Go from Chevy HD to Ram?

[poloengr]

New member here… and a life-long GM guy. My last two crew cab 4x4 SRW HD trucks were a new 2008 Chevy 2500HD LTZ w/ LMM Duramax that I put 350,000 miles on with zero problems other than routine maintenance and then a new 2017 Chevy 2500HD LTZ w/ L5P Duramax that I had 240,000 trouble-free miles on before I was rear-ended at a stop light by a Jeep Grand Cherokee doing 45mph. Totaled my truck due to bent frame but my wife and I we’re mostly uninjured. I am thankful for that!
I drive 40,000+ miles/year, mostly unloaded highway miles, driving between our plants around the Midwest. I occasionally pull a 20’ snowmobile trailer up north or equipment trailer but that’s only 5 or 6 times a year.
I love the power, safety, comfort, and reliability of the 2500 HD trucks with the diesel engine. I am in the market for a replacement truck and the new GM crew cab short box products are 12 inches longer and 2 inches wider than my 2017, but the ram is dimensionally identical to my old truck. It will easily fit in my garage, but the new Chevy/GMC is 1” shorter than my garage depth.
Will I be disappointed if I purchased the 2023 RAM 2500 Limited CCSB w/ Cummins engine that I am considering? Is it possible to go 300,000 miles or more without any significant maintenance issues if the truck is well-maintained?
I was lucky enough to have the insurance company approve a ram 2500 Laramie Cummins as a rental vehicle after the accident and I’ve put 2000 miles on it in the last 2 weeks and really liked it. It gets better fuel economy than my 2017 Duramax, and seems to have just as good ride quality. I’m just worried about durability long-term. Again, I don’t use the truck to pull or haul very often. It’s just a daily driver with very few short trips. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

 

[flan]

For your use case I believe you will have good luck with a modern era diesel. Lots of miles, long distance runs, and trailer towing. That is the key to keeping these trucks happy, and I see very few emission related incidents in your future. That seems to be the #1 complaint about these rams lately.

 

[The1adman]

New member here… and a life-long GM guy. My last two crew cab 4x4 SRW HD trucks were a new 2008 Chevy 2500HD LTZ w/ LMM Duramax that I put 350,000 miles on with zero problems other than routine maintenance and then a new 2017 Chevy 2500HD LTZ w/ L5P Duramax that I had 240,000 trouble-free miles on before I was rear-ended at a stop light by a Jeep Grand Cherokee doing 45mph. Totaled my truck due to bent frame but my wife and I we’re mostly uninjured. I am thankful for that!
I drive 40,000+ miles/year, mostly unloaded highway miles, driving between our plants around the Midwest. I occasionally pull a 20’ snowmobile trailer up north or equipment trailer but that’s only 5 or 6 times a year.
I love the power, safety, comfort, and reliability of the 2500 HD trucks with the diesel engine. I am in the market for a replacement truck and the new GM crew cab short box products are 12 inches longer and 2 inches wider than my 2017, but the ram is dimensionally identical to my old truck. It will easily fit in my garage, but the new Chevy/GMC is 1” shorter than my garage depth.
Will I be disappointed if I purchased the 2023 RAM 2500 Limited CCSB w/ Cummins engine that I am considering? Is it possible to go 300,000 miles or more without any significant maintenance issues if the truck is well-maintained?
I was lucky enough to have the insurance company approve a ram 2500 Laramie Cummins as a rental vehicle after the accident and I’ve put 2000 miles on it in the last 2 weeks and really liked it. It gets better fuel economy than my 2017 Duramax, and seems to have just as good ride quality. I’m just worried about durability long-term. Again, I don’t use the truck to pull or haul very often. It’s just a daily driver with very few short trips. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

Now is probably not the ideal time to be in the truck market, but my 2021 Ram was purchased for the same reason you are. I have owned multiple of every generation of the Cummins Dodge trucks. If I were in the market right now I more than likely would not purchase a Ram truck and look hard at GM offerings. Stellantis the current owner, leaves a lot to be desired customer service wise. My 2021 is probably the poorest built of all my previous trucks. If you got over 500K trouble free miles from your last two Duramax, I'd stick with what you know and has worked for you.