I'm in the market to immediately buy a 2018-2021 SRW DieseI truck. I recently retired and for the past 5 years I've been planning on buying a 3500 SRW diesel Chevy Duramax or Dodge Ram to pull a 16,000-18,000 Toy Hauler from Iowa to the south for the winter. Since September, I've started following several social media platforms and forums for both GM and Dodge diesels to help me choose between the two brands. The amount of negativity and issues both manufacturers are having with reliability and durability, with emission, transmission, etc. issues, is starting to worry me that I may be throwing a lot of my hard earned money down the toilet to fulfill my travel plans. I realize that of course everyone is openly bitching about their problems, and that those who aren't, will not be posting as much.
I've read that the 2017-2019 Duramax are more durable for towing with the 6 spd transmission, others claim they've had no issues with the 10 spd.
Majority claim that until you delete the emission crap off of these diesels, you will potentially have issues sooner or later.
This truck will not be a daily driver. I only drive my current trucks when I need to haul something, tow a trailer or the roads are bad and I need a 4x4.
I'd love to find something with low miles, not abused, that's completely stock and then I think maybe something with 100,000 miles and off warranty that can be deleted might be a safer bet.
I have $50K to spend on a truck. I'd love to hear from experienced owner my safest bet to purchase without
I've read that the 2017-2019 Duramax are more durable for towing with the 6 spd transmission, others claim they've had no issues with the 10 spd.
Majority claim that until you delete the emission crap off of these diesels, you will potentially have issues sooner or later.
This truck will not be a daily driver. I only drive my current trucks when I need to haul something, tow a trailer or the roads are bad and I need a 4x4.
I'd love to find something with low miles, not abused, that's completely stock and then I think maybe something with 100,000 miles and off warranty that can be deleted might be a safer bet.
I have $50K to spend on a truck. I'd love to hear from experienced owner my safest bet to purchase without
