What about the engine when the truck reaches EOL (End of Life)?

[Crunch]

Here's the scenario:



You average 25,000 miles per year for 10 years. The trusty CTD has never given you a bit of trouble (serious trouble, at least:-laf ), and still has 100,000 miles left it its duty cycle. The truck, however, is another story. It's cashed in its chips. The power everything no longer works, the A/C needs 3 recharges per summer, even the mud on the floorboards has stains. But the engine rocks on.



What do you do with the engine? Do you buy another truck with a blown engine and drop yours in it? Do you sell it to the highest bidder? Or is there another application for a 5. 9ISB? So far this is a hypothetical, but being the cheapskate that I am I will in all probability be in that situation 9 years from now. So what would YOU do with a good Cummins engine?

 

[Pawpaw]

Let me know when you get there. That's the boat I hope to be in.

 

[Timinator]

I just past the 9-year point. It's still going strong. Except for the paint chips and checking on top of the cab, it's in great condition. Everything works and works well.

 

[Crunch]

Originally posted by Timinator

I just past the 9-year point. It's still going strong. Except for the paint chips and checking on top of the cab, it's in great condition. Everything works and works well.

So the big question to you is, have you given any thought as to what will become of the engine when the truck dies? I'm of the opinion that even if you rack up 400,000 miles on the truck before it dies the engine (if it was properly maintained) should be cost effective for one overhaul/rebuild (yeah, I've argued with people over the difference between the two), but that still leaves the question of what to do with it.

 

[Rineholio]

What about a boat? Expensive conversion? Part out the truck if the body is good?

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

With decent care and maintenance your truck should still be in good shape at 250,000 miles. I have all the TDR magazines back to Issue 21 and every 1,000,000+ mile Ram featured held up quite well after all those miles (there's been at least 3-4 trucks featured). Granted it's mostly highway miles, but regardless a vehicle has to be built pretty well in the first place to deliver that kind of durability.



Heck livin_EZ of NW Bombers got close to $6k for his 4x2 dually he sold recently, with around 610,000 on the clock.



Vaughn

 

[shendren]

i give it to one of my 65 employees at my concrete company. they load the **** out of it and work it for another 200k... ... .

 

[lcrawford]

pull the engine and install it into a 1967 m715 that will be to cool

 

[EEngel]

10 yrs old

Home generator.

 

[DOUGMartin]

Yeah I was gana say would make one heck of a generator.

 

[Sherman]

Originally posted by DOUGMartin

Yeah I was gana say would make one heck of a generator.

One more vote for the genney

 

[DaveMorris]

Bomb the snot out of it and put it into a 40ish mercury sedan (Cobra looking ride)... Gear it with about 2. XX gears and take on a coast to coast highway trip... . rattling and blowing smoke the whole way Oo.



Well my plan (way down the road), I want to put one of these engines into a 40's cruiser and use it to pull my 18' boat for family vacations... cruising in style, top slightly chopped, A/C blasting, and capable of scaring the heck out of anything that challenges it...

 

[Buzzer]

Re: 10 yrs old

Originally posted by EEngel

Home generator.

Really good idea!! Has my vote.

 

[PJereb]

You build a rat rod with a cummins.

 

[Guest]

Im with DaveMorris, GO anally bombed w/ it..... I want to buy a farmer 12valve right now to bomb beyond repair!

 

[Rineholio]

All I know is that the engine is going to be used for something!

 

[Crunch]

Re: 10 yrs old

Originally posted by EEngel

Home generator.

Looks like using it for a generator is popular. I gotta admit that I was partial to dropping it into another vehicle, but I also hope to have that done by the time my truck goes belly up. Question to those who are advocating using it for a generator: What size generator could this engine power? I haven't had much experience with commercial generators, but what I know tells me that you could power an entire residential block off a generator powered by the CTD. Also, would it be an efficient generator in terms of fuel consumption, or just a really cool, bombed generator?

 

[CougFan]

Irrigation pump, boat motor, mantle piece, etc ...

 

[EEngel]

power

Lets say 305 hp, at 746 watt/hp.....



227,530 watts continuous. So 3,800 light bulbs or so... .

 

[Blufrog]

This question should be stated what would you do in 20+ yrs, heck its 2004 and how many 94 rams are sitting with a strong motor and dead truck? Heck if my Ram doesn't last 20+ yrs then it was't worth buying.



But if the truck was waisted and the motor rocked then I think a generator would be my choice.