck...

 

For those that say no Dodge guy would post on a Chevy or Ford site about a Dodge doing this. I have seen many post by Dodge guys over at the diesel place making mention of high mileage or high horsepower Cummins.

I could come on here and say that the Cummins is no better then a Chevy 350 V-8 gasser due to the fact that a couple of them made 1,000,000 miles without any engine work. But I am smarter then that! The Cummins is a premere engine that is 10 times better then any gasser in a pickup truck. But only time will tell how much better (If any!) it is over the Duramax.
The Duramax is still a work in progress, the Cummins has been around for decades!

 

The Cummins engine doesn't have anything to prove, it has been for years. You are crazy for saying that only time will tell if it can stack up to the Duramax. Your engine has been around for 5 years, I think it's the one that has to compare, troll.

 

I think he meant only time will tell how the Duramax will stack up to the cummins.

 

He didn't say anything troll-ish. He called the Cummins a premeire engine (which is true ), he said it's been around longer than the Duramax (which can't be argued), he said that Cummins guys brag to Ford guys about high mileage and high power (which is definitely true ), and he said that the Duramax may prove itself a better engine (which could be true as soon as the Red Sox win the world series).

He also said that your momma's so fat that, not only is she on Indian money, but she's so big you can't actually see her there. ( )

 

I know he probably didn't mean anything bad by it, maybe I just read it different. Still, that Duramax had better be a hell of an engine for a while to stack up, and Cummins is and will forever be the benchmark.

 

Once again fredw, "W" meaning "WINGNUT", you are the only guy I've ever known that can BULL$HIT so much about everything. . I was the manager of a big construction companies shop, and in charge of all the fleet vehicles, so I do know about the issues of duracrap/ally trucks-especially in stock form. Facts are facts whether you will admit it or not. I thought the last time that I had to put you back into reality on this site, that you wouldn't have gone back to your obnoxious ways again. I smell a TROLL

 

Thank you!

Maybe in 15-20 years the Duramax will have proven that it belongs right up there with the Cummins. (Then again, maybe not!) But after only 5 years, it is still way too early to tell!

I have never trolled this or any other site!

 

I say kudos to the Chevy crowd it's about time they gave you guys something decent under the hood . Personally I of course prefer the mighty ,simple to work on non -EGR , glowplug Cummins . The Duramax is really proving itself to be a stout performer in the aftermarket !! I will ALWAYS stick with an inline myself but to each there own and competition is good for all !!

 

i know alot of guys running hot shot services that are mostly running the d-max and a few running the cummins. most of the d-max guys are putting 350-400k before they are getting rid of the truck.. i had a 1994 ford van with the 351 in it that i put 560k on it before i gave it away 2 years ago and as of last year it was still running strong, no oil leaks and no smoke. some motors just seems to keep going and going and going and going .... oh no thats the bunny.