whos pulling a fifth wheel
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I would not buy a 2500 GAS RAM. Nor G.M. Diesel yes. But not gas. Best towing,driving gas burner out there is Ford with V10. I'm not even sure if the V10 is still in the Ford lineup. There are a LOT of those out there and people like them a lot. Lot more torque down low then a Hemi. Hemi is not but 345 cubic inch. Its going to buzz towing 10k. Just me. Id be looking at Ford V10s. To bad RAM dosen't have the V10. Those older ones are a smooth pulling full of torque down low son of a guns.
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From: Ila Georgia
You ought to post that on the RV sites. Some of those guys would heartily disagree. They LOVE EM. The few I know who have had them liked them a lot. "Motor home owners like them. The OLD Dodge and Ford V10 has been in big demand. Lots of retirees are buying up Ford and Dodge V10s. They can't afford high end diesels. These old and newer V10 trucks are in big demand. I'd rather pull with low rpm linear torque making engine then a V8 that only comes alive after 4000RPM.
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My grandpa has a camper with the Ford V10 in it. Gets 4 MPG. has a hard time making hills. Drop a Dodge 360 in and you'd be getting 6-8MPG and have no trouble with hills. Or a Dodge V10 for that matter. And you are incorrect about the V8 coming alive at 4K RPM. That is when power drops sharply on the V8s. 2250-3000RPM is the power band on most dodge V8s.
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I would not buy a 2500 GAS RAM. Nor G.M. Diesel yes. But not gas. Best towing,driving gas burner out there is Ford with V10. I'm not even sure if the V10 is still in the Ford lineup. There are a LOT of those out there and people like them a lot. Lot more torque down low then a Hemi. Hemi is not but 345 cubic inch. Its going to buzz towing 10k. Just me. Id be looking at Ford V10s. To bad RAM dosen't have the V10. Those older ones are a smooth pulling full of torque down low son of a guns.
Yes, it is still technically in the Ford lineup but only in the F550, F650, and F750 chassis bodies. The gas motor for the F250 and F350 is the supercharged 6.2L V8 and then, of course, the 6.7L Scorpion Turbodiesel.
you so funny.
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From: Wyoming
Not true. Gutless turds that get HORRIBLE mileage loaded or not
No supercharger
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So much hate on a 360... But yet they will outlast your Hemi with not even half the problems.. Oh yea and I can run 87 gas and never have to worry about my motor coming apart.. Oh well.. Not gonna argue with someone who thinks their own BS is true..
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I don't uderstand how a ford V-10 came up, but its the best sucky Ford engie ever made, sucks flue, sucks towing, pukes spark plugs and I have spent a lot of my work days dring F-350 to f-550 Fords that can not get out of thier own way.
Hands down a hemi in a 2500 with a 6sp man will out haul, out tow and out perform a ford V-10, I much prfer a hemi power train to any Ford ( not sure on the new 5.0 ) and the V-10 still has 3v per cy, left over garbage from the triton name.
Yup thier cheap in motor homes, because Ford can't give them away, for all the issues of booth gen of 6.0 navstar ford diesels, I would take a 6.0 ford diesel over a v10 that needs two extra cylinders just to stay behind my hemi..
Hands down a hemi in a 2500 with a 6sp man will out haul, out tow and out perform a ford V-10, I much prfer a hemi power train to any Ford ( not sure on the new 5.0 ) and the V-10 still has 3v per cy, left over garbage from the triton name.
Yup thier cheap in motor homes, because Ford can't give them away, for all the issues of booth gen of 6.0 navstar ford diesels, I would take a 6.0 ford diesel over a v10 that needs two extra cylinders just to stay behind my hemi..