OK, we have a 2005 F-350 dump that my uncle bought for tax reasons, best deal on a dump so he went with it, came (told him to at least get a diesel if he was going Ford) with the 5.4...

Last summer I had to drive it back and forth from the slag yard with loads of #57...

Total scale weight was 13,000 lbs loaded, and the truck could barely get out of its own way... barely made it to 45mph on the same road I took today with the ol Cummins...

Now I have a SRW 2500... considerably less "beefy" than the F-350...

My total scale weight was 10,000lbs - yeah a ton and a half shy of what I carried in the Ford, and with a diesel engine... but it drove like it was unloaded!

How does the Cummins "know" there is a load behind it?

The reason I'm posting this now is because I never weigh my loads, and never knew how close my weight was to the Ford...

 

I think y'all got mixed up.... if you just have to get a F**d, darn sure don't get the diesel!

 

what he said

 

what's wrong with ford diesels?

 

Nothing. The 6.oh no's and 6.4's make great boat anchors.