I had a 97 F250 PSD before I bought the Dodge in my sig. That was a great truck - I even sold it to a friend of mine without any reservations. I drove it about 130K miles and the only significant things I had to replace were a couple of ball joints and a water pump (pump was replaced under warranty). It was an auto and got about the same fuel mileage I get in the Dodge with a 6 spd. The guy I sold it to loves it. Now another friend bought one of the first 6.Oh No's and had several problems with it - the last being a significant leak from (I think) the turbo. The dealership told him they'd need it for a week or two - when he asked why they told him it was because they were going to have to remove the cab to get to the back of the motor. At that point he told them they could just keep the truck. He traded it in on an 04 and I don't think he's had many problems with that one.

As an aside about getting to the back of the motors on, well, ANY of these trucks. Any idea why the manufacturers don't go to a tilt forward hood design like on the medium duty trucks? I'd think that it'd be a) much cheaper to manufacture (could make it out of fiberglass), and b) much less time spent on getting to the actual problem on the back of a motor. That's one of the reasons I bought the Dodge vs. another Ford - half of that darn VT365 in the Ford is underneath the cowl - I couldn't see how you could work on anything in there... At least I can get to most of the Cummins.

 

My uncle sold his 94 CTD because he was having "problems" with it, he had to replace ball joints , wheel bearings , tranny lines , etc , all the normal nickle and dime stuff.

He bought an 03 6.0 , used , with 37 000 on it (why would anyone trade in a brand new truck with such low miles on it... HMMM) I have not heard a word of this from him , but it is making it's way around the grape vine to me, the truck has been straight from he.. well , you know where. It has been towed into the dealer 4 times , and when it arrived at the dealer ( it was shipping in from another lot) it wouldn't start and drive itself off of the flatbed, they rolled it into the shop. His dodge never left him stranded , without a truck because it was disabled , etc , it was always functional to some degree , the ford , with a little over 40 000 on it (guessing , and that is KMS) has been a worse truck that and dodge it replaced ( with over 300 000 kms on it) and the ford is 9 years newer... some people can't see the light of day apparently...

 

Tell him to check out other forums on Ford 6.0
They are JUNK. I know because I had one. Broke down (side of the road) 5 times before 44000 miles. Traded for CTD no problems at 69000.

 

Have you heard about this?

http://www.dodge.com/autoshow/news/news_megacab.html

For those people who want a lot of cab room, Dodge is going to give it to them. The biggest cab ever on a full size pickup.

I'm not sure I want one. A Quad Cab long bed is going to be like parking a school bus, but if a big cab is what you want, here you go.

 

Friend of mine who is a Ford mechanic said that they had an 04 6.0 (12,000 miles)come in. Blown head gaskets, had to remove the clip & cab for the head gasket swap. He left his box in it, and ended up with the bill.

 

I for one will stick with the ole Dodge, has not left me stranded once. Having too much fun BOMBing to think about another rig.

 

I dont think they are gonna make the mega-cab with a long bed.

 

I have not been able to find anything that confirms either way as to whether the mega cab will be available with a long bed or not. But since Ford has long bed dually crew cabs, it would seem that Dodge would not want to eliminate that possibility.

 

They will not make the mega cab with a long bed. The mega cab will be built on the existing long bed frame. Dodge will simply put a short bed on the long bed frame, and stretch the cab out to cover the extra space, and voila` Mega Cab ! Building a long bed Mega Cab will require a new chassis, new R&D costs, blah blah blah. Don't count on a long bed Mega Cab for sometime.

Right now, people are able to buy their Dodges for 8K-10K of MSRP because Dodge is doing everything they can to keep expenses down. If I recal correctly, Ford has over 7 chassis configurations to support their trucks, Dodge has 3. Those 7 frames increases Ford's tooling and manufacturing costs, passing on to the consumer. Dodge will produce a long bed Mega Cab when they guarantee that they can be profitable with it.

 

Hey i think that you are on the wrong web site. Sorry you need to find a FORD web site, i'm sure there are lots of them to help out with the broke down junk FORD . Should of bought a real truck.
CUMMINS rule.

 

Scott, I know many are wondering, so I'll ask. Who is your post directed to ?

 

Some of us ask others we know about potential problems with other brands. Sorry if this offended anyone. I do however appreciate the asnwers received.

 

Do you think all the company buybacks and people turning around and buying another one could account for their high sales numbers?

 

Guys

if yall havent seen this, it might make for some more interestin readin on the 6.0 subject..

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...threadid=72692

Tx