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Lurch
September 29th, 2009, 05:45 PM
Looking to buy a used early 2000's 3/4 or 1 ton truck for towing. Any advice on what to stay away from?
benfoxmra95
September 29th, 2009, 05:52 PM
Buy a dodge with cummins and the six speed manual. Don't get the dodge auto trans It's not heavy duty enough imo.

This is if your doing heavy towing. Light towing would probably be fine for the auto.

I personnaly would not reccomend the Chevys or fords either but that just my preferennce. I own a ford f350 diesel and I think the dodge/cummins motor is better.
spitfirekid57
September 29th, 2009, 06:14 PM
Rock and roll with the cummins!! I second the manual tranny...
marty
September 29th, 2009, 06:18 PM
i prefer a manual also but trade off is when you hurt your foot and you have to drive home
DOUBLE A
September 29th, 2009, 06:51 PM
cummins is by far the king
PremiumBlend
September 29th, 2009, 07:35 PM
Cummins FTW... Ford is in the shop half of the time and Chevy is bad ass as well but expect to beef up the transmission. And Chevy is proud, their diesels are expensive.
toptier
September 29th, 2009, 08:37 PM
Dodge = Cummins
Ford = Chassis
Chevy/GMC = Allison Transmission

The dodge will probably be the best option. That motor will last forever.
toptier
September 29th, 2009, 08:37 PM
Dodge = Cummins
Ford = Chassis
Chevy/GMC = Allison Transmission

The dodge will probably be the best option. That motor will last forever.
snay
September 29th, 2009, 11:05 PM
I have owned all three in my company we pull 15 to 20k every day "excavation" dodge cummins or ford 7.3 not the new ford its a pice of shit i had 3 of them stick with a Manual if you want to spend some $$$ chev or gmc it will do the job in comfort and style
froth
September 30th, 2009, 06:15 AM
Dodge 2 wheel drive if you can find it.
polar x
September 30th, 2009, 08:20 AM
I am very happy with my duramax and allison combo. pulls my BIG rig very well and the ride is great. All i have done to it is a programmer, 4" exhaust and bagged it.
kfm61
September 30th, 2009, 10:09 PM
I've been happy with my older Dodge Cummins automatic (1997). I turned it up a little and had a transmission built for it. Then I added an exhaust system, oh then changed the diff gearing, and some other stuff. It's kinda like racing, just a little addictive when you start upgrading them!

It's not as fast as the Chevy's or Ford big motors, but at 20,000# all loaded up I still get just over 10 mpg at 70 mph, and 20 mpg empty if I drive the speed limit. (Like that happens a lot!)