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farmer boy 03-17-2013 21:10:32 199.167.109.42 Report to Moderator

I have never noticed any better resale on Dodges. That may be regional though. You rarely see people/businesses that depend on their trucks in a Dodge. Ford is by far the most common, followed by Chevy/GMC, and in a very distance third Dodge. Of all the people I know that own a Dodge and actually use it as a truck, they ALL own a diesel. I know some people that own gas Dodge's, but they use them as a DD and towing their camper and boat occasionally. Warranty is simply to entice more people to buy a Dodge. They(FIAT) know what their main downfall is(reliability), and try to get by it by offering a better warranty. The PowerWagon has a gvwr of 8510lbs. Chevy did better than that 25 years ago. A Powerwagon has a curb weight of 6650lbs. That leaves you with an actual 1860lbs of payload(legally). Both the Ford and Chevy have a GWVR of 9,900lbs, giving them a payload of over 1.5tons. The PowerWagon has a towing capacity of 10,200 lbs. Ford is at 15,300lb towing. 3790 payload. Chevy is around the same for towing and payload as Ford. Ford is over 10000 cheaper, Chevy is 7000 cheaper. When you actually sit down and take a good hard look at the numbers(all the numbers), the Dodge doesn't really look that good.(not that it ever did) [Reply]   [No Email]