You'd have been just fine... the 47RE in my '98 pulled a 19K# Cat 'dozer out of a hole it buried itself in and ran for over another 100K miles, when I swapped it for a 49RE. I think the main reason I upgraded was because I forgot to change the tranny fluid or filter until 175K miles...

 

Huh, the C 5500 Kodiak comes available with a 6.6L V8 Duramax.
Hmm, GVWRs up to 26,000 lbs.
I thought sure the Cummins was the only light/medium duty cross over diesel.
http://www.chevrolet.com/mediumduty/kodiak/

Admittedly, the 6, 7, and 8-series Kodiaks come equipped with either DMAX's I6 or a CAT I6 but their 4, and 5-series MDVs are available w/6.6L V8 Duramaxes.

 

I have always considered TBO (time before overhaul) to be the difference between light duty and medium duty diesel engines and with a 200,000 mile TBO on the Isuzu and a 400,000 TBO on the Cummins that is why I consider one light and the other medium duty . Maybe in a few years they may raise the TBO on the Chevy but I do not see it ever holding together as long as a motor built as heavy duty as the Cummins .The 400,000 I have always felt is very conservative on the Cummins and I also feel that 200,000 is a mite low on the Isuzu also . I personally have never seen a wore out Cummins in a pickup that wasn't bombed and received normal care even with very high mileage . There has got to be a few high mileage Duramax's out there by now that are past there rated TBO and maybe the low TBO will go up down the road and they will earn a better rating , who knows .

 

Your correct I did not. It was my GF who gave it the name Maxi Pad and I though it was a good one so I have used it many times. As for the Chevy people over at the diesel place many there can't bring them selves to say the word Dodge as if it were the worse cuss work in the world. So to me it’s fair and fun to have a name for their diesel engine.

 

And you can get a F550 with a 6.0 too.. Whats the point??? Still not a medium duty engine and I haven't seen any Kodiaks with the 360/650 either..

Diesel pushers, school busses, emergency fire equipment, marine propulsion, emergency generators, Massy Tractors, Case Skidloaders... Non of those were 6.6 or 6.0.... Wonder why???

 

Just wondering. Does engine displacement have anything to do with design? Can't they just make a 6.6 liter identical to the 5.9 inline-6 Cummins but with more power?

 

Hopefully, that what the new common rail Cummins are - especially if you can get one without all of the "extra" stuff on it...

 

I thought sure the Cummins was the only light/medium duty cross over diesel.

International sells a tuned down version of the 6.0l powerstroke to bluebird and they use it in their busses.