Retired my 6.4

MSGTRETIREDCSP wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

MSGTRETIREDCSP wrote:
Well after all the trouble I had with my 6.4, I retired my 2008 Ford. It was a good looking truck and did well towing my 5th wheel. But after it started puking coolant, and Ford could not figure out the problem, it was time to say goodbye.

Ford had raised the cab, replaced the left side had gasket. After that didn't fix the problem, they raised the cab again and the Ford tech suggested replacing the right side head gasket, the vertical egr cooler and the horizontal egr cooler. This would raise the total cost to over $8000.00. Needless to say, I told them to button it up and I drove the truck home to retire it. I was able to get away with a $3700 bill!

I'm now the proud owner of a 2016, Ram, Tradesman. I just came home yesterday after driving back to New Mexico to bring the fiver home. The truck towed like a champ. It has the 6.7 diesel, Aisin transmission, 3:73 and a newly installed B & W hitch.

It might not have all the eye candy that my Lariat had, but what a towing machine!

Just curious but why didn't you get a truck with all the "eye candy" that your 6.4 had? Ram makes some nice candy for sure.

Ram is making some beautiful trucks with a lot of eye candy. I got to thinking about all the options that I never used on my last truck and decided I wanted a truck that's a workhorse without being "pretty". This truck has all the options that I want at a much cheaper price.

One of the things that stood out to me when I bought my Ram was how much nicer the Tradesman interior was compared to the equivalent trim level on the competition. I wouldn't call it fancy but it doesn't feel like a fleet truck either.