How do you like that Isuzu? I've heard good things about them. I wonder what made GM go that route? Ford and Dodge went with American manufacturers, Dodge did well by it, but Ford had mixed results.....Finally broke down and bought a diesel pick up. (Actually been looking for a good used one that was affordable for a long time)
Now I have to start putting together supplies and equipment to make biodiesel fuel.
How do you like that Isuzu? I've heard good things about them. I wonder what made GM go that route? Ford and Dodge went with American manufacturers, Dodge did well by it, but Ford had mixed results.....
Sounds like they are just getting broken inI couldn't tell you just yet. I bought the truck and headed out on a business trip the same day, so it's been parked since last saturday.
But, we have two 3500 HD dually's at work with the Duramax powerplants, both have well over 150,000 miles on them and we've have not had problem one with either of them.
I have no experience with the FORD built powerstrokes but have heard they are doing pretty well with it, both of mine were IH/NaviStar and had problems. Did FORD ever figure out how to build a tranny that holds up to the engine?Isuzu was the only bidder that had a common rail fuel injection system at the time. It was a game changer in the late '90s when it first came out for NVH and emissions.
Navistar would have gone with the common rail (like they eventually did) but their contract with Siemens had them over a barrel.
They probably would have been money ahead to pay Siemens to break the injector contract and go with the Bosch unit after it was all said and done.
I was on the engineering development teams for the 4.5L and 6.0L.
We've been in this boat for a little over a year now. Loss of a job certainly qualifies as SHTF. I found another job about 3 months out, but it just doesn't provide enough income. It's tough going from 6 figures to 20,000......Thank god we are preppers or we'd be stuck on food stamps waiting for the gov to take care of us. I haven't been able to buy any guns in 17 months, it nearly makes me cry to think about.I am getting to use some of my preps. Been two and a half weeks since I was at the W2 (job). I got suspended for a safety infraction and they are still not calling me back.
Not hurting over the short time off, but a real eye opener for the wife, as far as preps go. Haven't been to the store for groceries since before the incident and still have plenty of food for the family.
Worse thing is that I have had to curb buying extra food and ammo. I don't want my job back, but I don't like not having the spare funds to play with.
This happened before the 1500, but I still went there and picked up some extra ammo, a gas mask and a few other items. Have to get it all worked out one way or the other before the next show.
I have Neighbors running the Isuzu/Duramax with mixed reviews. A couple of them are in the shops every couple of months getting something repaired on them (stock trucks no mods). A couple of them rolling flawlessly...How do you like that Isuzu? I've heard good things about them. I wonder what made GM go that route? Ford and Dodge went with American manufacturers, Dodge did well by it, but Ford had mixed results.....
Most of the People I know who are having Trans issues, regardless of the Truck,are also running the ponies cranked up pretty good with no upgrades beyond the Engine.I have no experience with the FORD built powerstrokes but have heard they are doing pretty well with it, both of mine were IH/NaviStar and had problems. Did FORD ever figure out how to build a tranny that holds up to the engine?
ETA: I put mine through literal hell and made them WORK for their keep if that makes any difference...
I never made any mods at all to either of mine, but I used them to operate my landscaping business. They were always pulling a dump trailer full of dirt or block, or a beaver tail with a bobcat or two, or a track hoe......I certainly worked them to their limits, had to rebuild one or both trannys every winter usually after the first plowable snowfall and before the second....Plowing in MN is pretty tough on them tooI have Neighbors running the Isuzu/Duramax with mixed reviews. A couple of them are in the shops every couple of months getting something repaired on them (stock trucks no mods). A couple of them rolling flawlessly...
Most of the People I know who are having Trans issues, regardless of the Truck,are also running the ponies cranked up pretty good with no upgrades beyond the Engine.
If you need that kinda Power, Get a Semi...
I never made any mods at all to either of mine, but I used them to operate my landscaping business. They were always pulling a dump trailer full of dirt or block, or a beaver tail with a bobcat or two, or a track hoe......I certainly worked them to their limits, had to rebuild one or both trannys every winter usually after the first plowable snowfall and before the second....Plowing in MN is pretty tough on them too
Detroit isn't geared towards light duty (besides, detroits suck) and GM is the reason we here in the USA are reluctant to buy diesels. Remember the GM diesels from the late '70s/early'80s? They screwed up the diesel market in the US so bad with that garbage. You can't just take a sbc and bolt on a new head and call it a diesel.Plow trucks?!
Well there you go. LOL. Falls under the same catergory as the Semi Statement. Pick-ups do not make good Plow Trucks especially up in Mn where it really snows...
I just traded off my '06 F250, 6.0L never had a bit of problems out of it. Maybe I had a middle of the week built truck...
Still running a '97 F350 out at the Farm. Other than steering wander it is in pretty decent shape also with no problems...
I have never had any luck out of the Dodges I have had. Great Engines, just everything else on them would go wrong...
GM's I remember the 6.2L followed by the 6.5L and still wake up crying in my sleep over those POS. My big question to GM is when you are the Parent Company to Detroit Diesel can you not build a semi-decent engine of your own?!
Detroit isn't geared towards light duty (besides, detroits suck) and GM is the reason we here in the USA are reluctant to buy diesels. Remember the GM diesels from the late '70s/early'80s? They screwed up the diesel market in the US so bad with that garbage. You can't just take a sbc and bolt on a new head and call it a diesel.
Detroit isn't geared towards light duty (besides, detroits suck) and GM is the reason we here in the USA are reluctant to buy diesels. Remember the GM diesels from the late '70s/early'80s? They screwed up the diesel market in the US so bad with that garbage. You can't just take a sbc and bolt on a new head and call it a diesel.
You can get a 70mpg ford focus in europe too. I'd like to get a hold of a VW TDI, but they aren't exactly a dime a dozen.....Sure you can take an SBC and change the Head and call it a Diesel. GM did it...
GM is about 80% of the Diesel Problem here in the US. I can go to Europe which has stricter Emissions Laws than Ours and buy a Diesel in a freaking Ford Ranger that gets 30MPG and get a tax break from the Government. For buying a greener vehicle...
Not here though...