One year update on my 6.4L Hemi
Its been a full year now since I made the switch from Cummins to Hemi power in my daily driver/RV hauler. I have no regrets. It performs well, hasn't had a single issue, and suits my needs perfectl...
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Hey Ricochet I may have been exaggerating a bit, but not much.
In Canada cummins equipped 3500's sticker prices range from $80,000 to $92,000 for the Laramie to Longhorn packages.
The 2014 Ram 3500, Laramie, Hemi 6.4, 4.10 rear, with black out appearance package that I just purchased had a sticker price of $70,300.
I had my mind set on buying a Cummins for the last 6 months. I went in to negotiate a deal for the CTD and the lowest they would go for a 2014 was $68,000.
I was surprised how much the dealer dropped from sticker price. Although the $68,000 for the turbo diesel sounded good the salesman made the mistake of telling me the 6.4 was on sale for $54,000 and it had a tow rating of 15,400 lbs.
I offered $52,000 if they threw in matching black side steps and hard locking tonneau.
They said yes. I saved $16,000 plus the 12% tax us Canadians pay on the $16,000. The Side Steps and Tonneau bring the savings to close to $18,000. I decided to finance and leave my investments working for me and i'm sure with the interest I'll save on the loan I'm pretty darn close to $20,000.
Just couldn't walk away from the deal.
But the real question is if I sold my self short on tow power? I thought our family plans were to buy a 37' TT around the 8,500 lbs range. The wife now has her heart set on a Grand Design Reflection 323BHS that has a dry weight of 10,700 and pin weight around 1,900.
On the flats I'm sure it would be fine, but, I live in a valley and every way out of town has mountain passes.
In Canada cummins equipped 3500's sticker prices range from $80,000 to $92,000 for the Laramie to Longhorn packages.
The 2014 Ram 3500, Laramie, Hemi 6.4, 4.10 rear, with black out appearance package that I just purchased had a sticker price of $70,300.
I had my mind set on buying a Cummins for the last 6 months. I went in to negotiate a deal for the CTD and the lowest they would go for a 2014 was $68,000.
I was surprised how much the dealer dropped from sticker price. Although the $68,000 for the turbo diesel sounded good the salesman made the mistake of telling me the 6.4 was on sale for $54,000 and it had a tow rating of 15,400 lbs.
I offered $52,000 if they threw in matching black side steps and hard locking tonneau.
They said yes. I saved $16,000 plus the 12% tax us Canadians pay on the $16,000. The Side Steps and Tonneau bring the savings to close to $18,000. I decided to finance and leave my investments working for me and i'm sure with the interest I'll save on the loan I'm pretty darn close to $20,000.
Just couldn't walk away from the deal.
But the real question is if I sold my self short on tow power? I thought our family plans were to buy a 37' TT around the 8,500 lbs range. The wife now has her heart set on a Grand Design Reflection 323BHS that has a dry weight of 10,700 and pin weight around 1,900.
On the flats I'm sure it would be fine, but, I live in a valley and every way out of town has mountain passes.
