Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!

[walnutman]

48RE or 6 speed manual?

Goerend built 48RE.
That picture is my truck on the front cover of the TDR calendar.

 

[Hay Dude]

Bought my 2004 Dodge Cummins new in 2004.
No emissions from the factory except for some egr in the cam profile.
I can't find that cam.
Paid 39k out the door.
Yes I put a ton of money into it but no comparison to these new junks.
Dynos 600hp/1200tq
225,000 miles.View attachment 4515598

My 2020 “junks” Ram Cummins 5500 has towed about 350 loads of hay grossing 45,000-50,000lbs over the last 6 years with nothing much more than oil & fuel filter changes.
Bone stock, 350/850 rating. No transmission mods, no power mods.
It owes me nothing. One of the best equipment purchases of my life.

Anyone who says “you just can’t get a good basic truck, like the old days” is FOS.
Just buy a Ram Cummins Tradesman. It’s a basic truck that will do just about anything you want.

 

[walnutman]

My 2020 “junks” Ram Cummins 5500 has towed about 350 loads of hay grossing 45,000-50,000lbs over the last 6 years with nothing much more than oil & fuel filter changes.
Bone stock, 350/850 rating. No transmission mods, no power mods.
It owes me nothing. One of the best equipment purchases of my life.

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Anyone who says “you just can’t get a good basic truck, like the old days” is FOS.
Just buy a Ram Cummins Tradesman. It’s a basic truck that will do just about anything you want.

We moved 4 years ago from the PA/DE border (Garnet Valley) to East Texas.
This is truck country here for sure. Loads of all brands.
You must be out by Oxford.

 

[WM75Guy]

We moved 4 years ago from the PA/DE border (Garnet Valley) to East Texas.
This is truck country here for sure. Loads of all brands.
You must be out by Oxford.

And people use their trucks as trucks down here, even using them to haul groceries. Last statistic that I saw was 1 out of every 7 pickups is sold in Texas. Must be why there are the GM Texas edition, the Ford King Ranch edition, and the RAM Lone Star edition.

 

[Hay Dude]

We moved 4 years ago from the PA/DE border (Garnet Valley) to East Texas.
This is truck country here for sure. Loads of all brands.
You must be out by Oxford.

Nope. Right next to Garnet Valley. 500 feet from Wilm.DE

 

[walnutman]

Nope. Right next to Garnet Valley. 500 feet from Wilm.DE

Yea we were also within walking distance. Some of the neighbors in our development, their back property line is Delaware. Sharon development off Zebley road.
A joy living so close to Joe.

 

[rontaki]

 

[Hay Dude]

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[walnutman]

 

[Jstpssng]

Last statistic that I saw was 1 out of every 7 pickups is sold in Texas.

For comparison about 1 in 11, or 9% of US citizens live in Texas.
Don't ask me what that has to do with anything, I just felt like crunching a useless number.