I'd rather have a 6.0 than a common fail any day. Yes, I just said that
I'd rather have a 6.0 than a common fail any day. Yes, I just said that
Agreed, my old man has a 6.oh. I love that truck, its got to be the most trouble free 6.oh ever. Rides great, tows great, and good mpgs.
Where do you guys get your unicorn feed?
How many common rails have you owned? I've owned eight. They're piles of ****. Everybody cries about having to spend $4k on a 6.0 to make it reliable. You have to spend more than that on a common rail, but you're still driving a pile of ****... Doesn't add up
How many common rails have you owned? I've owned eight. They're piles of ****. Everybody cries about having to spend $4k on a 6.0 to make it reliable. You have to spend more than that on a common rail, but you're still driving a pile of ****... Doesn't add up
How many common rails have you owned?
I've never owned a CR of a Ford, but I have collected thousands of dollars for repairs on both and I can tell you there has been a LOT more money spent repairing Ford's than Dodge's. That said, there is a reason I drive a 12V Dodge, and I'll agree the Ford interior is superior.
That pretty well sums it up for me. I buy 'em because you can pick them up cheap for that very reason. We bought a 2005 F350 dually WITH a 2009 30' double axle dovetail gooseneck for $17k. Truck only had about 100k on it. Bought it and made our money back within a few months hauling with it (oversize loads @ about 32k lbs). Thing tows awesome! Then it started puking so we bought a lift for $4k and studded it. It's been perfect ever since and now we have a lift that we also made our money back on in a short period of time. Now I can buy them cheap all day long and do the fixes ourselves. Including mine since it finally started puking a little this past week. LOL.
Weird.
But since it's still open:
I picked up another one (F350 Dually Crewcab XLT) for $1k with a blown oil cooler. Put about $4k into it and now it runs like a champ. PL/PW/PM, etc... Not a single issue so far and I have towed some fairly heavy loads with it. Using it as my daily now.
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