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<blockquote data-quote="BusterBrown" data-source="post: 459494" data-attributes="member: 7086"><p>Quote: Chevy is not what it once was. Put a round bale in back of it, rolled it out by hand and it bowed the tail gate. The old chevy tailgates were tough hombres. /Unquote</p><p></p><p>I agree about chevys not being what the used to be. Trucks have changed a lot in the past 30 yrs. I always had chevy trucks, the last was a '05 2500 HD Duramax / Allison. You couldn't make a round around the place without putting another dent - ding it it somewhere, but I think that is the same with all these new trucks. Made for the city guys to haul their golf club bags out to the golf course with. I got rid of the chevy if favor of a 2007 Dodge Cummins / 6 sp. Manual. Would have never considered a Dodge in years past. They have come a long way in the chase for quality. But this thread is asking about Fords vs Chevys. The Duramax I had was ok, but I only got 65,000 mi. on it before I traded. I hated changing the fuel filter, ended up cutting a BIG piece of the fender well splash guard plastic out just to access the filter. It was a rough riding sob compared to my previous chevys, and this dodge rides like a Caddi compared to the chevy. It was a 4 door short bed 4x4. When I was loaded and pulling, the engine temp would creep up enough to make the fan clutch engage. It would roar like a jet engine with that fan engaged. Seemed to heat up too fast for me pulling a load up hill etc. It was stock, no chips or other mods. Just my experience, and as I said I <strong>WAS</strong> a die hard chevy customer till now............ <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusterBrown, post: 459494, member: 7086"] Quote: Chevy is not what it once was. Put a round bale in back of it, rolled it out by hand and it bowed the tail gate. The old chevy tailgates were tough hombres. /Unquote I agree about chevys not being what the used to be. Trucks have changed a lot in the past 30 yrs. I always had chevy trucks, the last was a '05 2500 HD Duramax / Allison. You couldn't make a round around the place without putting another dent - ding it it somewhere, but I think that is the same with all these new trucks. Made for the city guys to haul their golf club bags out to the golf course with. I got rid of the chevy if favor of a 2007 Dodge Cummins / 6 sp. Manual. Would have never considered a Dodge in years past. They have come a long way in the chase for quality. But this thread is asking about Fords vs Chevys. The Duramax I had was ok, but I only got 65,000 mi. on it before I traded. I hated changing the fuel filter, ended up cutting a BIG piece of the fender well splash guard plastic out just to access the filter. It was a rough riding sob compared to my previous chevys, and this dodge rides like a Caddi compared to the chevy. It was a 4 door short bed 4x4. When I was loaded and pulling, the engine temp would creep up enough to make the fan clutch engage. It would roar like a jet engine with that fan engaged. Seemed to heat up too fast for me pulling a load up hill etc. It was stock, no chips or other mods. Just my experience, and as I said I [b]WAS[/b] a die hard chevy customer till now............ :( [/QUOTE]
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