Home ATV Florida Forum ATV Florida Where to Ride? ATV Florida Links Advertise


Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: 1 [2]  All   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: going to trade in  (Read 8658 times)
IXIswamperIXI
Supreme Member
*****
Offline Offline

Location: Naples (Golden Gate Estates)

Posts: 1420


Rich men use dollars, Common folks use sense


View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #25 on: September 27, 2007, 04:22:34 PM »

I think your question was which tranny was the best, the Allison is by far the best, you know most of these videos are meaningless.  Think about the weight of the 2 trucks, what tires they are using, what the road conditions are, and the driver!  Those 3 things are hardly ever consitant in these pull offs like in those video.  I can take ANY truck with the right weight, right tire (or at least better than the other truck) and pull ANY other truck backwards!! Then low and behold.... MY TRUCK IS BETTER THAN YOURS LOL
Logged

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.
94Hardbody4x4
Supreme Member
*****
Offline Offline

Location: Vero Beach, FL

Posts: 842



View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #26 on: September 27, 2007, 04:52:14 PM »

I think your question was which tranny was the best, the Allison is by far the best, you know most of these videos are meaningless.  Think about the weight of the 2 trucks, what tires they are using, what the road conditions are, and the driver!  Those 3 things are hardly ever consitant in these pull offs like in those video.  I can take ANY truck with the right weight, right tire (or at least better than the other truck) and pull ANY other truck backwards!! Then low and behold.... MY TRUCK IS BETTER THAN YOURS LOL

Thank you.
Logged

Parting out 2005 Honda Foreman....ASK ME!
IXIswamperIXI
Supreme Member
*****
Offline Offline

Location: Naples (Golden Gate Estates)

Posts: 1420


Rich men use dollars, Common folks use sense


View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #27 on: September 27, 2007, 05:07:54 PM »

Thank you.

LOL no problem, I haven't had the money to get a new diesel but I think when I do get one I am going to leave it BONE STOCK (except a lift and tires) instead of putting all these aftermarket performance parts on, I have seen so many problems with them.  LOL then you get these guys with all these upgrades (my friend has a dodge 1100lbs torque) pull up to another manufactures stock truck and say it is a piece of junk because he can beat him in a race.  I don't think it really means anything, but that is just me.
Logged

I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.
ATV Stunner #18
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Location: North Port, Florida

Posts: 11



View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #28 on: September 28, 2007, 12:49:45 PM »

Get a Cummins!!!

I laugh at my brother and his 6.0L Ford because it has more miles on it from rolling in and out of the shop than it does on the road. It's the biggest pile of crap and it's rediculasly slow. I eat that thing up with my father's Cummins. Not even a race. Both are dually and 4 doors.

Ford does have the nices interior of them all though, I'll give them that. I feel like I'm in a big ass Mercedes.
Logged

05' Suzuki LTR - R1 motor build 85%
04' YFZ 450 - Ex-Race Bike #18
07' Brute Force - Lifted, Snork'd, Badassatized.

"If it aint big or fast, then it's slow or low"
Chevy1500z71
Supreme Member
*****
Offline Offline

Location: fl

Posts: 1747



View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #29 on: September 28, 2007, 02:23:37 PM »

every body has there own opinion on the best diesel but if your worried about the trany, the alison is obviously the strongest of the 3.
Logged
nonstop
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Location: Orlando, FL

Posts: 9



View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #30 on: September 28, 2007, 02:25:58 PM »

Are you thinking new or used?

When I went looking for a Diesel, I too was debating Chevy or Dodge and sometimes Ford. I was a Chevy guy and the Allison tranny is the best IMO, so i wanted a Chevy but too much money (even used).  Ford and the 6.0 International engine has a lot of injector problems and the tranny, I didn't know if they where good or bad. (my tranny guy says the new ones are great, btw) Plus I drove an International tow truck and it had injector probelms.   Then came the Dodge Cummins, only 6 cylinders so if it had injector problems only 6 to deal with (I've never heard of injector problem on a cummins), also if there ever was a engine problem it doesn't have to come out, a cummins can be rebulit in the truck.  Full front axle for the 4x4 was a plus too (Ford too).  The tranny was the only down fall so I just decided to drive a "stock" truck until the tranny went bad then I'd rebuild it right (like a banks, ATS, etc).  So I bought a 99 Dodge (100,000 miles) for $15,000 saved some money till one day a year later the tranny would not shift in to 1st, would only start from 2nd. So a sad day because the $3k would have to be spent, but what a good day because "let the fun begin!"  Sorry for the long post, test drives are free (and fun sometimes) so drive them all and read the forums (google search) because all three have there problems. (if you want a dodge forum, let me know)

Good luck... 
Logged

06 GRN Kingquad, Snorkeled, reverse light, K&N, Led Tail light, trans snorkeled, cup holders- "For Sale"
300 quadrunner
Senior Member
****
Offline Offline

Location: Davie, florida

Posts: 287


View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #31 on: October 02, 2007, 11:56:45 AM »

yea went to carmax yesturday, testdrove a chevy duramax, dodge cumming dually, and a 7.3 ford, i love the chevy the most!!! the fastest, thanks all for you imput
Logged

Florida Cracker

2001 Mazda B3000
4" lift on 33" MT/R

2002 Honda Rancher 350
2in Lift with 26in mudlites on 12" SS
Snorkeled exhausted jetted and clutch kit
Cory1020
Senior Member
****
Offline Offline

Location: North Fort Myers

Posts: 436



View Profile

Ignore
« Reply #32 on: October 02, 2007, 02:24:28 PM »

chevys are fast... Can someone confirm or deny this? -> Heard the fords tranny in the powerstroke, whatever its called, torque shift, gear something, i obviously dont remember what ford calls it but heard it was made by allison, but ford cant put allison on the truck b/c chevy had it?? Huh Someone want to help me lol?
Logged

99 F-150 4x4
8" lift on 35x13.5 cooper sst

02 Rubicon
06 Rancher 4x4
01 Rancher 4x4
98 Fourtrax 2x4
06 Raptor 700
05 Rincon
Pages: 1 [2]  All   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Other Florida sites of interest: www.PinballShark.com

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!