Customizer1000
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Gawd, and now we're up to GRANDPARENTS!
BRB, gotta go change the battery in my hearing aid...
Lol no offense, but you should change those depends too!! Lol how old is everyone?
Gawd, and now we're up to GRANDPARENTS!
BRB, gotta go change the battery in my hearing aid...
Thats OK I've blown other things on Dan before.
where at in NC?Sweet!! Looks like a park I skated in nc
but its not diezelszzzzz!!!!111!!11!!!eleven!!May be bringing this home tomorrow.
http://www.hollandkia.com/used/Dodge/2001-Dodge-Ram+1500-5bc9fb3f0a0d048d018edf3c2b780068.htm
2/2 = 1/1 = 1Exactly! I DONT need a diesel or 3/4 ton. I will tow a few times a year. And no more than an xj. A 2/2 ton Gasser is cheaper to buy, insure, and fix.
I like diesels cuz they're cool lol. I will own one someday when my finances are a bit different.
i LOLed.:rof:
I was thinking a 9/16 ton would be the ultimate lol
its not your toys you got to worry about. its your buddies that say, "hey, can i borrow your truck? i got to move this thing..."Exactly. I live 3 miles from work. And haul nothing heavier than a xj. I have a payment on this Gasser for 6 months. Then be payment free again. I can't justify 300 plus a month payment to be kool!
no one ever wants to touch your thing? thats unfortunate.No one is going to touch this?
mac 'me either' gyvr
I thought you were aiming that smoke at the moped?![]()
No one is going to touch this?
mac 'me either' gyvr
where at in nc
Exactly! I DONT need a diesel or 3/4 ton. I will tow a few times a year. And no more than an xj. A 2/2 ton Gasser is cheaper to buy, insure, and fix.
I like diesels cuz they're cool lol. I will own one someday when my finances are a bit different.
sucks but at least you didn't separate the balljointsAnother one bites the dust!!
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I just bought the d o m for my steering, $7.60/ft. Ouch.
sucks but at least you didn't separate the balljoints
I think my goal is to eventually have owned each of the Big 3 diesel pickups, I'm not very brand loyal... I am probably taking a look at an 06 Cummins/6spd truck tonight.
Anyway, I had a 96 1/2 ton Ram for a while, it needed some work when I got it. It would want to stay in 2nd gear unless you did some throttle tricks to convince it to go into 3rd. I read that adjusting the bands would fix it, but it was a short term truck for me so I just put up with it. Nonetheless I hauled 7 cars about 30-40 miles each way when I was moving, and it never got any worse. I hauled everything from a stock XJ up to a FS Bronco. I was hard on it. My only complaint was that it didn't have a brake controller (yes I know, save the lecturing) so I had some light-goes-red, knuckles-go-white experiences.
Otherwise, it definitely had the power to move it, it just needed a little more braking assistance. WD hitch and a good proportional brake controller like the Prodigy P3 or similar and I would have had no worries. It was not much on mileage, I had a fluke 18mpg unloaded once, but typically I was around 15mpg, and 10mpg when pulling something.
Nothing wrong with a 1/2 ton, as long as you don't have an armored truck 7000# XJ, and you set it up right. Now personally I wouldn't do it again, it's too convenient to just throw stuff on the trailer and not worry about tongue weight or weight distribution, just hook up and go. But I see the merits of using a 1/2 ton so you still have a reasonable DD, and as already mentioned, repairs on a diesel cost an awful lot more. Just the little stuff like doing an oil change (3.5 gallons of oil @ $13/gal plus a $15 filter), or a coolant flush (8 gallons of coolant plus the anti-cavitation additive) adds up real quick.
I've had the 3/4 ton diesel with the 32 gallon tank and the 150 dollar fill ups. And it does suck. Towing is no comparison between a 1/2 ton and a 3/4 ton diesel. With my 18 ft gooseneck and XJ on the back I could stay at 75 mph no problem in the diesel. Now with the 1/2 ton Ram I can do the speedlimit.
For me the choice was easy, sell the older diesel truck that had a 300 payment, and needed repair after repair and buy a brand new 1/2 ton for 100 more a month, warranty for 5 years, decent fuel mileage and not have to pay the extra money for diesel.
I don't tow very often, maybe once a month (more when i towed boats at the marina). And I am glad i switched.
bm 'looking into 2014 Ram 3500s already' yohn
Looks about like what happened to me last fall... I managed to push them back together on the trail, got strapped out (very carefully), drove it a few miles (very gingerly) back to the campground, then spent that evening changing out balljoints on a 30 with an HF press and a BFH while everyone else drank.It was VERY close to pushing them apart. I have had that happen once before and it took almost an entire day to get it on a trailer.
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