With common-rail injection, big-horsepower programmers, and dual CP3 pumps providing a lot of diesel power these days, many people may overlook older trucks when it comes to making the big power.

Towing is hard on a truck, anyone can tell you that. So how has Blair Pine's 1996 Dodge Ram 3500 survived more than 150,000 miles towing 15,000 pounds? Blair's formula for success began with buying ...