Danattherock wrote:
I plan on keeping truck till my kids are off to college. They are both currently in diapers. The $11k for the Cummins and AISIN is not a concern. Assuming this combo will provide more reliability over the long haul. I'm just checking with you guys and gals here to be sure my driving habits won't prematurely wear on the diesel. I've never owned a diesel so my insights are limited and my opinion infirm. Thanks for any thoughts.
Dan
I faced a similar situation about 1 1/2 years ago. I plan on keeping my truck for 20 plus years until my retirement, and this may be my last one depending on our RV situation at the time.
You can see what I bought in my signature. I have absolutely no doubt that I bought the most reliable truck for the long term with the Cummins. It is a true medium duty diesel with a much better high pressure fuel pump (HPFP) than both the Ford and GM. I believe that it is a only a matter of when and not if the HPFP's fail in those trucks and it is a huge repair bill. My truck is also a manual transmission which I happen to love but I would have bought the Aisin if there would have been one available in the configuration I was looking at. In regards to the trucks themselves, the new Ram trucks are lacking nothing compared to the Ford or GM. We had 3 Fords before the Ram and absolutely love the Ram.
As you have probably guessed by now I would recommend the Cummins without reservation. It will give you great long term reliability and towing power to spare vs. the Hemi. It will also give you a lot of room to grow with your RV in the future. We started out with a 24' travel trailer 20 years ago and now have a 36' triple slide fifth wheel, which the Ram tows with absolute ease. In regards to the silly hill climb competitions, I really don't care if someone can beat me to the top of the hill by a few seconds because my main concern is long term reliability.
Good luck with your choice and search!
