Looking for a reliable diesel truck
I'm looking for a reliable diesel truck. I like the idea of finding one of the dodge 12 valves but I haven't hand any luck. I want to replace my 2005 dodge 2500 Hemi. My 5th wheel fully loaded can...
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Chuck .. wrote:
My truck is a standard 99 diesel 2500 SLT 2 wheel drive, club cab with 3.54 rear end gears. GVWR is 8,800, rear end rating is 6084 and front GAWR is 4,410.
I am not the type to just throw caution to the wind and haul an RV that will tear up my truck and or put my family and others in danger.
When I was about 23 years old, I lost my brakes coming down a paved logging road with a full load of fire wood in the back end. The friends that were following me thought that I lost it and was somewhere down at the bottom of a ravine, dead. By the grace of God I didn't drive the truck over a cliff and was able to drive the old pickup truck through 25 mile per hour curve, going sideways doing 55 to 60.
If I had a Go-Pro camera in my truck, I could have made a movie and sold it to Hollywood for a million. I'm sure it would have scared the hell out of most stunt drivers! And it sure scared me!
When towing anything now, I drive like a "smart" old man down hills. Not a dumb young kid that lays six foot under in a cemetery.
Chuck, not caution to the wind. If you read my signature, you will see I run a PacBrake with a manual transmission. I seldom need to touch the service brakes going down long grades. With the Camper package I have the same springs as a 3500 DRW,
I don't have or need air bags and keep up with front end mantainace so feel safe driving roads like below, between 55 to 60 mph.
