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Sorry I'm going to disagree on the Turbo Jokes that come in the Fords. My company bought them for a long time and finally got rid of all of them. The one we had at the location I managed cost us something like $8500 in six months just to keep it on the road. The location down the road from us spent $13,000 to keep there's on the road. Their tranny went bad and the area Ford Warranty rep told us that there was some kind of problems with them that Ford basically refused to fix. Also the turbos went bad on almost all the Ford diesels we had. My opinion would be don't buy a diesel until the big three decide they want to make one that is worth a dang. Dodge has known about the problems with their fuel systems since about the mid to late 90s for example and still refuses to change them. If you just have to buy a diesel (If I'm hauling anything less than 18,000 lbs I'm getting a gasser) know you will have to watch out for things. If you get a Dodge buy the standard and monitor the fuel transfer pump often. Once the warranty runs out or you get tired of replacing transfer pumps replace with a FASS system. If you buy the Ford also buy a standard but watch the idling and other issues mentioned above. Chevrolet/GMC in my opinion is the best right now but I'm told they have bad computer/ECM problems. The Alyson automatic transmission is pretty good but I still prefer standards in the diesel trucks.

All you guys with your truck. My little Volvo car is tougher than all of them! I went ahead and put a picture on here for you!
Volvo Sugga!

Really though I have had them all. Chevy, GMC, Ford, Dodge (Cummins Turbo Diesel), Toyota, and even a Suzuki. I can say the most trouble free has been the Toyota and I still drive it from time to time in it's original state (1984 with 284k miles). Honestly the ones I have had the most trouble out of have been the Dodges. I bought an auto and the trans crapped out under 40,000 miles. The dealership fixed it and then I traded in for a standard. That one the fuel system was crap (as it was on all Dodge Diesels) and it cost me bunches of money to fix. Also my dash started cracking with under 90k miles on it. Sold it to my brother and he uses it at the ranch. In all honesty I don't think any of the companies make a really good tough as nails truck anymore. But that's why they are now having to sell them at 50% off....