Why did you pick Dodge over Chevy or Ford for your diesel?

 

the cummins. i like the inline style diesel better than the V8. if you go open the hood of a 379 pete, what will you find? yessir, an inline cummins. (on some trucks)

 

The 6.0 sucks. I have always driven Fords, but they don't have a decent diesel anymore.

 

We bough 2 Dodges to get away from the first year of the 6.0 and most say never buy the first year. Little did Ford know that would mean 3, 4, 5 years to stay away from.

Prior to 2004 I wouldn't have accepted a Dodge as a gift over a Ford, little did I know that I was just plain wrong. Sometimes we just have to admit it.

I have a 2003 7.3L and love it without question. Never a moments worry for anything, period.
We also have to admit that the 48RE is just kinda weird, different or whatever it is, but I would still buy another one. Then Lift Pumps, just go on and put in a FASS instead of a Line-X that first week and be done with that.

Cummins is awesome, the Dodge truck is put together just as well as the other 2.
Only flat out bad thing for me is the quad cab is terribly smaller than Fords.

 

I used to be a chevy man. I never owned a diesel before though until this one.

After getting to know some good friends of mine with Cummins Diesel powered Dodge trucks, I started really taking a second look at them.

I had previously kinda dismissed Dodge as being cheap and low quality. Not anymore. They have improved dramatically!!

And, the Cummins is second to NO ONE. It is a medium duty Diesel made for industrial applications. They are used in off-shore boats running wide open for days at a time. They have no timing chains. Only gears. They have 7 main bearing caps to hold 6 pistons instead of 5 to hold 8 pistons like on the V-8 configured light duty diesels offered by chevy and ford.

A million mile Cummins is a common thing. Not so with powerjokes and durasmacks.

 

lemme go ahead and answer this question for everyone that drives one of these things...

Cummins

 

exactly. Thats going to be the main reason!

 

i test drove one and fell in love. i was a chevy man before, but sometimes if ya swallow your pride, you see the light. since i left the bowtie, ive had 7 dodges, all cummins, and have ahd 0 problems with anything.

 

Cummins as well...But I drive a 2nd gen and I have to admit the pre-98 trucks were really desigend with the driver in mind. Controls all where they should be, halfway decent handeling (2wd, at least) and a very good driver - hoodline - road visabilty mix. Plus with over 320k on it, it squeaks & rattles less while driving over rough Illinois roads than many cars & truck I've driven with under 100k on them.

Oh - and I like the fact that Chrysler is not afraid to mention the supplier of it's components - Dana axles, Cummins engine, etc. Little stuff matters....

 

But, there's the MEGA CAB.

 

For me it was a choice between the Cummins or Allison trans. Ford never came into the picture.

Looked under the hood of both.. More room in the dodge and didn't want to deal with the independent front suspension..

So Cummins and solid front axle....

 

I have always like the inline 6 design. And I always like the way a Cummins sounds.

 

I have always been a chevy man.I got this truck because of the cummins.If I buy anything gas it will most likley be a chevy. But that new challanger does have my eye.

 

1st (91) Dodge Cummins was a good truck for a low price. 2nd (97)Good success with truck 1 and a low price on ebay. 3rd (04) Won it (better price than any of them). 4th Dodge has a Cummins, and why stop now. My dad and I might consider trying a Duramax or a used 7.3 Powerstroke, but we will still have a Cummins handy.

 

As others have said, "the Cummins". There just isn't another light truck engine that compares to the power and durability. This is my first Dodge but the rest of the truck has really grown on me also.