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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roy14" data-source="post: 3572317" data-attributes="member: 41855">Long story short you’ll prefer an F350 in those years. In the newer trucks an expensive Kelderman air ride can do wonders to a 1 1/4 ton chassis but in the older years you’re throwing money away. If you’re determined to go Ford (for diesel I really prefer a Cummins power plant, it’s a mid duty industrial rated engine, and for gas I think an 01-07 GM with a mildly enhanced 6.0 or 8.1 is extremely cost effective and reliable) I’d look at the V10. Nobody wants to fool with a 20 year old diesel on a long trip if you’re not a diesel mechanic or have owned the truck long enough to know every single one of its quirks. I’d definitely suggest looking at air lifts 5000 lb bags with the internal stop to prevent blowing and allow for riding unpressurized. I’d also suggest staying with a DRW, it makes a world of difference when a 15k lb load gets hit by a crosswind, or a tire on either the truck or trailer blows out.Oh, and if you’re up for staying local as a farmer or getting a CDL if you travel with it, you can pick up a single wheel semi with an M11 Cummins and either an Allison auto or 7-10 speed Eaton for around $5-7k, it’s a cheap puller that will pull (and more importantly stop) anything and built on a chassis meant to go a million miles more than your average pickup.</blockquote>