Hello Hodge, I only said to each their own just because I respect your opinion. That's what's so great about having so many choices. Each person can find a product that they like and use it. I have no doubt your Dodge has 190,000 on it and is running fine. No telling how many are out there doing the same thing and never had a drop of synthetic oil in them. A good PM program is just as important as what you put in.
I'm sorry if my comments sounded like a Amsoil commercial. Not my intentions at all. That's why I say that I like to share what Amsoil has done for me or maybe some stories of people who are close to me that I have been personally involved in the results that I share with others. If I give info that's hear say I will say that point in advance because I don't like second hand info. My friends brothers cousins sisters hunband type stories do absolutely nothing for me. As hard as it may seem my brothers Dodge did get 26 to 27 mpg on the freeway and about 24 or 25 normal driving. Just to run it down it was a 02 Dodge king cab 4x4, HO cummins, 6 speed, 4:10 diffs, 285/75r16 Cooper Discoverer Radial ST tires and it was 7400 lbs which was weighed on certified truck scales. His truck did have Amsoil from end to end. Engine, power steering, trans and transfer case and the diffs. The MPG numbers I listed was repeatedly checked by both of us and were as accurate as they could be. They weren't a pick and choose deal in which we took the best possible conditions where we kept the best and thru out the rest. We checked it on flat ground, mountains, freeways and just plain everyday driving conditions. The 5 MPG gain on my F 250 powerstroke has been done in the same conditions over a 4 yr time span. Again, I do not work for Amsoil and gain nothing from their sales. If you choose to buy it or not doesn't affect me either way. With that being said, I gain nothing by telling you false information. I only pass along info in hopes that others may be able to gain from my experience and nothing more. If I had a bad experience with a product I would be passing it along to anybody who would listen to me and hope for them not to have to go thru the same as me. OTT is full of people who have a wide range of experience levels in about every situation out there and in the most part we all want to help our brothers in Orange to make our lives easier and keep money in our pockets. I understand that information about a Dodge truck has nothing to do with a Kubota tractor. It's just much more difficult to track exact gain or loss on a tractor. The trucks are easy to track and pass the info along and is fairly accurate as well.
I can give you tons of stories about farm equipment that I own and how Amsoil improved it in different ways but it's much harder to give accurate or definate information. I'll give you a tractor example but it will only be useful in close conditions. Last year I cut, raked and baled hay for a friend. Using my M 9000 DTC 4wd and my L 3000 DT 4wd, GDM 700 Kuhn mower, Vermeer 504 Super I baler and a 10' roll a bar rake. I cut, raked and baled about 70 acres and my average fuel consumption ended up being 1.07 GPH between the 2 tractors. I don't have a clue what it would be using petrolium oil but I would love to know what others get while doing the same type work with their Kubotas.
KennyV
