RAM 3500 Question

Daves3032E · Feb 10, 2014

I currently have an '08 Dakota with about 135k on it. We average about 23k/yr. I use it to tote my tractor around and to haul firewood.

I saw a 2010 RAM 3500 SRW Crew Cab Laramie for $25k at one of my local dealers. Only "issue" is that it has 235k on it. The only experience I have with diesels is my 2013 3032e and the last "big" truck I had was a '78 F350 dually with a 12ft stake bed (302ci) around 2000. Do you guys think that this truck would have plenty of life left in it with the mileage I run at?

Here is the dealer listing: Canandaigua Chrysler Dodge Jeep | New Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram dealership in Canandaigua, NY 14424

I'm going to check it out tonight and see how I like it. I look forward to everyone helping to educate me on this.

Here is my current set up:

dodge man · Feb 10, 2014

Its a good looking truck and from the picture you show, it would be a big step up for your towing and hauling. I'm guessing the Dakota is overworked a little bit by your picture.

Most of my knowledge is the older 5.9 Cummins. I know in 2010 they had DPF and EGR and those can be a problem area. I don't know when these problems pop up or how to even look for them. I know the injectors are considered better on the 6.7, but at those miles, its either had injectors put in it or will need them soon.

That doesn't seem like a bad price and I know the 6.7 is a strong running engine. The engine itself will go 500,000 miles if its taken care of.

DT86 · Feb 10, 2014

Seems kind of high to me.

The drive train probably wouldn't bother me at that mileage but its likely that everything else is ready to start falling off the truck.

Fordman1981 · Feb 10, 2014

dodge man said:
Its a good looking truck and from the picture you show, it would be a big step up for your towing and hauling. I'm guessing the Dakota is overworked a little bit by your picture. Most of my knowledge is the older 5.9 Cummins. I know in 2010 they had DPF and EGR and those can be a problem area. I don't know when these problems pop up or how to even look for them. I know the injectors are considered better on the 6.7, but at those miles, its either had injectors put in it or will need them soon. That doesn't seem like a bad price and I know the 6.7 is a strong running engine. The engine itself will go 500,000 miles if its taken care of.

2010's is supposed to be the year they had all the bugs worked out of the dpf egr system. I had a 2010 never had any issues. I would still have it if I didn't need to step up to a long bed for work. I have a 2012 ram CTD now same emissions setup right at 40,000 miles now with no issues. If you want to stay away from the DEF fluid stay away from 2013 or newer.

To the OP I think that price is high the 2010 I bought had 17,000 miles on it I bought it in 2010 for $29,000 and some change out the door.

Daves3032E · Feb 10, 2014

Fordman1981 said:
2010's is supposed to be the year they had all the bugs worked out of the dpf egr system. I had a 2010 never had any issues. I would still have it if I didn't need to step up to a long bed for work. I have a 2012 ram CTD now same emissions setup right at 40,000 miles now with no issues. If you want to stay away from the DEF fluid stay away from 2013 or newer.

To the OP I think that price is high the 2010 I bought had 17,000 miles on it I bought it in 2010 for $29,000 and some change out the door.

I wish I could find one under $30k and less than 50,000 on it. I would be all over it.

Diamondpilot · Feb 10, 2014

I would not touch it. The motor has life but that truck is about done and will nickel and dime you to death.

Chris

redprospector · Feb 10, 2014

It all depends on what kind of maintenance was done on it in those 200,000+++ miles. I have a 97 Dodge CTD 2500, 5 speed, 4x4 with 250,000+ miles that I wouldn't hesitate to go across the country with. I've also got an 05 Dodge CTD 3500, 6 speed, 4x4, with 230,000 miles that I bought last year. I've spent quite a bit getting it back in shape, and have a little ways to go. It's a crap shoot, but I'd look for something with less experience, or talk them down on the price. If the front end has to be rebuilt, expect to spend close to $4000 on that.

Daves3032E · Feb 10, 2014

I checked out out and test drove it. My wife too. It went really nice. I liked it a lot. I guess the guy used it to transport cattle.

s219 · Feb 10, 2014

That is a darn clean looking truck for 235K miles!

Odd that it has the factory brake controller and an aftermarket controller, and even odder that the aftermarket controller is mounted wrong (can't easily pinch the lever).

Daves3032E · Feb 10, 2014

s219 said:
That is a darn clean looking truck for 235K miles!

Odd that it has the factory brake controller and an aftermarket controller, and even odder that the aftermarket controller is mounted wrong (can't easily pinch the lever).

I thought the same thing about the controller. I asked the guy at the dealer, but he was puzzled by it as well. Is the factory one the time delay type and the other a progressive???

s219 · Feb 10, 2014

Maybe the factory controller crapped out and they put in that Reese ?

aczlan · Feb 10, 2014

DT86 said:
Seems kind of high to me.

I've looked at a few cars at that dealership and their prices run a little on the high side...

Daves3032E said:
I thought the same thing about the controller. I asked the guy at the dealer, but he was puzzled by it as well. Is the factory one the time delay type and the other a progressive???

Per Brake Controllers - Reese the Brakeman line of controllers are all timed.
The factory ones generally tie in with the truck brakes and are proportional to how hard you are pressing on the brakes. They also (in some cases) pulse when ABS kicks in on the truck.

Aaron Z

Diamondpilot · Feb 11, 2014

The Dodge factory controllers will not do disc brake systems, only drums. Perhaps he was running a trailer with disc brakes?

Chris

finspop · Feb 11, 2014

to the OP, that sure seems like a lot of miles for the $. Just for gits and shiggles, I looked on CL in VT, where I live. What about something like this?

2011 dodge ram 2500 cummins Deisel

LD1 · Feb 11, 2014

Diamondpilot said:
I would not touch it. The motor has life but that truck is about done and will nickel and dime you to death.

Chris

Agreed.

It always cracks me up when I read an ad about a high miles diesel and the seller always puts in there "thats nothing for a diesel, its just getting broke in" Well...it sure is but the rest of the truck is just about broke. Thats alot of miles on the rest of the drivetrain, trans, axles, etc.

I bough my 05 a few years ago under 70k miles for under 25k. And personally, if I was looking, I'd either go old enough to get the 5.9L or new enough to ditch the DPF crap.

dodge man · Feb 11, 2014

Well you can't go new enough to ditch the DPF crap, they all come with it. A person just has to look at the truck and decide. It may be about wore out or it may look brand new. Someone put a lot of miles on it in a short time, that may or may not be a bad thing.

LD1 · Feb 11, 2014

dodge man said:
Well you can't go new enough to ditch the DPF crap, they all come with it. A person just has to look at the truck and decide. It may be about wore out or it may look brand new. Someone put a lot of miles on it in a short time, that may or may not be a bad thing.

I thought I read somewhere they did away with it on the new stuff. Maybe I am thinking of something else??? I guess I dont stay very current on diesel stuff...

dodge man · Feb 11, 2014

With the newer trucks, they still have DPF, but with the DEF (diesel exhaust fluid), the DPF has to go through less regens.

Soundguy · Feb 11, 2014

DT86 said:
Seems kind of high to me.

The drive train probably wouldn't bother me at that mileage but its likely that everything else is ready to start falling off the truck.

deffinately seems high for that milage.. even though it is a 10...

Soundguy · Feb 11, 2014

my 99 f350 has a bit less than that. and yeah.. she's showing plenty of wear even though she has life left.

a 10 with that many miles must have been hauling over the road straight!

like 60k per year.. that's 5k per month!!!

LD1 said:
Agreed.

It always cracks me up when I read an ad about a high miles diesel and the seller always puts in there "thats nothing for a diesel, its just getting broke in" Well...it sure is but the rest of the truck is just about broke. Thats alot of miles on the rest of the drivetrain, trans, axles, etc.

I bough my 05 a few years ago under 70k miles for under 25k. And personally, if I was looking, I'd either go old enough to get the 5.9L or new enough to ditch the DPF crap.