Need advice on crew cab truck

[ParsedOut]

You can find a lot of decent crew cab super duty's for 10-15K with either the 7.3 or 6.0. I got my loaded 2006 F250 CCSB Lariat for a little over 5K at an equipment auction, but it had a little over 130k miles. Shouldn't have muh trouble finding something you like. Not sure about the Chevy's or Dodges. I am a Ford man through and through

Are there any common weak points on the 6.0 diesel? How about the transmissions that Ford uses in that body style (04-07)?

I had an 02 Dodge Cummins with some go fast goodies, rollin coal and smoking out a 4 lane freeway was kind of fun. :) It was only an extended cab though, not big enough for the family.

[LuckyHenriksen]

You can find a lot of decent crew cab super duty's for 10-15K with either the 7.3 or 6.0. I got my loaded 2006 F250 CCSB Lariat for a little over 5K at an equipment auction, but it had a little over 130k miles. Shouldn't have muh trouble finding something you like. Not sure about the Chevy's or Dodges. I am a Ford man through and through

[ParsedOut]

I'm in the market to pick up a crew cab full size truck. I'd love to have a diesel truck again, but modern crew cab variants are outside of my price range. I'm looking $10-15k range for something <130k miles. There are Dodge, Chevy, Ford and Nissan that seem to fit the bill but I really don't know what the "good" engines and trannys are in these trucks and which to avoid. Gas mileage isn't a major issue as I work pretty close to home, so anything >15 mpg mixed driving unloaded is fine with me. 2wd is also fine, won't be doing any serious desert romping in this.

What say r3v?