Unfortunately, I sold my 2001 2500 this sat. I decided to let it go after about 6 years of ownership. I built it up as I had always dreamed before ever owning a cummins. It sounds bad, but I got a little choked up as I watched it roar away for the last time. I even caught myself saying "what did I just do?" I decided to let it go due to constant little issues nickle and dimeing me and decided it was time to move on. I bought a Dodge charger R/T, which I will have a different kind of fun with now. I plan to by a beater truck for the time being. I do plan on buying another cummins equipped truck sometime down the road. I appreciate all the help and knowledge I have learned from all who helped me in every way, big and small. Your help kept my truck running and probably saved a lot of head aches and money. I love these trucks and will always roll my window down when I see or hear one. I plan on lingering for a while, but will probably let my membership expire when it's up! Thanks again to all and this great resource. Stay safe everyone!
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Man that's tough, Beach. I complain often and loudly about the nickle and dime shortcomings as well as the pricier ones on the dodge, but I just could not ever willingly part with the Cummins and manual trans combo and overall the Dodge is a pretty good truck.
Just last night a full-sized party bus (converted Cummins-powered school bus) got stuck next door at the American Legion. My son and I heard that old cummins just a screamin' as the idiot driver trenched it deeper and deeper into our suddenly soggy ground since the big thaw and snowmelt last week. We watched as twenty or so drunken college kids tried to push it out. I finally wandered over and found the driver was at least sober but definitely stupid. Since they were really tearing my neighbor's land up, i told him to just cool it for a few minutes while I warmed my Dodge up and I'd pull him out. Naturally, while I did that, he just continued to dig until his axle wouldn't sink any farther.
I pulled up and again told him to stop and proceeded to crawl under looking for a place to hook my log chain, to which I then hooked my 6" x 40' snatch strap. I explained that I was going to pull him backwards and he was to steer gradually sideways over to the solid gravel driveway I was on. I took the slack out of the chain but left plenty in the strap and put the NV4500 in 1st and dropped the hammer. The strap stretched, did it's thing, and rubberbanded the bus right out of the deep dually holes.
Then the idiot first tried steering the opposite direction of where I was trying to pull him, then slammed on his brakes, too, once I had him going my way anyway. I stopped, got out and told him to let one of the drunken girls steer if that was all the better he could follow directions. I got back in my truck and put 'er in lo-range this time. Sure enough, the idiot did the same thing -- fought me all the way-- but the old dodge, under full throttle, just dug in and dragged that bus sideways and backwards onto the road anyway. For a sober designated driver, that guy was an idiot. It ended with some busty college gal stuffing a twenty into my 17 year old's palm and offering to buy him beer all night if he wanted to go with them as we rolled up the strap.
He told her he was already married. 
:-laf Funny how no such offers came my way... 
So I had to settle for all the drunks cheering lustily on the second pull when the turbo really kicked in and screamed and my exhaust hit that loud aggressive power note and hard-packed gravel and tire smoke was flying high from 3 wheels to put a smile on my face.
Nope. No way. I could never part with that beast. And the Cummins is stone bone stock except for the airbox and exhaust... Someday I might even get around to turning it up a bit.
You'll miss this stuff, too, Beach. That new Challenger gets my heart pounding just a bit when I see one though, and the Charger ain't bad either. They really nailed the retro look of the Challenger just right. And I'm a lifelong Z/28 guy. I haven't so much as had a ride in either the new Charger, Challenger, or Camaro. Probably just as well. My wish list is long enough already. Fortunately, I tend to hang onto vehicles I like and there's a '73 and a '69 Camaro in the garage right now. I like older cars and trucks.
But I'd still take a ride in your new ride if you ever cross the Big Ditch into Iowa! Good luck and don't be stranger!
Just last night a full-sized party bus (converted Cummins-powered school bus) got stuck next door at the American Legion. My son and I heard that old cummins just a screamin' as the idiot driver trenched it deeper and deeper into our suddenly soggy ground since the big thaw and snowmelt last week. We watched as twenty or so drunken college kids tried to push it out. I finally wandered over and found the driver was at least sober but definitely stupid. Since they were really tearing my neighbor's land up, i told him to just cool it for a few minutes while I warmed my Dodge up and I'd pull him out. Naturally, while I did that, he just continued to dig until his axle wouldn't sink any farther.
I pulled up and again told him to stop and proceeded to crawl under looking for a place to hook my log chain, to which I then hooked my 6" x 40' snatch strap. I explained that I was going to pull him backwards and he was to steer gradually sideways over to the solid gravel driveway I was on. I took the slack out of the chain but left plenty in the strap and put the NV4500 in 1st and dropped the hammer. The strap stretched, did it's thing, and rubberbanded the bus right out of the deep dually holes.
Then the idiot first tried steering the opposite direction of where I was trying to pull him, then slammed on his brakes, too, once I had him going my way anyway. I stopped, got out and told him to let one of the drunken girls steer if that was all the better he could follow directions. I got back in my truck and put 'er in lo-range this time. Sure enough, the idiot did the same thing -- fought me all the way-- but the old dodge, under full throttle, just dug in and dragged that bus sideways and backwards onto the road anyway. For a sober designated driver, that guy was an idiot. It ended with some busty college gal stuffing a twenty into my 17 year old's palm and offering to buy him beer all night if he wanted to go with them as we rolled up the strap.
He told her he was already married. :-laf Funny how no such offers came my way... So I had to settle for all the drunks cheering lustily on the second pull when the turbo really kicked in and screamed and my exhaust hit that loud aggressive power note and hard-packed gravel and tire smoke was flying high from 3 wheels to put a smile on my face.
Nope. No way. I could never part with that beast. And the Cummins is stone bone stock except for the airbox and exhaust... Someday I might even get around to turning it up a bit.
You'll miss this stuff, too, Beach. That new Challenger gets my heart pounding just a bit when I see one though, and the Charger ain't bad either. They really nailed the retro look of the Challenger just right. And I'm a lifelong Z/28 guy. I haven't so much as had a ride in either the new Charger, Challenger, or Camaro. Probably just as well. My wish list is long enough already. Fortunately, I tend to hang onto vehicles I like and there's a '73 and a '69 Camaro in the garage right now. I like older cars and trucks.
But I'd still take a ride in your new ride if you ever cross the Big Ditch into Iowa! Good luck and don't be stranger!
OK, it's killing me now! I can't leave the cummins world. I am now on the hunt for a first gen manual 4x4! I need to find something somewhat solid. I don't want to spend alot, but mechanically good shape with minimal rust. I don't mind a little rust to fix, but a rotted out truck won't do. Anyone have a good place to find these trucks. A clean southern truck would be great.
Glad to see you came back to your senses. I'd look on Craig's List - and also right here in our TDR classifieds. You could even post a wanted thread on the forums. Good luck in your search. Let us know what you get.
Way to go SRath!!! (On the pull job and keeping a diesel head in a Cummins. Oo. )
My Mule is a keeper and so is the Liner(Moose).
I have a waiting list of people wanting to buy the Mule. I keep on telling them It's Not for Sale, for people I know I just tell them I am very fond of my truck and it is keeper. Lucky for me it only happens 2 to 3 times a year.
Firday I had young man wanting to buy it telling me he had a 95 he had to sell. He was looking for a 24 valve 98 or 99. (Wonder why he wanted mine).
Then he told me about the extras he put on his 12 valve; bigger injectors better turbo and the black box the po gave him, which he installed. I told him a black box wasn't going to do anthing for a p7100. Maybe the po installed a 24 valve or that black box was a placebo.
Nice of you smell the diesel again Beach!
(On the pull job and keeping a diesel head in a Cummins. Oo. )My Mule is a keeper and so is the Liner(Moose).
I have a waiting list of people wanting to buy the Mule. I keep on telling them It's Not for Sale, for people I know I just tell them I am very fond of my truck and it is keeper. Lucky for me it only happens 2 to 3 times a year.
Firday I had young man wanting to buy it telling me he had a 95 he had to sell. He was looking for a 24 valve 98 or 99. (Wonder why he wanted mine).
Then he told me about the extras he put on his 12 valve; bigger injectors better turbo and the black box the po gave him, which he installed. I told him a black box wasn't going to do anthing for a p7100. Maybe the po installed a 24 valve or that black box was a placebo.
Nice of you smell the diesel again Beach!
Well, after buying a Chevy crew cab with an 8. 1L, I finally sold that and am back in a cummins powered truck. Not exactly a full first gen like I was looking for. I bought a '95 Chevy 3500 Reg cab long bed with an 89 cummins conversion. It needs some cleaning up, but it is a driver. Needs rockers and and cab corners, some cleaning and just little things cleaned up and tucked away. Good project truck. Runs good. Feels good to drive a cummins again.
Congratulations Beach!
" I would like to find a 98 12v 5-speed ext. QCLB. Wish me luck. "
Exactly after a foray through a series of bigger, better, faster trucks I went back to the future for a 98 12v 5-speed QCLB... dually with an aluminum flatbed. Sometimes I get a jonesing for one of the real jake brakes, a another six speed, or to try a Aisin auto transmission, but I'm resolved this will be my "keeper" CTD.
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after a foray through a series of bigger, better, faster trucks I went back to the future for a 98 12v 5-speed QCLB... dually with an aluminum flatbed. Sometimes I get a jonesing for one of the real jake brakes, a another six speed, or to try a Aisin auto transmission, but I'm resolved this will be my "keeper" CTD.
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" I would like to find a 98 12v 5-speed ext. QCLB. Wish me luck. "
Exactly
There's one down here in Cen Cal. ONLY $19K
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