Cseries,Not wanting to upset your Chevrolet loyalty, I've got a 2000 Ford F-350 Super-Duty with a Power Stroke Diesel and 6 speed manual tranny. It pulled a 24 foot trailer loaded down with an Oliver 770 and a WD-45 Allis with a 2 rown mounted corn picker no problem. Oh yeah, it was in late August with temps in the upper 90's. AND...it was 500 miles one way to northern Nebraska from where I live in SW Missouri. It took a real large hill to make the truck slow down at all in 6th gear, and when I shifted into 5th, the truck would increase speed all the way to the top. Also averaged 18 mpg there and back... I was very happy. I've heard lots of good things about the Cummins, my father has a 91 Dodge with a Cummins, won't keep up with my powerstroke, but it'll outdo just about all gas motors in my opinion. The new Duramax Diesels from Chevy sound pretty strong, but I've heard 5 seperate stories of either blown head gaskets or cracked heads within 5000 miles. It'll keep up with a powerstroke until you lose a bank of 4 cylinders. So, I'm a ford fan, also like Dodge's with Cummins, but haven't been a fan of the Chevy Diesel performance. I guess I saw too many of those 6.2 L diesels in trucks that wouldn't spin the tires in wet grass. Oh well....I tend to digress, Oh yeah....Check out our Chapter's new website and sign the guestbook.
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