My 05 Dmax is the best truck I've ever owned. I traded in an 04 dodge with a Cummins in it. That Dodge/Cummins was the sorriest vehicle I've ever been around. I have a friend with a "bulletproofed" 6.0 and it still nickel and dimes him to death.

Straight axles will get you the death wobble after about 150k... That's some scary stuff.

Million mile motor in a 100,000 mile body

What's the death wobble? I've had several solid axle Ford F-250s with over 400K that still drive great.

Dirtymax or a 7.3

A good front end man can fix it. My dad just got rid of a dodge with 550,000 miles on it. Still drove good. Just have to replace a few things.

between those two the duramax. if i were to buy one it would be a cummins...

The 06 duramax had the LBZ motor, which is probably the best one because the next series is LMM and they are choked down with all the emissions controls.. EFI live w/ straight pipe and an egr delete and youll think you have a sports car. I sold my last duramax (08) to my brother and he loves it and both of my work trucks (01 dually and 06 van) are duramax diesel and they have been trouble free (they work for every mile) i now drive a 96 dodge with the 12 valve cummins.. kind of old school but w/ 350 hp injectors, trick turbo, straight pipe and tuned injection pump it makes just as much power as my tuned duramax at about 1/2 the cost of buying a stock duramax

I drove Ford 250's and 350's all over the south east starting early 2000's. I was a die hard Ford fan until about 2007. We couldn't hardly keep one running after that. Once I left the company in 2011, I bought me a 2010 Duramax. Best darn truck I've ever owned. Had 60000 miles when I bought it now at 150000 and have only had to replace the batteries. I'm gonna ride that SOB till the wheels fall off then buy another (used) one.

7 or 8 miles on average. It was an 07 lbz. Loved the tranny but didn't care for the motor. I have an 05 5.9 with 62k on it now. I guess I will hang on to it for a while. The duramax definitely gets the nod on interior and tranny but no comparison in the motor department. Somebody said it best about a million mile motor...100k mile truck

My 08 2500 duramax averaged 14 mpg with mixed city and highway driving.. tuned and deleted it averaged 23 mpg driving in the same conditions, but loaded pulling a gooseneck trailer with mini-ex i still got around 17-18 mpg. My 12 valve cummins i drive now averages in the 20s and it seems about the same loaded or empty. If you plan on pulling anything heavy, the cummins gets my vote, not that the duramax wont do it but i prefer the power curve of the cummins for pulling heavy

01-04 is the lb7 that had injector issues. lbz is the best motor which is what the 06 has

Some first half 07 had the lbz also

i have the chebby '08 2500. it's a nice truck . i put diesel in it and drive it. change erl erry 5000 miles. swap the tars erry 5000 miles. replace the windshield wipers every fall and get a showroom detail after huntin' season ends .

Hell bent steel makes something to take care of the Death wobble. My Ram 2500 started doing it so I sold it!! After selling it I found out about the part from hell bent!! Made me sick!! I went to an f150 that was weak compared to my ram! Now I got a ford 6.0. And it has costed some repair money!!

Well men I found a truck 05 ram 2500. The seller has paperwork for a new motor that was installed around 10-15k ago and transmission was rebuilt 25k ago so mechanically it should last forever. I'll post up some pics when the deal is complete but the damn ram has the power!

Smart man.

Cant go wrong with the cummins. When you get ready to wake it up, check into an HnS mini max programmer, sinister diesel egr delete and a good exhaust. She'll do work then

It comes with a hyper tech programmer and there is already some exhaust work done. The wife is excited to be able to hear when I leave early in the mornings.

Welcome to the Cummins family !