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All my roping buddies used to give me a hard time about my Dodge until we made a trip to Morristown,TN to rope. I pull a 24' horse trailer with my truck and had 4 horses in it that night. They could not believe how good it pulled. One has a 2001 power stroke and the other has a v10. Both says the dodge will out pull their trucks. Since then both have said they will probably try a dodge next time. :p
 
A friend of mine bought out another Rhino dealer's business, actually just the equipment. We used another friend's trailer to go get the goodies. All I heard was how hard the trailer was to pull, how we needed the 8100 Chevrolet, and how great it would be to have a Duramax. After making the trip, averaging over 12 mpg, and never downshifting or pulling below the cruise, the song and dance routine had stopped. They were pretty impressed, not only with the fuel economy, but with how easy the big C chugged along with that loaded box trailer. I am sure the weight was not that bad, that trailer is like pulling a sail though. One of the guys said something about not being able to run very fast with a diesel, I shut him up on that count too. I was enjoying the trip, in spite of some squirming in some of the other seats. ;-)
 
Hmm, to Ford owners I think I would say" I would rather Ram it than stroke it", To Chevy owners I would say "Real trucks don't wear bow ties".

Still thinking about GMC, but I'll come up with something!

:p < works for me.
 
Duradud!!!

I saw a really good lisence plate on a Duramax the other day, I was suprised the guy was being as honest as he was being, it said:



"A Duramax is like a Climax... ... neither one lasts too long"



:D At least he has addressed his problems!!!!
 
On Average, a dealer can buy a Dodge at auction 3-4,000 cheaper than the same in Ford or Chevy. This perpetuates the public's opinion that Dodge trucks are third rate. I believe DC needs to market differently like GMC has with their "Professional Grade" push. Yuppies and wannabees will always flock to and pay more for things that are described using words like professional, premium,high-end, finely appointed or are photographed in Martha's Vineyard. Hey Diamler- German engineering sells luxury automobiles-tell your story!!
 
I believe Dodge is the best kept secret in the truck business. So Dodge is 3rd in annual sales... keeps the price down for us! :) I love to go to the RV and boat shows and when the saleman asks what I plan on pulling it with... . I just smirk, "a 6 cylinder". Love to see thier faces until I add "it's a Cummins!!!!" Man, I love that!
 
Pug59 said:
I love to go to the RV and boat shows and when the saleman asks what I plan on pulling it with... . I just smirk, "a 6 cylinder". Love to see thier faces until I add "it's a Cummins!!!!" Man, I love that!
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My wife went camper shopping the other day and the guy asked her what we pull with. When she told him a Cummins he just smiled and said "you won't have any trouble pulling anything". :)
 
Poeple always say those trucks are so noisy :{ and its only a 6 cylinder :eek: . Then i tell them that most 18 wheelers run staight 6 cylinder engines and they have beat the hell out of them day in and day out for years. If V8 deisels are so great why are,nt they running them :rolleyes:
 
Dodge I6 has seven main bearings, V8s have five. No rocket science here.



I heard a straight piped Ford get on it the other day. Didn't sound very good, I'd put the muffler back on.





I think this pic help address the bottom end strength.



The guys ragging on dodges will keep buying fords and chevys no matter how much they cost and how poor they tow.
 
I know a couple of guys that would drive Z71 Chevys and bad talk ford and dodges then the PSD super dutys came out and they jumped on the band wagon and got into them :-laf . Then the Duramax came out and all the chevy fathfulls jumped all over them. I think most of them don,t know much about diesels so they just buy whats in style at the time. I bought mine for one big thing that tride and true CUMMINS :D
 
Figure I'd add my opinion. Would have bought a Dodge even if it was the worst truck of the three. New I wanted the Cummins. Also know the truck will outlast me if I take care of it. Had a '78 Ramcharger with a 360 before my '99. Still miss the '78. Like one of the guys stated in this thread. My '78 was a work horse. Going from a '78 to a '99 (newest vehicle I had owned at the time out of the 21 I've been through) was luxury for me. Radio volume and station controls on the steering wheel of a truck!? I am spoiled!

There are some upgrades I need to do for suspension and fuel sys. reliability, etc. , but I'll never sell her.

Had some experience with a Ford. Went to the desert last year and took two F350's with us. We were the only ones there with fords! Good running (on JP-8, no less!) and smooth driving truck. But, will stick with my my Cummins. It is a proven motor, a true diesel.

I am MoPar at heart. Have been for over 20 years. Tony
 
Like others, I was raised on Dodges. My first car was a '66 Coronet 440. (paid $200 when I was 15). Then I had a used Honda that chased parts for my dream project-- a 1969 Coronet 2-dr sedan. I loved both of those Coronets.



Predisposed to Dodge, I know what owning a Dodge means. It means there will be quirks to the vehicle. There will be some "unconventional" aspects to it. Why were all the old Mopars equipped with Torsion Bar front ends? Why were they the only uni-bodies of the big 3?



So I knew a Dodge would have quirks-- idiosyncracies that you sometimes hate, sometimes love.



Buying a Dodge means finding out the weak points and seeing if you can live with them. On old mopars, it's rusting backlights and quarterpanels, sagging doors, and the like. But you can almost always count on a solid, well-engineered driveline.



On my CTD, it's lift pumps, track bars, ball joints, and other quirks. If simply having the best-built truck was all that mattered to me, I would have bought a Toyota. Toyota makes a very nice vehicle, with some cool options (TRD package). But no diesel.



The Dodge part just suits me-- it's something I can relate to. I don't just buy a vehicle-- I marry it, so this is important stuff :D



As for the Cummins part, I remember vividly the first CTD ad I ever saw. I was a plain jane boxy silver 1989 CTD. 160hp, 400lb-ft. I saw that 400 number and new I wanted one (keep in mind this is late 1988, when an IROC-Z had only a wheezing 225hp 350). I knew nothing of diesel engines at all.



Then I started reading and asking questions (both of which I did a LOT of as a teenager wanting to learn). The farmers were liking the towing power and mpg of the CTD, even though it was slow to accelerate. The RV folks echoed those comments. Yes, they were loud and came in a boxy Dodge, but people loved the engine.



As a dealership employee after high school, I got a ride in a new 1994 Dodge gasser. I loved the truck, the style. Finally, a Dodge that you didn't have to be embarassed about! Very cool, but I was broke so I let it go.



Fast forward to August 2002. I'm recently married and my wife's trusty beater is nearing a merciful death. I now have a real job and a little money. I decide I'd like a Dodge truck-- a lifelong dream. My wife is happy to drive my 1997 Nissan Maxima as a hand-me-down. I'm recalling my teenage infatuation with this little Cummins diesel.



So I go online to do a little research on the Dodge Cummins diesel pickup. I come across this website (you're surfing it now:)) where people are nearly fanatical about their trucks. Then I see that they are hotrodding them and getting INSANE amount of power out of them will still driving them every day. Is this too good to be true? Can I have a durable diesel, decent mpg, a Dodge truck, and a hot-rod all in one??



When the dealer offered me $1k more than the wife's car was worth, I was all over it. I old them if they could find me the truck I wanted, we would deal.



I got the only 4x4 Quad Cab shortbed diesel six speed within 800 miles of Macon GA that didn't have leather and a bunch of other bells and whistles.



I decided I could live with a Red Dodge (when Red was everywhere in all the Dodge ads). I even decided I could live with the hideous "mist grey" interior (what were they thinking)?



It's been 31K miles of bliss since then.....





EDIT: I wanted to ad that my CTD makes me feel like I went back in time and bought a 1971 Hemi Cuda Convertible brand new. I'm just waiting to see if gas prices and/or insurance kill this second Muscle Car age we are living in... .



Justin
 
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Justin,



Ain't the HP COOL! I grew up around Pontiac MI, during the last days of the muscle cars, late 70's early 80's. Worked in an auto repair shop, man those days were great! Been wrenching on my trunk all week, new injectors, had problems, but hopefully will be all better tomorrow. I wish the kids of today knew what they were missing, most kids think a ratchet is a video game. Sad times.



AND Thanks for the service Capt!



Mike

US Navy Corpsman Vet



www.anysoldier.com
 
When I was in the Coast Guard in the early 70's, we had some 40' picket boats that had twin Cumming Marine engines. These things were left overs from WWII ans STILL going strong. We put those boats through all sorts of hell and those old Cummins diesels never let us down. Those engines impressed me to no end! That's when the idea of getting a vehicle with a cummins first entered my mind!



When I heard that Dodge was putting a Cummins in their pickup, I knew that it would be just a matter of time befor I would get one!
 
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