Diesel Trucks, what is your preference and why?
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https://www.cargurus.com/details/417...7941f0e3e25f52
I like this one better, gonna see if I can work a deal. It needs some reconditioning but that's nothing I can't handle if the price is right, and it is.
EDIT: or this one
https://carsandpickups.com/car/2022-...mited-185241/#
^that one is likely to be far out of budget but...
I like this one better, gonna see if I can work a deal. It needs some reconditioning but that's nothing I can't handle if the price is right, and it is.
EDIT: or this one
https://carsandpickups.com/car/2022-...mited-185241/#
^that one is likely to be far out of budget but...
Last edited by ArmyofOne; Feb 20, 2026 at 06:54 AM.
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RAM all the way (biased longtime RAMmer here). If you're planning to tow a 5er I'd think twice about a diesel 2500 unless you're getting one of those "lightweights" like a Keystone Cougar, which happen to be of decent quality (for a rolling money pit lol). The 2500 payload decreases fairly significantly with the Cummins. Personally I think you were on the right track with the 1 ton SRW.
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And, load range E, highway radials.
If dually is out of the question, I'd go 1 ton SRW.
>> if pulling tall loads like a big camper- dually or nothing at all.
Last edited by Margate330; Feb 20, 2026 at 07:51 AM.
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The new ones are junk. They are 12k or so off MSRP, which still makes them $85,000+ in the trim levels I want to look at. Not doing that. I refuse to buy a car made during or after COVID. Even Toyota's are worse. My best friend has a 2021 Camry and it has been a POS compared to his 2015 he had.
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The new ones are junk. They are 12k or so off MSRP, which still makes them $85,000+ in the trim levels I want to look at. Not doing that. I refuse to buy a car made during or after COVID. Even Toyota's are worse. My best friend has a 2021 Camry and it has been a POS compared to his 2015 he had.