me and Mdub must be the only ones that dont get 20

 

Seriously... 15mpg all day long here, and I probably have one of the lightest trucks out of all the guys responding.

 

20 mpg!?!

When I'm in Phx at 1300ft, I only get about 15 in town in mine, and I drive like a gramma! At home its 4000ft and I'm excited to see 14.5, and I'm only 7000lbs! The highest I EVER saw on the highway was 18.5 on 33s.

20 mpg, pfffft!, I'd have to see AND calculate it to believe it myself.

 

Shouldve Bought a Cummins Boys LOL but I still Love fords just wish they werent cold blooded...

 

A lot of Cummins guys say that. Unless you're running oil-bypass filters and coolant filters, there's no reason you shouldn't be keeping up on all of these regardless of the engine...Powerstroke, Cummins, Duramax, hell even gassers (btw, even with the bypass, I still sample oil for analysis every 7500-10k). I've heard Dodge guys saying they'd rather deal with a 2003 6.0L nightmare than a 6.7 Cummins...Why? Because in less than 10 minutes of going through the forums you can learn every single issue with a 6.0 and how to fix it to make it a very reliable truck.

 

[QUOTE=Diesel_Daddy6.0;844541]A lot of Cummins guys say that. Unless you're running oil-bypass filters and coolant filters, there's no reason you shouldn't be keeping up on all of these regardless of the engine...Powerstroke, Cummins, Duramax, hell even gassers (btw, even with the bypass, I still sample oil for analysis every 7500-10k). I've heard Dodge guys saying they'd rather deal with a 2003 6.0L nightmare than a 6.7 Cummins...Why? Because in less than 10 minutes of going through the forums you can learn every single issue with a 6.0 and how to fix it to make it a very reliable truck.[/QUO

I keep up with my filters and fluid changes Oil every 5 K, Fuel filters every ten, Trany every 20K. I rather deal with a 6.7 Cummins than a 6.0L just from the aspect you can work on them withought having to pull the cab, or deal with it in the hood. I have a OBDII, and my friend has
a trouble shooting book for Powerstoke, 7.3 to the new 6.7 and Duramax, and Cummins 12V to 6.7 Cummins.

 

There are two guys who drive diesels at my work. Me, and my buddy. My buddy has an 05 commonrail dodge... I think he averages about 12-13mpg in his truck. He's an older guy, so he certainly isn't beating on it. I rode with him out west last year towing a small 14' enclosed trailer. The trailer and cargo couldn't have weighed more than 2500lbs. Check out this phenominal mileage...



Granted, he doesn't really care much since he now runs a vegi-ram. He was using a vegistroke on his 04 6.0 he had before he sold it for this truck.


Makes me wanna run right out and buy one. Cummins: melting pistons since 1919.

 

i dont understand why the cummins guys like it so much in the 6.0 section???
maybe its because they feel they need to talk **** about our trucks to make them feel better about theirs

it's not like we(6.0 owners) get on the cummins section and talk about the shity transmissions, bad interior, and the my favorite "i bought a cummins and the dodge came with it"...... In that case you paid $12,000 for a rusty tub with a good motor, insted we bought 6.0's and with a few mods can have some of the most reliable and nicest trucks around

 

Im sorry I aint tryin to talk **** I appologize. I come on here becuse I do have an 6.0L Powerstroke and its upsetting to have what happened to us with it. Its just been a lemon. SO sorry I if I offended ya. Yes I will stand by my cummins all day long. I am realy opened to any suggestions about 6.0L. Because we are gonna put a new 6.0L in out 05 ford. I drive a cummins that I have had for about six months now. Weve had this 6.0L since new with 20 miles on it when we bought it in 05. Im just bein an *** hole and complaining about mine. So please excuse me I didnt walk on here to brag up cummins. But apprently I did so please accept my appologies. Every one has the Prefference for trucks. All of our trucks work they aint toys if they dont work we dont make money. We cant haul cows. We have dumped over 7500 dollars into this truck replacing injectors, rebuidling turbos, the pcm, ecm, and the FICM. short of throwing in a new engine. So yes im a prone to say dont BUY A 6.0L. If you only use it as a toy then ya they can be a great truck. So sorry 03 and mdub didnt mean to upset ya. I know them early common rail cummins the gas milage SUCKS!!!!! I am a ford man and always will be I just never will be a 6.0L, or a 6.4L Powerstroke guy. So good luck to ya guys... Once again sorry didnt mean to **** ya off. At least is aint a maxipad. Also I like the 6.0L section because I own one too. Every truck a piece of **** you just have to find the one you are willing to work on. So please excuse me be arogant, I do tease and B**** alot about 6.0L and if you lived where I live you be in the crowd with us. The only 6.0L in this valley is my ranches, and one rich white potata farmer who uses it for the sled pulls, and the rest are from somewhere but the SLV...

 

Sounds like you need to find someone else to work on that 6.0 if you've thrown that much at it and it's still not right man!

No hard feelings here, just razzing you back is all.