My last truck was an 03 2500 CTD. Great truck. Quad cab, 8’ bed, 80’ turning radius.
I’m looking for a late model low miles truck. I like the Rams, won’t be towing more than 7k, not infrequent highway commuts of 110 miles (unloaded).
I want 4wd. will be towing small TT occasionally. Dirt road exploring, not a serious off roader.
Gen 4 or gen 5?
Best options?
I'd say 4 gen, and then you need to decide on rfe or 8 speed, and 100k spark plugs or older hemis with the 30k plugs. You might end up with a 2014 with 100k plugs and an rfe, easier to service. Take out a heat valve on transmissions and update the rfe, you might have the best truck every made, the only downside to this would be the cam issues, absent that debacle with upgrades these mid 4 gens are built to last.
rfe vids.. all you need to know all of this about the rfe those vids, now you need to research the 8 speed and cost to maintain or upgrade. It's not easily serviceable, is a 2 video process just to check the fluid, lol. There have been a decent number of fails, if yours fails how does someone even know if the fluid was low from factory leading to failure? No east way to even check the fluid. If you compare stock 8 speed versus any rfe, I will concede the 8 speed is a better transmission, but if the weaknesses are addressed, I would take an rfe any day versus a transmission that mechanically heats the oil instead of cooling it like most historical tranny's.