V10 what do you think of them?
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Same bore, lots of commonalities with the 5.9. Here is a link to everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. http://www.allpar.com/mopar/V10.html
Well since this is a v10 thread, There calling for a lot of snow up here and I want to plow this winter. http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/1311345802.html Please post about this one.
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Dude, the V10 has more power than you will ever use, and they have the 47re tranny. It's stronger than the 46re. That truck has a lot of miles depending on if they were hard miles or not. The guy says "Needs work" that would scare me a bit since most sellers wouldn't admit it if it wasn't very noticeable. It all depends on your budget.
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From: Western NY,
Just an FYI as reference I used to be the maintenance dept for a guy who owned a large restaurant/ banguet facilies place and a plaza and multiple apartment complexes here in buffalo NY and I used a 98 dodge 1500 with I believe the offroad package since it sat higher than most I remember and the little 318 and auto trans!..... He bought it new and I plowed every time two inches or more fell for 3 years. I had to push most of the snow to one corner and pile it up 6ft so so in the main lot and that truck did an awsome job....the only problem is the front end wore out a bit and sagged bad after a while... and my boss kept up on whatever maint it needed but it was mostly the plow breaking since we went with a lighter cheaper grade myers plow since we went from a ford f350 with the 460 (if I remember right) to the dodge....He even had me por15 it to help with the salt we put down...so I think a 2500 with any motor would do a great job as long as you dont slam into things hard....Btw we replaced the dodge with another ford (F250 with v10)and that with a small Caterpillar which he still uses.
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I love the V-10. Now if the gas ever goes up to $4 per gallon again I may change my mind, but I've never been in a gasoline powered vehicle with this kind of torque. Mine runs smooth and gets 11-11.5 mpg bone stock with a flowmaster 50 series, and automatic, with 35's and a 5-inch lift. I'd like to have the new cummings sure, but for a gas engine this V-10 is a killer!
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as far as plowing goes, my dad used to plow with an old 94 f250 with the 7.3, bulletproof motor, but the E40D tranny has been rebuilt 3 or 4 times
bottom line, if your doing any kind of real plowing, the tranny won't like it, don't matter what kinda truck you have (he used to plow with my uncle, and they were working whats now an AT&T lot, i remember working till 6 AM there, i will never put a plow on my truck)
bottom line, if your doing any kind of real plowing, the tranny won't like it, don't matter what kinda truck you have (he used to plow with my uncle, and they were working whats now an AT&T lot, i remember working till 6 AM there, i will never put a plow on my truck)
