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I personally think that if you pull often, you should own a 5.9 diesel. The do well for fuel mileage, and have a 6.7(pile of junk, oil making pig) manual trans 4wd, and it is good for 14 by its self, and 10 pulling 8k on a car trailer. I personally think that the 2006-07 trucks with the 5.9 are the way to go. Yes they cost more to maintain, but they also hold their value very well too, and the 5.9 trucks are known to see 20+ for MPG hand calculated....

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Dad has a '01 24v truck. For the power and mileage, the Cummins kicks the Hemi's a**. Average mpg has been 21.7 and I think the lowest we have gotten with it is in the 18 range mixed. We have done quite a bit of towing with it as well. If you have a CTD, you will have no desire to own a gas truck ever again. If I ever get the chance to get a 5.7 hemi truck, I would quickly trade it.

The CTD's hold better value. No comparison. But to each his own.