Kid, you need to think before you speak, you continue to put your own foot in your mouth. There are more GM drivers right? Well, based on shear numbers, if there are more GM drivers, there are more GM drivers with big money. You CANNOT question that, period, end of story, don't bother to argue it. Its not an excuse, its a fact. Cummins engines STILL continue to put up higher HP numbers than D-Max motors, and most of them don't need as much money invested to make the big HP.

I'm not gung ho about the new Cummins V-8, and either are most of us. The difference between the new Cummins V-8, and the D-Max V-8, is the Cummins V-8 is in the proper application, a light duty truck. Its not shoveled into a medium duty truck, all the way up to a class 6 truck like the D-Max is.

And yes, guys are breaking the stock Allison output shafts quite regularly around here. Even getting past that, and the weight, you continue to say its a carbon copy, then turn around and admit that its different... WHICH IS IT?

Back on topic: Get whatever truck he wants, the trans will be junk in a few years anyway, plowing ruins trannies. Personally, I plow with a stick shift truck, and go through a clutch about twice as fast as my DD truck. He can prolong its life with a bigger cooler, and keeping the oil/filter changed, but its gonna die no matter what. If he wants a stick, it'll last him a lot longer, and cost less to fix when the clutch goes south. Of course, there's only one company that makes a HD truck with a stick shift option.

 

well said....and if you take a look at all the posts...no one here that owns a Dodge was BASHING the allison....and back on topic....it depends on how much plowing you do.....i do ALL commercial accounts and have alot of them, i am in my truck for a minimum of 18 hours per storm but if you have driveways a stick is fine....with bigger more important things it is just too much work and your knee will be shot after 3 hours.....just my opinion

 

Eh, my right knee is the one thats shot... The left one does okay. I have 3 commercial lots, and I only do friends driveways. My beat is about 7 hrs, it gets old, but so does changin out transmissions. I use a stock clutch for 2 reasons: 1. Its a lot easier to depress the clutch, and 2. Because a clutch ain't gonna last super long anyways, and the stock one holds the power while still being cheap.

 

All I can add is my Allison in my 06 Dmax did 285k in just over a year and a half with out a single issue.

 

very true....the only thing i can say.....we trade them in every two or three years and as long as you service them faithfully and don't "beat" on them you shouldnt have a problem....i push alot of snow and run these trucks to about 90k and service the trans in the spring and in the fall

 

Thats not to bad, it comes out to 521 miles a day 7 days a week for 78 weeks without ever taking a day off.

 

OMG thats funny! Where does he poop?