Cummons Out The Door

If you can't have a Cummins, I can't think of a better alternative.

Mercedes makes a great diesel but Cummins has been a huge draw for Dodge sales.

I would agree, and with the reliability record and power of the Cummins I think leaving them would be a mistake.

I herd a few years ago that they were dropping Cummins. They said Mercedes diesel would replace it, but i also herd that CAT was developing a diesel for the dodge. If CAT diesel would replace them I think Dodge would sell pretty good.

Scott

I've had one diesel Mercedes and have done most maintenance for another. I will never buy another Mercedes product. Maybe they were different in the "old" days, but the way their products are built simply leaves me scratching my head.

Is there a "283 chevy" equilvalent make and model in diesels? Something made to repaired and maintained by the owner??

That would be a Cummins B5.9 :)

It really doesn't make any sense to me why DC would drop Cummins for CAT instead of just using their own engines unless CAT is offering one hell of a deal that even Mercedes can't beat. Cummins has already proven itself in the RAM and while I can see a significant cost savings dropping a Mercedes diesel in it after the contract expires, I really don't see how CAT could beat Cummins price by enough to risk the loss in sales by switching away from Cummins.

I'm not so sure that there would be much of a risk. CAT make on hell of an engine. It equals Cummins in my experience.

Roy

The risk is not in the quality of the engine but in the buyers perception. Unless you are into big rigs or industrial equipment, you are not going to know much about CAT. I am also unaware of CAT currently building anything that could be dropped into a small pickup and if I am unaware of it, there is a good bet that many others are also unaware as well. This leads to people assuming that CAT will need to build a new motor and deal with all of the fun that happens with that, IOW, loss of sales. Cummins has been in Dodge trucks for a while now and have built up a reputation as building a rock solid small truck motor that will easily outlast the rest of the truck and in many cases is the reason why people bought the Dodge at all.

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The 360 in my 92 is going to outlast the rest of the truck. Is that a reflection of a good engine or a crappy truck? The 318 in my 90 D150 is going to outlast the rest of the truck too:) Hope my 04 is built better than the older trucks.

Al

92 W250 360, 5 speed, 4X4 04 2500, 600 CTD, six speed, 4X4

I heard that Cummins was bought out by either Ford or GM- I cant remember which.

FORD has never owned a part or whole of Cummings check the Cummings website you will find that in one of the FAQ sections.

Okay Chris, repeat after me. My truck is CUMMINS powered!

Roy

Pure BS.

Roy

i heard the same thing. when daimler chrysler drops the cummins in arrogance, my money says we'll see chrysler sales plummet faster than in the

80s. i didnt buy a dodge.....i bought a cummins. if ford ends up with the cummins, ill end up with that king ranch f350 ive been wanting.

LOL ok roy looks like your new job is to correct my typos that spell check misses.

Thats a good job for that crotchity old fart!! Maybe he can get his new "best friend" to give him a hand...

Denny

I don't know about you, but I would like to see the Superduty with a Cummins/Allison setup

im good with just the cummins. while good, the allison is no better than the other heavy duty trannys available today.