The best thing about owning with my 98. 5 dodge diesel 4x4 shortbend is that I have been able to go on vacation pulling my 30 foot pull trailer for the past 3 years up to the Sierras WITHOUT HAVING TO BE TOWED OR BROKEN DOWN, like I did for the previous 17 years when towing with my 80 GMC dually 454ci truck in the past, the killer was 4 years ago and the rear end went out and the small towns in the Sierras could not repair or find a rear end for me, my boy went home with my son in law and returned with an extra rearend we had at home, had it rebuilt and we helped them install it in Mammoth. I don't miss the old truck and countless memories of every place we have broken down all along the 395 highway ED