I've bought all 3 for a fairly large drilling company, about 50 a year. they all tow heavy fairly often. they all have issues!
in 2013-15 we went with Ram 2500 and 3500's the engines were unstoppable. the 3500's with the aisin powertrain were the best until about 150k miles everything around the engines fell apart, transfer cases broke and sent driveshafts into the floor board. front ends were rebuilt about every 50k and interiors are junk..
16-17 went back to Ford. those chassis/interiors held up better, but the engines and front ends had several issues, had several 6.7 issues similar to the old ford days, head gaskets/EGR/and emission issues. death wobble on some of them before 20k miles. one thing I will say on the ford, the dealer support is much better than the Dodge and Chevy.
18-20 went with Chevy/GMC. and actually bought some gas engines. guys like the trucks comfort wise, but we have the same front end issues often, several rear axle problems (recall) and some trans issues. no real engine issues to speak of on the gas or diesels. we still run some of these trucks.
20-current, i'm getting what I can from whoever has the trucks available. I'm trying to buy only gas engines now as maintenance costs on the gas fleet vs the diesel fleet averages 7k less over the 2 year period before we sell them. believe it or not the towing ability on the new gas engines are good, you just have to get used to hearing them run at 3500-4000 RPM for long periods of time when going up hills, The new 6-10 speed transmissions really help the gassers tow. Fuel cost is about the same between both.
If I buy another truck for me, likely going to go with either a Chevy w the 6.6 gas or the Ford with the 7.3 gas... will come down to price.
in 2013-15 we went with Ram 2500 and 3500's the engines were unstoppable. the 3500's with the aisin powertrain were the best until about 150k miles everything around the engines fell apart, transfer cases broke and sent driveshafts into the floor board. front ends were rebuilt about every 50k and interiors are junk..
16-17 went back to Ford. those chassis/interiors held up better, but the engines and front ends had several issues, had several 6.7 issues similar to the old ford days, head gaskets/EGR/and emission issues. death wobble on some of them before 20k miles. one thing I will say on the ford, the dealer support is much better than the Dodge and Chevy.
18-20 went with Chevy/GMC. and actually bought some gas engines. guys like the trucks comfort wise, but we have the same front end issues often, several rear axle problems (recall) and some trans issues. no real engine issues to speak of on the gas or diesels. we still run some of these trucks.
20-current, i'm getting what I can from whoever has the trucks available. I'm trying to buy only gas engines now as maintenance costs on the gas fleet vs the diesel fleet averages 7k less over the 2 year period before we sell them. believe it or not the towing ability on the new gas engines are good, you just have to get used to hearing them run at 3500-4000 RPM for long periods of time when going up hills, The new 6-10 speed transmissions really help the gassers tow. Fuel cost is about the same between both.
If I buy another truck for me, likely going to go with either a Chevy w the 6.6 gas or the Ford with the 7.3 gas... will come down to price.
