What brand Diesel truck would you buy?

[Malardman]

Some people perfer Gmc over Chevrolet but to me they are the same, The reason I ask this is I have been a Dodge Cummins guy for 10yrs now I've owned 3 Diesel trucks and the newer they get the bigger POS I seem to have. I had a 95 F350 5sp 4x4 got 350k on it 2 waterpumps 2 sets of batteries great truck just gutless.... 2002 Dodge 2500 auto 4x4 140K money pit... My 2005 dodge 2500 auto 4x4 83k Should be a lemon nuff said.

[Caseyd]

Early 2000's ford

Mid 2000's dodge

Recent GMC/Chevy

[CAMPMEAT]

All the ranchers I know over here got rid of the Dodge Cummins and went to Chev Duramax, all of them.

[jackelope]

Those big trucks are all expensive...I don't care what brand they are. The Cummins engine will never let you down, but the front ends suck. We fix them every day. Chev/GMC are like driving a couch down the road...super comfortable, etc.
Fords seem to be a really nice truck too but I don't know too much about them.

It's kinda like buying a gun or a bow...drive all of them and choose the one you're most comfortable with. Thats what it comes down to. I don't care what brand of truck you like or I like, they all have problems and your odds of getting one that will have problems are just as good or bad with whatever.

If I were buying a Dodge, I would buy an early model year 2007 Ram. The early '07's had the 5.9L Cummins in them without the DPF system. Good mileage, great power and as new as you'll get with that combo.
I don't know enough about the other ones to tell the good ones from the bad ones.

[high country]

I bought a dmax because it was a repo and I was able to give 20k for a loaded leather crew truck with low miles that was 3 years old at the time.  I had a perfectly good dodge at home, but was looking for a crew and mine was a quad. I bought the chevy fully anticipating on just selling it. lemme say that it starts as good as a vp pump dodge in the cold, better then the new ones, there is no truck that drives/handles better then a chevy and the brakes make my dodge feel downright unsafe.  I am at 107k now the dodge is long gone.  have yet to fix anything on this truck including brakes. filters and fluids, that is it so far. I added a chip to it and it flat hauls the mail. stock was pretty anemic for my taste.

[jeepasaurusrex]

For a tough truck, you cannot beat the Ford Superduty. Look at what most of the loggers drive. The ones I know say the GM car like IFS does not hold up to the logging roads, and they cannot keep transmissions in the Dodges. Personally I own a 99 F350 4x4 with a 7.3L Powerstroke.

[high country]

For a tough truck, you cannot beat the Ford Superduty. Look at what most of the loggers drive. The ones I know say the GM car like IFS does not hold up to the logging roads, and they cannot keep transmissions in the Dodges. Personally I own a 99 F350 4x4 with a 7.3L Powerstroke.

I hear that alot, an used to even say it, but I swear  I put more front end parts under my dodge then you would believe. the dang track bars would wear out on the way home from the test drive.....and the hubs, they nailed that one too. we had a few chevys with the same front end as mine at work with 200k miles and really no problems that were not self inflicted. fords are tough, but our whole fleet was a nickel and diming sob. if ford could go to grid heater and lose the plugs......big money saver.

[alecvg]

I would go duramx, they are reliable, they are VERY comfortable, and they can do anything a cummins or powerstoke can.  I like the cummins, but it seems like their trannies go out more often    Never been a big ford guy, they are uncomfortable and seem to be unrelable 

[jackelope]

The Dodge truck transmission thing has always confused me.
I work at the Dodge dealer in the service drive, I see 30 Ram trucks a day and hardly ever do I see major trans problems.

[400out]

The Dodge truck transmission thing has always confused me.
I work at the Dodge dealer in the service drive, I see 30 Ram trucks a day and hardly ever do I see major trans problems.

Correct me on this jack if I'm wrong but I heard that one of the problems with dodge trans is that they don't have a pressurized reverse and people pull in their drive ways and get up in the morning when the truck is cold and the first thing the truck does is back up with no fluid going into the torque converter which wears it out prematurely

[D-Rock425]

I'm a Chevy fan.  Mainly because my dads always been a Ford and Dodge Guy.

[Woodchuck]

i have an older chev/duramax and couldnt ask for a better truck  

[400out]

i have an older chev/duramax and couldnt ask for a better truck  

Just what I think I will get for the next truck.

[jackelope]

The Dodge truck transmission thing has always confused me.
I work at the Dodge dealer in the service drive, I see 30 Ram trucks a day and hardly ever do I see major trans problems.

Correct me on this jack if I'm wrong but I heard that one of the problems with dodge trans is that they don't have a pressurized reverse and people pull in their drive ways and get up in the morning when the truck is cold and the first thing the truck does is back up with no fluid going into the torque converter which wears it out prematurely

I've never heard that before.

[Widgeondeke]

I love the Cummins engine, but thats it. My uncle is a retired diesel mechanic and always drove Ford until Chevy went to the Allison tranny. He bought a Chevy within 6 months and its still going strong and that been close to what maybe 10 years. He always told me Allison was the best tranny.
If I ever get a diesel it will be from GM