I have a 1ton ready to roll

I am going to disagree, as far as gas engines I find it hard to believe you can get anything better then a dodge 360, that is one hell of a motor.

and as to resale value, fords are a dime a dozen, just go look on ebay, they hold very little resale value. cummins on the other hand are selling with twice the mileage for the same price, you also 500-750k out of a cummins easily. dont get me wrong the 7.3 was a great motor, but a cummins will always cost you more.

 

I think it has something to do with what year you got too. I know back in 05 I tried out a Dodge pickup and the darned thing put me off Dodge for years. It rattled and just seemed junky built.

Granted, I wasn't hot shot shopping then, just looking for a truck to replace my old Ford. I drove Fords for 20 years and never had any trouble with them, but some people won't touch one and have a completely different viewpoint.

Anyway I ended up with a Ford F-250 that was a great truck, so much better built than the Dodge by comparison, and ran it until I traded it for the Dodge I have now. It sort of hurt to do that but I wanted a work truck so I bit the bullet and did it anyway.

When I was hot shot truck shopping, I noticed that the quality of the finish on the Dodge was way better than the Fords I looked at. So things do change year to year. Some things are just a crapshoot anyway but this one worked out ok for me.

 

http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/news/sterling/prodstarts.html
It would be interesting to know how many were sold . Will their rarity make them eventually valuable classics ?

 

The problem with the 318 & 360 motor is the oil pick-up if you don't change oil religously 3000-5000 miles and use a good oil the screen will stop-up and your engine will slow starve on oil spinning bearings.
I had several old chrsler motors at my shop perfectly good except one spun bearing. One in the pile was mine and the old 518 transmission was trouble after they put a O/D unit on it.
I said I'd never make the mistake of ownig another dodge and made it anyway a friend had a 2000 durango with 135,000 so I bought it for the wife.
Well less than 500 miles and transmission gone. Had it rebuilt and it's been back three times now builder said no problem just a bad OD off button. What BS I hooked my mentor scanner up to it drove it all day and trhink it's a overheating issue either cooler or torque converter.
God will have to appear in a burning bush to me to get me to buy anything else cryhsler makes. Giving away gold bars for half price with a purchase wouldn't help. I am going to pick the durango up again today maybe it will work for awhile.

 

I thought they was dodges to start with. They came and went pretty quick. I imagine parts would be a issue? You know Brooks got rid of his duramax cause there were no injectors available ?

 

I have always had good service from Chrysler products other than one and that was back in the early 80's. It was a Cordoba. It almost turned me off Chrysler products.

 

Yeah , Melvin is one of my Facebook friends . He's running an old Ford 7.3 now . It really seems odd he couldn't get injectors . It seems he had a limited run engine . Pre-emission '07 ?

 

Why don't you ever go over there anymore? Last I rememeber you was swapping disaggreements with disco. He always hated I called him a armchair quaterback. Knew everything about nothing.

 

There really isn't much going on over there . A lot of members got out of the business . Even Black and Blue hardly showed up .I got off the internet for a while . I was pretty busy .

 

I went 40k without an oil change in my 360 once

you have a point about the trannys be weak, but as long as they are rebuilt right you wont have trouble