Concerns About Reliability and Maintenance Costs

[Did A Dura Do Dat]

Hey Runnin I have a friend who worked at Cummins in Columbus, Indiana last year. I live in Indianapolis. I'll see what he tells me..
As for the Cummins, I do like the cummins a lot. I'd love to have a 5.9 in my F250. But i'm more than satisfied with my Power Stroke. The best selling pickup surrounding it just that much more.
Keep in mind, no matter what diesel engine you choose you're going to get a terrific engine no matter what.

[dmaxpwr]

People generally come to forums looking for help to solve their problems..or for performance upgrade help.
So you are only seeing a smalllllll group of people compared to all of the Duramaxs sold!

I believe all the Cummins Dodges are assembled in Mexico and put on a train to the US.

LB7 Trucks are available with a manual transmission...its just that not many Manuals are sold comapred to the Allison Auto.

Originally Posted by Did A Dura Do Dat

No matter how good the GM duramax engines are, i'll never buy a heavy duty truck with an independent front end....especially with the added weight of a diesel over the top of it. I'm not saying it's not a bad supsension or weak by any means, but come on...it's a truck, and if you want it to ride like a car put a car suspension on it and see how it holds up.

The IFS is a stout setup I run it with a 9' Fisher Plow...no problems. I prefer the softer ride the IFS provides..but it also can handle the weight when I need it to.

[Did A Dura Do Dat]

I never said it wasn't stout. I'm saying I don't want it under my heavy duty truck. I've seen a lot of broken IFS parts at truck events...not near as many with other suspension setups

[duradud]

i agree. if you want a soft wussy ride, buy a car. there aint nothin in the world like a solid axle with leaf springs to give you that good ole truck feeling. i believe independent suspensions were designed by yuppies and built for yuppies.

[Did A Dura Do Dat]

Although I would rather have a coil spring setup on my truck than the leafs.....I like the tighter turning radius...