Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I6
I knew this would come out sooner or later and I may get hate mail from people who say my buying a Cummins drives up the price for those who legitimately need a diesel but here goes!! I loved the sound of the I6 gasser in my grandfather's Oliver tractor. Lots of power no need for tremendous horsepower. My father had a 1969 dodge dart with a slant 6. It had a one-barrel carb. It did not seem to have alot off the line, but my dad drives very conservatively. On the trip from Metairie to Corpus Christi however some idiot ticked him off and he punched it. We went from 55 to over 100 in a short amount of time. In highschool I was a V-8 junkie,until I got blown away by a chevy nova with a hotrodded 250I6. A friend had a 1978 J10 4wd. This thing went everywhere and then some and he never seemed to be at aloss for power--258I6 again a gasser. I later had a 79 CJ-7 with 258. Sold that to a guy for a 1983 J10-same 258 except with a Weber progressive 2bbl. By this time I was completely entranced with inline sixes. I also had a 1953 M37- the ultimate 4wd!! You guessed it!! It had a 230I6. I was taking a job 200 miles away needed a new truck and bought the only one on the market that still offered an I6. FORD. I liked my 1995 f-150. The engine never gave me a lick of trouble even though in the latter years I repeatedly ran out of oil. The transmission was another story. The mazda 5spd had to be rebuilt 3 times. Two shops told me the transmission just would not hold up to hard driving behind the torquey 300. Later I stayed with the brother of a close friend while searching for a job. He drove/drives a 2001 H. O. dually-6spd 4wd 3. 55 and TST. This truck with all of the farm equipment and tools weighs almost 10k lbs"empty". We loaded a trailer(ltwt 6000lbs) with 400 hay bales(the square ones) and he was too ill to drive home so he said I would have to. Prior to this I had only pulled a 16 foot boat behind my 300 I6 ford with 3. 08. Boy was I in for a suprise. I got a firm talkin to for goosin' the gas as I let out the clutch. I then drove as instructed-let out clutch fully then giver fuel. I could barely feel all that weight. My father is in the transportation business,and he told me when it came to buying a new truck I should get one over built so if my job situation went bad I could make ends meet by haulin'. Two years after the incident with the Cummins I was completely smitten with dodge and bought an early 04-305-555. Regrets---Only the cost of fuel. I love blowin away fords and smokin chevys. This 7000lb 4wd longbed crewcab gets better mileage and has more power than any other truck I have ever owned(the M37 may have been more fun to drive because of the looks I got from everybody who did not have one. ) HOW IS THAT FOR A REASON TO DRIVE A CUMMINS!!!!
I knew this would come out sooner or later and I may get hate mail from people who say my buying a Cummins drives up the price for those who legitimately need a diesel but here goes!! I loved the sound of the I6 gasser in my grandfather's Oliver tractor. Lots of power no need for tremendous horsepower. My father had a 1969 dodge dart with a slant 6. It had a one-barrel carb. It did not seem to have alot off the line, but my dad drives very conservatively. On the trip from Metairie to Corpus Christi however some idiot ticked him off and he punched it. We went from 55 to over 100 in a short amount of time. In highschool I was a V-8 junkie,until I got blown away by a chevy nova with a hotrodded 250I6. A friend had a 1978 J10 4wd. This thing went everywhere and then some and he never seemed to be at aloss for power--258I6 again a gasser. I later had a 79 CJ-7 with 258. Sold that to a guy for a 1983 J10-same 258 except with a Weber progressive 2bbl. By this time I was completely entranced with inline sixes. I also had a 1953 M37- the ultimate 4wd!! You guessed it!! It had a 230I6. I was taking a job 200 miles away needed a new truck and bought the only one on the market that still offered an I6. FORD. I liked my 1995 f-150. The engine never gave me a lick of trouble even though in the latter years I repeatedly ran out of oil. The transmission was another story. The mazda 5spd had to be rebuilt 3 times. Two shops told me the transmission just would not hold up to hard driving behind the torquey 300. Later I stayed with the brother of a close friend while searching for a job. He drove/drives a 2001 H. O. dually-6spd 4wd 3. 55 and TST. This truck with all of the farm equipment and tools weighs almost 10k lbs"empty". We loaded a trailer(ltwt 6000lbs) with 400 hay bales(the square ones) and he was too ill to drive home so he said I would have to. Prior to this I had only pulled a 16 foot boat behind my 300 I6 ford with 3. 08. Boy was I in for a suprise. I got a firm talkin to for goosin' the gas as I let out the clutch. I then drove as instructed-let out clutch fully then giver fuel. I could barely feel all that weight. My father is in the transportation business,and he told me when it came to buying a new truck I should get one over built so if my job situation went bad I could make ends meet by haulin'. Two years after the incident with the Cummins I was completely smitten with dodge and bought an early 04-305-555. Regrets---Only the cost of fuel. I love blowin away fords and smokin chevys. This 7000lb 4wd longbed crewcab gets better mileage and has more power than any other truck I have ever owned(the M37 may have been more fun to drive because of the looks I got from everybody who did not have one. ) HOW IS THAT FOR A REASON TO DRIVE A CUMMINS!!!!
