Looking in NC

Hey everyone, just thought I'd join to do some research. Right now I'm driving my 3rd diesel that has 225k miles on it. Not towing much anymore so I thought I'd look at the Tundras. Also looking at the 6.2 GM and 3.0 diesel gm trucks. I know the mpg isn't that great but I'm not ready to get a turbo'd v6 just yet (plus I saw the pic of the double cab and I'm not sold). I think I got spoiled with tuned diesels for the mileage. Anyway, I promise to search before asking stupid questions and thanks!!

 

Welcome from NY.
Good luck with your decision.

 

Welcome from LA (Lower Alabama)!

 

Welcome! Funny…I may be in the market for a 3/4 ton pick up.
Good Luck in your decision.

 

I traded a 2017 Ram 2500 4x4 diesel for my Tundra. I wasn't towing anything really heavy. The Ram was giving me some issues that were really ticking me off, as I had repaired them the year before and now they were acting up again. I wasn't happy with the Ram. I fell in love with the Tundra from the first test drive. Wish I'd of bought a Tundra years ago. I could've avoided a lot of aggravation from Ram, Ford, and Chevy. I drove all three over the years.

 

with the lifter issues I've been seeing in the newer GM's that has me a little worried. The things with diesels is if you delete them, they're awesome. Thank goodness I live in NC that don't test emissions, but in order to do that you're spending another 3-4k to properly delete it. Then there's the $100 oil changes, fuel filters, 10k over gas prices, but great MPG (when deleted) and high resale (which tundras have). Oh and the torque and power gains on a diesel. Lots of pluses and minuses with diesel, but not as much to worry about. Anyway I've got about a year to figure out what I wanna do

 

Oil changes were crazy expensive compared to a gasser. And, the late model Cummins have TWO fuel filters to change, and they were a pain in the arse as well. On my 2017 Ram 2500 to change the oil filter you had to reach through a little opening in the passenger side wheel well, and fish the filter out and in. If you didn't have a special screw on cap for the filter you spilled oil everywhere because the filter had to be tilted on its end to fish it through the hole. Royal pain in the buttocks. I hated it. What really convinced me to get rid of it was the constant issues with the ABS/brake control module.

 

ugh well that might sway we away from ram haha.I've never had a cummins but I've had 3 GM diesels. Can't say I really had any issues, but the firsts day I got them, I deleted them and got proper tuning on them. I'm wanting a newer truck so adding the 10k for a diesel truck gets me in a 5 or 6 year old diesel truck or a brand new gasser

 

I've had a 7.3l Powerstroke in the '99, a 5.9l Cummins in a '97, and the 6.7l Cummins in the '17 Ram. Out of those three the best was the 5.9l Cummins. The one I had was a 12 valve, no emissions crap. It had only one fuel filter, right up on the driver side of the motor. It also had a manual primer pump in the same area, driver side rear of the motor, in case you ran it dry. I had the five speed manual in that one ton dually, and it was a pulling beast. I never had a lick of trouble from that truck or motor/transmission. And, I pulled a lot of fairly heavy trailers. My wife got T boned by a school bus in it, and totaled the truck. Bent the frame. Luckily, she was ok and the kids were ok. If she hadn't totaled that truck I'd likely still be driving it. The 7.3 Powerstroke was good, and quieter than my 5.9l, but that crew cab F350 took a football field to turn it, and would get stuck on wet grass.

I got the 2017 Ram thinking I'd be liking a new Cummins. Not so much. The emissions crap has killed the full sized diesels. I live in the Houston area, and lots of guys suggested doing all the deletes. Problem is that after you delete it the value goes down as far as trade in, if you can trade it in afterward. Since it was financed I needed to keep it stock. I really wasn't happy with all of the issues that came with the new Cummins, and the truck in general. It ticked me off daily. I was quite surprised when I was offered more than I paid for the trade. Made the decision easy, especially since I no longer tow real heavy trailers. My boat and camper aren't that big. So, the Tundra is plenty for them.

 

ahhh you're right, I forgot about reselling a deleted truck! ok so tundra crewmax limited with 3/1 lift and 35's might be the way to go!

 

I'm not much for lifts and big tires, but if that's what you like, I say go for it. I've always been a stock kinda guy. From what I've seen folks sometimes have issues once they start modding with lifts and such. The Toyota's have the safety electronics that use the sonar and cameras, and sensors. So, lifts may affect their function. For my truck, I am going to keep the factory rake, even if I lift it a touch. At some point(likely when the new tires wear out), I plan to increase the tire size a bit to all terrain tires, and I plan to upgrade the shocks to something more off road worthy. Nothing too large. Likely it'll just be tires LT275 60r20 or at most 65r20. I want to keep all of the electronics operating as designed and intended.

Now, if the truck didn't have all the electronic safety doo dads, I think I'd look at a bit larger tires and a lift to fit them.

 

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