Cummins Newb need advice on first truck
 

Hi guys. This is my first post

Here is the back ground. I am driving a 1993 f150 4x4 with the 5.8 and 34k miles. I bought the truck because of the low miles with 23k. Well I have now put 11k on it in 9 months and am tired of getting 10 mpg in town and 13-15 highway. I need a truck daily and decided a cummins seems like the way to go. I love ford and I love my dad powerstroke, but they arent getting the mpg you guys all claim.

I have decided a 2wd manual is the way to go. 2wd for mpg and manual because I dont want to rebuild an auto trans every 50k miles.

Here are the truck iam interested in. What do you guys think is the smart choice. Thanks


This truck has crank windows manual locks and vinyl interior and a salvage title. But its cheap.
01 Dodge Cummins 2WD

This truck kind of scares me, but I love it. I dont know how he lowered it and he wont tell me a company that he bought springs from. He just says I need to buy new ones for the front and they should cost $100.
3500 cummins


Im not stuck on a dually, but these look so nice
1999 dodge cummins 3500

This one would have to loose the camper
1995 Dodge Ram Cummins Diesel 3500 Dually Reg Cab 2WD Laramie SLT 193k

As you can see im not affraid to travel. I live in nebraska, so I dont see what is wrong with a 12 hr trip to get a truck.

What do you guys think of these trucks? Which one looks like the best?
Thanks