2011 F350 PS or GMC Cummins

[Three Peaks]

My family (brothers, nephews) have owned at least 6 duramax diesel Chevy trucks. Not a single problem with any of them and they are used for construction business, hauling 5th Wheel trailers (13,000 , 14,500 lbs each), and going over the mountains in good and bad weather including snow an freezing conditions.

Without a load they report approximately 20-22 mpg on the highway. Hauling trailer they do better than my gas powered Chev with a much smaller trailer (5,500 lbs).

I've always liked the comfort and interior of the Chev trucks compared to the Ford and Dodge trucks. My buddies that drive Fords love their trucks and the same story with friends/family who drive Chev/GMC trucks. I've heard lots of complaining about the Dodge trucks from friends but they still drive them because they are cheap to buy?

I've always been a Chev/GMC guy, even though I worked for Ford for several years after high school and a stint in the Army. These days in the Ford and Chevy line ups I think you would have a tough time buying a bad truck. Both have really done their homework and put out a top quality product IMHO. Of course, the prices they charge these days represent that additional effort..... I guess that is why I bought a used 2003 Chev a couple months ago....

Bob

[Allan A]

Thanks guys I will try and figure this out.

Allan

[Jerry Clayton]

Don't it seem funny that it will cost more for a truck to pull your trailer than your Cobra costs?

Of course there are a couple of alternatives---

Put a trailer hitch on the Cobra and pull the truck!!!!

Buy a used truck---these things will run for hundreds of thousands of miles--my 99 Ford has over 250k on the speedo and the speed sensor was bad for over 4 years brfore I changed it this year, probably has near or over 400,000 miles---

[la cobra]

I have a 97 ford f250 hd with 7.3 and 275,000 miles. Replaced 1 trans with billet converter at 120,000 miles and no problems. I would check out all options and make your choice.

[rob byrum]

i agree with Slider 701

[JWilly]

I've been a Ford man for a long time. My current truck is a Lincoln LT and is a bona fide POS. I have SYNC on some of my vehicles and it is distracting and simply does not work very well. My daily beater is a little Ford Focus and it has 38 buttons on the dash and console and finding some of them in the maze is another distraction. I'm looking at the new Ford HD trucks and they are loaded with (for me) a bunch of bells and whistles I have no use for. I am definitely looking at some of the other brands of trucks this time.

[Jerry Clayton]

Yep---sometimes it is difficult to select a new station manually on the modern radios---remember when rear speakers came out?