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This is the place to post your truck photos for the 2026 TDR Calendar Contest. Click HERE for the contest rules and photo suggestions. Deadline to Enter: September 1, 2025 Good Luck!!

Several magazines ago we had Connie Kiviniemi-Baylor (aka Nancy Newbie) do an outsider’s look at the TDR magazine’s content. The focus of her review would be, “what could a non-Turbo Diesel owner learn from our publication?” (Hey, if the magazine proves its relevance to your wife, the...

The “Top Ten of Last Year” continues and we’re looking at previous articles from the Turbo Diesel Register magazine. From Issue #125 comes the “Blowin’ In The Wind” column where the TDR staff covers a wide range of automotive industry news and updates including: 2025 Ram 1500 Tungsten edition...

This week on the TDR we’re excited to get back to Best of 2024, the editor’s top ten article list. From TDR Issue #125 is Jack Baruth’s article, “Heroes and Villains”. Baruth brings us a philosophical and honest look at much of today’s automotive publishing business. His article gives us a...

TDR #128 has been delivered to the postal service for delivery to your mailbox. Let’s give the postal service the typical 7-10 days for actual delivery to your mailbox. What will you find in your #128 magazine? Let’s do a quick after-the-fact critique. In response to an article I read, “How...

As TDR writers G.R Whale and Bruce Smith were writing the First Drive/First Review articles, the new 2025 Ram Heavy Duty trucks were in transit to North American dealerships. So, when our local CDJR (Troncalli in Cumming, Georgia) called, we jumped at the opportunity to take some photographs of...

FIRST REVIEW: 2025 CUMMINS ENGINE It was only two weeks ago that the folks at Ram gave members of the press the first ride-and-drive opportunity at their product launch in Laughlin, Nevada. (Think Davis Dam area and the test route for published SAE towing ratings.) Above: Testing the 2025 Ram...

Coinciding with the arrival of the first model year 2025 Ram Heavy Duty trucks at dealerships, the Ram folks held their press introduction in mid-March. A fitting place for the introduction was the Davis Dam area of Nevada (Issue 84, page 38) where, back in 2015, the manufacturers finally agreed...

The age-old question for any magazine or club publication: How do you introduce the well researched / well written content to the non-member or the first-time Ram Turbo Diesel owner? The answer: We started a new column for the TDR magazine “Nancy Newbie”. In the column, writer Connie...

This week on the TDR we’re looking at #3 on the editor’s Best of 2024: The Top Ten list. In “Ceramic Follow up” from Issue 125’s TDReview column, the editor discusses his experiences with ceramic coatings and notably, aftertreatment / post-ceramic coating maintenance products. TDR writers Scott...

Wait! Did you miss parts I – IV ? No worries, hit the link to the to the Part IV report. LINK TO PART IV In that report we confirm that the original speculation by “Mister X” during the initial 12/5/24 interview at the Truck Show podcast was 100% correct. So, what is the latest news...

This week we’re looking at the second article from the list of the Editor’s Choice Awards, which covers some of the best from 2024. In “Lube Oil/PC-12 Explanation” featured in Issue #126’s Technical Topics column, the editor helps us to understand the following: You can’t always get what you...

We normally don’t post notes about delivery of the February magazine until well, February. But we’re a little ahead of schedule and chances are your February magazine is already in hand. The folks at Ram and Cummins announced changes to the 2025 Heavy Duty trucks back on 1/6/25. Prior to the...

WHY EXACTLY DOES YOUR TRUCK NEED A DRIVESHAFT LOOP? The Problem with Front Driveshafts The front driveshaft on any four-wheel-drive truck presents a unique challenge. Unlike the rear driveshaft, the front incorporates a Constant Velocity (CV) joint to accommodate the slight upward angles at...

As evidenced by the numerous articles that I often reference from Automotive News, this trade magazine is the best source for industry happenings. So, what did the AN staff have to say about the new-for-2025 Ram HD trucks? Not much. Here is a picture of the text from page 14 of their 1/13/25...