Pickup diesel for hauling.

Just sold an 01 Chevy Duramax dually before we moved down here to the DR. Loved that thing as it was a pretty decent engine that pulled great. Interior held up well and the only problems we had were head gasket and injectors. Those were a common problem with the early year models. You are correct on the Cummins I believe it was 04 before they made the 4 door model even though I had one as a work truck I hated that shitty ass back seat. Pulling wise it was great and got stupid fuel mileage. 20-23 but the interior was about as ugly as it got and the ride was like riding a damn 2x6. Better overall engine hands down to the Dodge 5.9L better overall ride and comfort the Chevy.

BTW we pulled a 36' toyhauler nearly 45k miles with the Chevy and nearly 35k with the Dodge. Both when hooked on to it averaged 8-9mpg.

I reallllllyyyyyyy love my 12 Megacab Dodge that bitch is a beast stock. It freaking drives like a Cadillac but I wouldn't pay Colorado pricing for one. Look out of state around Dave Smith motors in ID or Aberdeen motors in Aberdeen, SD.

my .02

Always said I was going to keep my 2001 F250 Powerstroke for ten years but when that time rolled around I realized there was no way I was spending the kind of money required to replace it. It got a facelift four years ago when a truck full of goofy kids ran into it so it still looks good. Cloth interior has held up excellently. Tranny just took a dump at 172,000 miles. Ouch, but still cheaper than a new truck!! Hauls anythingyou can put in it, pulls anything you can hook to it, carries the whole family and get 15.3 mpg. Can't really ask any more from a truck.

03-05 Rams aren't really crew cabs,almost,but not quite. There's the mega cab option that started in 06,but they didn't get
a real crew till 2010. My 2011 Ram dually makes my 5th Cummins,so you know what I'm gonna side with. I put at least 180,000
miles on each one and my only problems were the tranny in the 95,and the ball joints and death wobble in my 04. Your problem
is gonna be finding a 03-05 that doesn't have 300,000 miles on it,and if you find one that is reasonably low mileage,the seller
is gonna want the same price as a brand new can be had for. I really wanted to trade in my 04 for a lower mileage 06-07 5.9,
but I got the brand new 11 for cheaper,sure do miss those 6 miles to the gallon I gave up on the 5.9 for this 6.7.

The fix for the ford transmission is a shift kit or a tuner that lets you change the shifting on the transmission. I have over 130,000 towing( heavy 5th wheel) and not a single problem, 2002 ford 7.3 and run a edge tuner in the tow/haul mode all the time.