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my 1988 gmc 2500k just isnt quite up to the tasks i demand of it.
so my sweety told me i needed a new truck (bless her lil heart)
my buddy has a bone disease and cant push in a clutch anymore.
so i am buying his 2001 dodge 3500 quad cab dually with the 5.9 L cummins turbo diesel
6 speed manual tranny
yikes!
this thing is a brute.
anyway i am jazzed about my new toy hauler/toy/tool
pics soon.
I'm keeping all my parts crossed for your buddy but otherwise, good luck with your new toy. I know a lot of fuel and compound turbocharging will allow you to rotate the earth so new mexico ends up next to new jersey.
my 3/4 ton jimmy is a good truck
but it isnt half the rig this ram is
Dammed fine truck there. A buddy of mine has that same truck. It makes a great hauler.
A few quarters could make that truck look a lot better..
Times 2!! Great looking rig that needs a bath! ROFL.. :LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by ScooterCO
Nice looking Dually. Great work horse of a truck.
ok smart guys.
i gave it a bath and put the chrome on.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ps3cd2456f.jpg
I like it clean better than randomly dirty. But after a hard day's work if it's dirty, that's good.
I've always envied someone with a dirty car; it shows they've actually been somewhere...not just driven around town from carpark to carpark.
after spending way too much time on the intergooglyweb.
i found that with the van aaken chip installed
305 hp
672@1600 rpm torque
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Originally Posted by billy zz
MUCH BETTER! Whew, LOL...
"House Keeping Parking Lot 5"
nice rig, Billy, you will enjoy it for sure
HUH???? What the????? What's it????? Where in the world??? :HMMM::LOL::eek::p:LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by MelloYello
With a workhorse like that, you'll be throwing rocks at them chebby pick-em-ups!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:
Dave, I hate it when you're right - but - you're right !
Thanks Em! but I was throwin' rocks at chebby trucks years before the Dodge pick-em-ups came out with a Cummins in them!!!!!!! Now everybody's doin' it!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:
chevy is supposed to be coming out with a diesel in the 3/4 ton trucks this year or next...My guess is next as they are already changing over to the 2014 s at the assembly plant in Fort Wayne
i used it to haul my gals 53 buick special to the shop.
since my 73 year old buddy knows the city better than i do i had him drive it.
his response?
i should never got in this thing
cuz now i want one!
Yup, all that nice, smooth Cummins torque makes a believer out of most people on just one test drive!!!!
instead of buying a house right away we are going to get a BIG 5th wheel trailer.
we went window shopping yesterday and was looking at 35-40 foot ones
and a salesman asked
what are you going to use to pull with?
i pointed at the dodge
and the first thing he said was
is that a gas or diesel?
when i told him the cummins he said.
that'll pulll anything on this lot.
that made me feel good.
Yeah, most folks that visit him probably go truck shopping, too! You might look around at the "previously owned" 5th wheel market. There's some pretty good first year depreciation on those new units that one can avoid if you can find one with two or three years of use that fits your needs. Around here there are a lot that get bought, then spend most of their time parked, waiting for owner's to have time to use them.... Just a thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by billy zz
update
after 450 miles we are getting 18.2 mpg city driving.but i am going to keep tabs on it and find out what my average is after a few thousand miles.
and strangely enough,
that completely agrees with the onboard gas milage estimator. ( i didnt expect that)
yet another update
the passenger fender was all jacked
but my buddy i bought the truck from had a replacement he threw in.
i went to NAPA and gave them the paint codes and had em mix me up a quart of paint.
my buddy sprayed the fender for me and a week later i installed it.
it is a darn close match.
not quite as shiny but nobody notices except me.
while i was at it ,
i did a bit of detail cleaning.
wah-lah!
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ps8a03892b.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...psf0044b2f.jpg
Looks great. I've cracked one of those rear fenders before, the very first time I drove a dually through a cattle guard opening. Didn't stop to think about the back end making thru where the front had no problem. I used to see duallys in Wyoming that had these weird antenaes off and to the side of the front bumper, after driving one I figured out what they were for! :)
oh yeah...Quote:
Originally Posted by stovens
i'll be damned
THATS what those are for!