2011 Ram with 500K miles

gmcsmoke wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:


Look at the full time RVers most are Ram's. Because they are good for the long run.

If they are used by most full timers, hot shotters, heavy duty work, since the cummins B50 is 5 million miles, have tires that last 120,000 miles and tow 28,000 up the grapevine 65 mph in O/D at half throttle; shouldn't they be the number one selling truck?

Fixed it fer ye.:B

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Bionic Man wrote:
Guy claims he gets 100,000 - 120,000 miles out of his tires as well.

I do without any trouble.

I've read many of your claims. You certainly have different experiences with many things than I (or my friends with similar trucks) do.

gmcsmoke wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:


Look at the full time RVers most are Ram's. Because they are good for the long run.

If they are used by most full timers, hot shotters, heavy duty work, since the cummins B50 is 5 million miles, have tires that last 120,000 miles and tow 28,000 up the grapevine 65 mph; shouldn't they be the number one selling truck?

No dog in this hunt, but I just can't resist fielding this one for the Dodge Boys:

"Since the Ram lasts so long, folks don't have to buy/replace so many of them!"

How'd I do? :B

Cummins12V98 wrote:


Look at the full time RVers most are Ram's. Because they are good for the long run.

If they are used by most full timers, hot shotters, heavy duty work, since the cummins B50 is 5 million miles, have tires that last 120,000 miles and tow 28,000 up the grapevine 65 mph; shouldn't they be the number one selling truck?

Sticker price on Ram trucks means nothing. 10k off sticker is everyday price.

itguy08 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
And that is another reason the majority of Hot Shotters drive Ram Trucks. 500K is nothing when used as a truck.

Or because Dodge is dirt cheap both new and used?

Look at the full time RVers most are Ram's. Because they are good for the long run.

Also I don't think my Ram's sticker price of 61K was cheap.

Bionic Man wrote:
Guy claims he gets 100,000 - 120,000 miles out of his tires as well.

I do without any trouble.

Let me clarify Wiley75!

We have a business in the form of a Ranch and a Farm that we have several trucks for our work hands. My BIL is one of several family members who has to maintain these trucks. These trucks don't pull campers or 5ver's like the many here use, but rather these are trucks used to pull massive cattle trailers into some really remote areas, down rutted gravel roads, and even rutted muddy dirt roads. These are trucks that pull fertilizer tanks to the fields, run parts, check fields on a daily basis and some are even idled for long periods just for extra lighting in the field. They are drove hard and put up wet so to speak. My BIL had a 6.7 Cummins for ~ 9 months and it simply couldn't perform reliable to either the 5.9, 6.9, 6.0, 7.3 diesels we had or have.

No go bust some of the other fanboys in this thread! And you know who your giving a free pass my friend! :W

Yup. If you are idling the trucks for long periods of time and spending lots of time on very rough roads where you can only go 5 or 10 miles per hour then a DPF equipped vehicle such as a 6.7 Cummins is not the right choice..... for you.... in your specific Texas ranching application. Sorry to sound like an arm-chair quarterback, but perhaps you should have done more research before purchasing DPF equipped trucks for that application as failure was basically a sure bet and 100% predictable. That doesn't necessarily mean that the 6.7 Cummins is a bad engine in stock form though. You just gotta use it for what its intended for.

Me Again wrote:

itguy08 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
And that is another reason the majority of Hot Shotters drive Ram Trucks. 500K is nothing when used as a truck.

Or because Dodge is dirt cheap both new and used?

You have not looked on one lately!!!! Chris

A Hot Shotter also must look at availability of service over the road as well as, of course, initial cost, estimated cost of ownership & maintenance, fuel usage, etc.

Even if all other factors were equal, if I were starting a Hot Shot business, I'd lean Ram due to the fact that if/when I have engine issues, parts & service for an ISB Cummins are going to be readily available.

You may not need over-the-road servicing, but if one is starting a business and not thinking of these things, good luck!

A Hot Shot owner/op simply cannot chance having their truck sit at a dealer for days upon days until they "figure it out."

itguy08 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
And that is another reason the majority of Hot Shotters drive Ram Trucks. 500K is nothing when used as a truck.

Or because Dodge is dirt cheap both new and used?

You have not looked on one lately!!!! Chris