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And they aren't worth the price people ask for them.
Here is my experiences with the trucks I've either owned or worked out of.
7.3 IDI (Ford) okay for 1990...manual trans didn't like throw out bearings.
7.3 PSD (Ford) okay for 1996...manual trans didn't like throw out bearings (same one as the IDI)
5.9 12 Valve (Dodge) dependable...rolled over 1 million miles on the original engine and transmission (NV4500) and averaged around 20 mpg on the highway
5.9 24 Valve (Dodge) its a Cummins...ran around 22 mpg (NV5600)
5.9 24 Valave, Common Rail (Dodge) can have injector issues around 150k miles (due to ULSD) that can be catastrophic...before the cyclinder walls washed out, it ran around 26 mpg (on the 4 spd auto)
6.7 (Dodge) it works...the DPF always gets clogged, the auto is eh (can be trashed easily if one tries) and piss poor fuel mileage
6.6 LBZ (GM) got into one never having heard a good thing about a Duramax...it impressed the shit out of me. Stock the fuel mileage was decent (18-19 mpg) and tuned up it could run around 23 mpg and shits-n-gits
6.6 LB7 (GM) besides the OE injectors being a PITA to change and failing every 50k miles or so...they got great fuel mileage for a V8 (21-22 mpg stock, 23-25 mpg modified).
The GM's ride the best...the ball joints are expensive when they need replacement though.