Thanks for everybody's feedback. I going to have to think about owning another diesel. The main reason I am looking is I want to get a enclosed race trailer so this would only be used on weekends.
I want to get an 97 or earlier truck since it less hassle to register. The Gen2 trucks seem easier and less expensive to work on. The 04 I had was not too bad just harder to diagnosis run ability problems. Never had anything major go wrong though.
From my research the main things that can get expensive is the lift pump failing which can take out the injection pump, trans is weak and a dowel pin that can fall out.
For those who dont abuse the historic plates, individuals like yourself really screw the rest of us over
Where did he say anything about Historic Plates?
He said it was less hassle to register, which older vehicles usually are even without any special plates like Historic.
As far as the original poster,
I've got a pretty clean 99 Ram 2500 V-10 truck that I use to pull my 28 foot enclosed trailer.
Since I only use it as a tow vehicle, I can live with the 8-10 mpg that it gets on trips like going to the Mopar Nats.
It's got power similar to a diesel that's stock in those years.
It's smooth and quiet and it runs great, but it just gets what I consider bad gas mileage.
You can usually find clean V-10 trucks relatively cheap for that reason, no one wants a truck that gets less than 10 mpg for a daily driver.
