Anybody towing with a late model gasser?

sacmarata wrote:
I own both. A 6.0 gasser and a 5.9 diesel. With less displacement and cheaper mods the diesel so outperforms the gasser that it's laughable. Whats more laughable is that someone will go out and spend $40,000 to buy a gas truck to compete with a 4 speed 20 year old diesel with free mods. If the diesel had a shorter rear end it would lights out, but I use it as a daily driver in the winter and like the taller gearing and fuel mileage.

I should really make you belly laugh then. I spent $58k on a new gasser :B

Keep in mind, as awesome as I'm sure your old 1998 12V is, you still have to ride around in that 16 year old noisy rattle trap of a truck to enjoy that great free power.

Maybe I'm just getting old :) But I like my 8.4" touch screen, power sunroof, power back window, leather heated and cooled front seats, heated back seats, heated steering wheel, back up camera, quiet interior, automatic climate control, navigation with voice turn by turn, factory fifth wheel prep, 6 speed auto transmission with tow/haul mode, satellite radio that finds my favorite songs for me, bluetooth phone connectivity, and 410 hp. :B

I have had two Cummins diesels and really enjoyed both of them as well. I added aftermarket injectors and a box to the 2002, and a programmer and exhaust to the 07, both 5.9Ls.

But now I am very much enjoying the 6.4L Hemi, it hauls my RV just as well as the 07 Cummins did, it just uses more fuel doing it. It's a far better truck than either of the older ones, just because of how far Ram has come in recent years, powertrain choice notwithstanding.

The main thing I'm looking forward to is winter. I could never get much heat out of the Cummins diesels on my short commute. I froze my butt off in those trucks when it was -30* or colder, which where I live, is (too) often.

To each their own!