larry barnhart wrote:

we had the 2001 3500 8.1 chev dually towing a 15K alpenlite. Friend with a 7.3 ford dually with a lighter fifth passed us as were sitting on a long hill wide area waiting for our MH friend to catch up. We waited for enough time that I didn't think we would catch up to our friend. Well we did very quickly and he was so slow. But he loved his truck. chevman.

cummins2014 wrote:




Loved the truck ,but when I went to a 38' fifth wheel, it had to go . Never regretted getting the 6.7 Cummins , but my son asked me one day , did I get the discount on my Ram truck . I asked what discount was that , he said the " UGLY discount . He's a ford guy .

jabres wrote:

huntin dog- I agree, for the MOST part, trading in is never a good financial move.

However, with my situation, a 2022 chevrolet 3500 6.6 gas, I was offered by the local chevrolet dealer $1200 more than what I paid for it 1.5 years ago, and now has 21k miles.

Greene728 wrote:

I’ve got a mint condition 2016 Silverado 2500 CC 4x4 and the 6.0 with 4:10’s that just turned 60k miles. I get asked often if I’d sell it. The answer is always no. Or at least no one has offered enough yet! Think I’ll hang on to her a while as posts like this are all to common on different forums.

As far as the 7.3 Ford gassers. We run a number of them in our ambulance fleet. 11 ambulances with a distributed call volume of 23,000 plus a year. Also have 4 F250 Battalion Chief trucks with them. One truck is at Ford now for engine replacement due to a lifter issue at 12k some odd miles, 2 ambulance have had engine replacements (one lifter, the other I believe valve issue going down into the engine) and numerous other issues like plug wires, coolant leaks, and oil consumption. Now admittedly, the ambulances get run hard. But all were low mileage issues, like well under 50k miles. I know the engine really hasn’t been out that long. But so far, they have been nothing like the pre 2020’s that had the 6.8. At least for us. Those engines took a beating and kept on rolling! YMMV.

Greene728 wrote:

I’ve got a mint condition 2016 Silverado 2500 CC 4x4 and the 6.0 with 4:10’s that just turned 60k miles. I get asked often if I’d sell it. The answer is always no. Or at least no one has offered enough yet! Think I’ll hang on to her a while as posts like this are all to common on different forums.

As far as the 7.3 Ford gassers. We run a number of them in our ambulance fleet. 11 ambulances with a distributed call volume of 23,000 plus a year. Also have 4 F250 Battalion Chief trucks with them. One truck is at Ford now for engine replacement due to a lifter issue at 12k some odd miles, 2 ambulance have had engine replacements (one lifter, the other I believe valve issue going down into the engine) and numerous other issues like plug wires, coolant leaks, and oil consumption. Now admittedly, the ambulances get run hard. But all were low mileage issues, like well under 50k miles. I know the engine really hasn’t been out that long. But so far, they have been nothing like the pre 2020’s that had the 6.8. At least for us. Those engines took a beating and kept on rolling! YMMV.

Greene728 wrote:

I’ve got a mint condition 2016 Silverado 2500 CC 4x4 and the 6.0 with 4:10’s that just turned 60k miles. I get asked often if I’d sell it. The answer is always no. Or at least no one has offered enough yet! Think I’ll hang on to her a while as posts like this are all to common on different forums.

As far as the 7.3 Ford gassers. We run a number of them in our ambulance fleet. 11 ambulances with a distributed call volume of 23,000 plus a year. Also have 4 F250 Battalion Chief trucks with them. One truck is at Ford now for engine replacement due to a lifter issue at 12k some odd miles, 2 ambulance have had engine replacements (one lifter, the other I believe valve issue going down into the engine) and numerous other issues like plug wires, coolant leaks, and oil consumption. Now admittedly, the ambulances get run hard. But all were low mileage issues, like well under 50k miles. I know the engine really hasn’t been out that long. But so far, they have been nothing like the pre 2020’s that had the 6.8. At least for us. Those engines took a beating and kept on rolling! YMMV.

rjstractor wrote:



Interesting to hear about your department's experience with the 7.3 gas. We don't have any yet, have 5 ambulances with the Ford V10. Just like your department, the guys beat them like rented mules and we have no problems that I've heard of. Most departments in our area are going with the diesel Ram 4500 for ambulance chassis, despite the extra length and cost.