kickinassrt-10
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Now that I have the 10 up for sale I am doing some research for the next truck. It's between 2003-2007 Dodge Ram 2500 With Cummins or a 2000-early 2003 with 7.3L or 2005-2007 Ford F250 with late model 6.0L.
For around $10-15k I can get several options for Ford with a pretty well equipped package and engines with less than 150k miles on them. Same price range the Dodge Cummins is limited on options and all have around 200K miles plus. I know the cummins are supposed to be amazing but the thing that really scares me about Dodge are the sh*tty auto transmissions.
I used to have several F350's and a F550 with the 7.3L and that engine was a true workhorse and the transmission was also solid in every one of the trucks. I had a personal 04 F250 with the 6.0L and I will not buy an 03-04 6.0L again, as they are the biggest hunk of crap metal. However the 05-07 6.0L got added head bolts to fix the early model 6.0l problems and that is a pretty sweet engine.
Question is go with less mileage, more options Ford or higher mileage Cummins 2500 with less options and pray the transmission lasts?
For around $10-15k I can get several options for Ford with a pretty well equipped package and engines with less than 150k miles on them. Same price range the Dodge Cummins is limited on options and all have around 200K miles plus. I know the cummins are supposed to be amazing but the thing that really scares me about Dodge are the sh*tty auto transmissions.
I used to have several F350's and a F550 with the 7.3L and that engine was a true workhorse and the transmission was also solid in every one of the trucks. I had a personal 04 F250 with the 6.0L and I will not buy an 03-04 6.0L again, as they are the biggest hunk of crap metal. However the 05-07 6.0L got added head bolts to fix the early model 6.0l problems and that is a pretty sweet engine.
Question is go with less mileage, more options Ford or higher mileage Cummins 2500 with less options and pray the transmission lasts?