Vintage RAM.... what to do?
I cannot believe how long I've been away from this forum but it seems like just yesterday. In 2003 I agonized over diesel v gas and would the Dodge 48RE tow heavy. I can surely say that now I KNOW...
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dodge guy wrote:
I like the idea of going through an older truck and making it as relible as new. But for the money ...
I guess I can probably run some numbers and evaluate this...
For now my truck is a dandy daily driver that costs me nothing and without towing heavy should last a long time. I guess in my mind it does not have a trade-in value, but that is not true.
I guess I could also decide just how much longer I really want to have a truck (at least another decade I'd say) and maybe a used truck could be a reliable tow vehicle at a good cost and also hold value?
I think that my unknowns on what the emissions did to 3/4 ton trucks makes me wonder... Initially I thought it killed efficiency? I have one buddy who is an owner/operator on a big rig who said the emissions junk makes his life miserable in the HDT realm... So despite being old tech I do kinda cling to my pre-emissions truck instinctively.
