Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Sent to me as one last horah for all of us here. I'll tell ya Will was one heck of a guy (Still is) and for those who met him can testify.
It is with great sadness that i am back to say i no longer own my 2001 Ram. I bought it back in 2001 and joined the TDR immediatley afterwards and neither has ever let me down. I traded in the truck on saturday to the Chrysler dealer with 77,987 miles and the truck was running as good as the day i drove it off the lot with 12 miles on it. Despite MANY modifications which usually began with calling ToolMan and asking if it was "OK" the truck NEVER had ANY issues. The only time the truck ever saw the dealer was for the Clockspring recall. The truck never stalled or ever left me stranded. The only repair i ever had to make was to replace a bad lift pump but i only knew it was nessecary due to buying a fuel pressure test gauge and trying it out. The truck was great. I have owned 6 new cars in my driving "career" including an Infiniti and an Acura and nothing was as much fun as my Ram.
I used Amsoil Engine oil and ATF that i always bought bought from fellow TDR members John and Virginia Strenkowski. Among the mods i had were Jannetty exhaust which later turned into dual 5" stacks after a night out with Tim and some of the other TDR guys in a shop in upstate CT. I had Mag Hytec pans on everything, Auto Meter gauges, EZ Box and just about every add on sold by Geno's.
The reason i traded in the truck was i needed a more "friendly" vehicle for buissness use. While i thought the truck was fine, some people are a bit intimidated by a huge, LOUD, earthshaking beats with two 5" exhaust stacks coming out the bed. I would have loved to have kept it, but driveway space and $$ are a bit tight. The dealer here gave me $19,600 for it as trade in on a new Chrysler 300c (Yeah, its got a Hemi). While i LOVE the new car, i miss my truck very much. I did opt to stay with Chrylser because of how reliable my Ram was. I also moved from Connecticut to North Carolina right oustide of Raleigh.
The reason i vanished from the TDR a few years ago was i started working in the music industry doing Tour Security and Drum Tech work which kept me on the road for months at a time and left little if any time at the end of the day to go online. Once i finally got back home, i had problems logging in found my spare time occupied with a full time day job (where i saw Tim often) and then i was working in NJ at night for a shipping company.
I just wanted to thank EVERYONE here on the TDR for all the help they gave me when i first started out and even when i had no time for the internet due to work, i always knew that if something ever happened, i could always come here and get the answers i needed. That in fact happened a few years ago when i accidently put 28 gallons of Gasoline in my truck. The first thought that came to my mind was "I have to get home and on to the TDR website!". Thats just what i did and within minutes, i had people helping me.
You guys (and girls) are like family to me and i am sorry i have been too busy to be a part of this. Even though i no longer own a Ram, i want everyone to know that if you ever need ANYTHING while in North Carolina (Repairs, Shelter, drinking buddy, place to hide from the feds for using off road diesel in your Ram, etc) i am here for all of you. 24/7.
Once again, thank you all for your friendship, help and support.
EMDDIESEL, Will Dering, WILLDERING@HOTMAIL. COM
P. S. Somebody send me "MackTrucks" adress. I always had a great time hanging with him and a LONG time ago he asked to borrow my Edge EZ to try out. We never had the chance to meet up again for me to give it to him. Now that i sold my truck, i took it out for the sole purpose of fullfilling that favor, permanently.
It is with great sadness that i am back to say i no longer own my 2001 Ram. I bought it back in 2001 and joined the TDR immediatley afterwards and neither has ever let me down. I traded in the truck on saturday to the Chrysler dealer with 77,987 miles and the truck was running as good as the day i drove it off the lot with 12 miles on it. Despite MANY modifications which usually began with calling ToolMan and asking if it was "OK" the truck NEVER had ANY issues. The only time the truck ever saw the dealer was for the Clockspring recall. The truck never stalled or ever left me stranded. The only repair i ever had to make was to replace a bad lift pump but i only knew it was nessecary due to buying a fuel pressure test gauge and trying it out. The truck was great. I have owned 6 new cars in my driving "career" including an Infiniti and an Acura and nothing was as much fun as my Ram.
I used Amsoil Engine oil and ATF that i always bought bought from fellow TDR members John and Virginia Strenkowski. Among the mods i had were Jannetty exhaust which later turned into dual 5" stacks after a night out with Tim and some of the other TDR guys in a shop in upstate CT. I had Mag Hytec pans on everything, Auto Meter gauges, EZ Box and just about every add on sold by Geno's.
The reason i traded in the truck was i needed a more "friendly" vehicle for buissness use. While i thought the truck was fine, some people are a bit intimidated by a huge, LOUD, earthshaking beats with two 5" exhaust stacks coming out the bed. I would have loved to have kept it, but driveway space and $$ are a bit tight. The dealer here gave me $19,600 for it as trade in on a new Chrysler 300c (Yeah, its got a Hemi). While i LOVE the new car, i miss my truck very much. I did opt to stay with Chrylser because of how reliable my Ram was. I also moved from Connecticut to North Carolina right oustide of Raleigh.
The reason i vanished from the TDR a few years ago was i started working in the music industry doing Tour Security and Drum Tech work which kept me on the road for months at a time and left little if any time at the end of the day to go online. Once i finally got back home, i had problems logging in found my spare time occupied with a full time day job (where i saw Tim often) and then i was working in NJ at night for a shipping company.
I just wanted to thank EVERYONE here on the TDR for all the help they gave me when i first started out and even when i had no time for the internet due to work, i always knew that if something ever happened, i could always come here and get the answers i needed. That in fact happened a few years ago when i accidently put 28 gallons of Gasoline in my truck. The first thought that came to my mind was "I have to get home and on to the TDR website!". Thats just what i did and within minutes, i had people helping me.
You guys (and girls) are like family to me and i am sorry i have been too busy to be a part of this. Even though i no longer own a Ram, i want everyone to know that if you ever need ANYTHING while in North Carolina (Repairs, Shelter, drinking buddy, place to hide from the feds for using off road diesel in your Ram, etc) i am here for all of you. 24/7.
Once again, thank you all for your friendship, help and support.
EMDDIESEL, Will Dering, WILLDERING@HOTMAIL. COM
P. S. Somebody send me "MackTrucks" adress. I always had a great time hanging with him and a LONG time ago he asked to borrow my Edge EZ to try out. We never had the chance to meet up again for me to give it to him. Now that i sold my truck, i took it out for the sole purpose of fullfilling that favor, permanently.
