Comments on: Up in the Air http://www.fleetmag.com/interactive/2008/01/21/up-in-the-air/ The Fleet Maintenance Blog, where Editor Mark O’Connell comments on what’s right and wrong in the industry. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: JOHN O'BRIEN http://www.fleetmag.com/interactive/2008/01/21/up-in-the-air/#comment-38 JOHN O'BRIEN Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:57:16 +0000 http://www.fleetmag.com/interactive/2008/01/21/up-in-the-air/#comment-38 We introduced a new era for Dodge. We rolled off the first ambulances built on Dodge chassis and approved by KKK 1822 E Federal Government standards committee. The last ambulance was built in 1945. We are getting twice the fuel mileage as chevy and ford and have more room under the hood. The 5.7 was mated with the euro 6 automatic trans and was equipped with a jake brake for our mountains and assisting with sudden stopping requirements. The ford 6.0 was costing my fleet 3 to 5K per month in emission and hard parts per vehicle. After 18 years of ford my fleet has a new look. We will be phasing out the ford over the next year. Why did they get rid of their 7.3? I was averaging 280k per engine. The 6.0 I was lucky to get 130k per engine. I averaged one major repair per vehicle per month. Our fleet does over million miles each year. We introduced a new era for Dodge. We rolled off the first ambulances built on Dodge chassis and approved by KKK 1822 E Federal Government standards committee. The last ambulance was built in 1945.
We are getting twice the fuel mileage as chevy and ford and have more room under the hood. The 5.7 was mated with the euro 6 automatic trans and was equipped with a jake brake for our mountains and assisting with sudden stopping requirements.
The ford 6.0 was costing my fleet 3 to 5K per month in emission and hard parts per vehicle. After 18 years of ford my fleet has a new look. We will be phasing out the ford over the next year. Why did they get rid of their 7.3? I was averaging 280k per engine. The 6.0 I was lucky to get 130k per engine. I averaged one major repair per vehicle per month. Our fleet does over million miles each year.

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