no worries man. I was a Dodge Cummins guy for many many years
but I've been a 6.0+ Super Duty guy for over 4yrs now. I love 6.4's, though I don't really recommend them to novice buyers
Took me a year or two to really warm up to the 6.0's, but now I contend that they are the best truck out there for the money. As an added bonus, because the trucks are so well built and they built SO MANY of them and there are SO MANY of them still in service out on the road, OEM and aftermarket parts are READILY available...
the feds gave incentive to companies to phase the trucks out of service for emissions etc. because so many companies were watching their newer 6.4's die early and expensive deaths that they stretched the lifespans of their 6.0 trucks.
I constantly see white 6.0's in service in various municipalities and companies all over the place.
but I digress... OFTEN!
I hope you have good luck with the truck. I'm on my 4th 6.0 right now, and I'm just tickled every day to drive it. It's a well worn ex-supervisor truck (plain white but lariat/leather/fx4/20's/chrome package/etc.) with 8200hrs on it and not a single solitary WHISP of blowby.
a similarly addorned Dodge (06/07 QCSB Laramie 4x4 w/ console, etc.) with equal miles/hours from the same year will cost you $5-15k more than what I've got in this thing. And my dash still looks brand new and my seats are actually supportive whereas my 06 Dodge seats damn near crippled me with only 65k miles on them.
And if I shell the motor? (which rarely happens) I can pick up a complete running base model 2wd TRUCK in nice shape with 100k miles for $7k or less. And that's a nice looking truck! I can get a basher with 150-200k for $4-5k.
So finding a good running pull-out motor for $2500-3500 isn't out of the question.
Anybody priced the Dodge/Cummins equivalents to that stuff lately?
I'll shut up now! LOL