2005 1 ton Ram diesel
In 2005 my husband & I went fulltime with a large 5th wheel & our new from the factory Ram. We fulltimed for almost 8 years. The truck now has 160,000 miles on it. It seems to run great. Have had ...
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Grit dog wrote:
So, Ebrake, new converter and VB, injectors, cause those WILL be going out soon....
Plus add a little more $ for the other unknowns, and now the experts have her sinking a min of $8k into her rig just to make it "roadworthy."
Yes, I know about most/all of the upgrades to make a 3rd gen more capable. Have half of them myself on my truck, but this isn't a cheap venture if the lady follows advice that has her doing all this "stuff" to pull a little trailer.
Guessing she's not as mechanically inclined as, say, burningman, so warm up the checkbook, it'll get a workout.
Again, I'm not minimizing the usefulness of an exhaust brake, but it's not the doom n gloom portrayed here. Unless the hills got steeper in the southwest since we left CO, NM, AZ, I've got several hundred thousand miles driving those states in everything from a 6 banger F150 to a Dmax/Cummins. And I really don't recall the "oh shoot" moments that are portrayed as fact here. I also knew better than to come down Wolf Creek Pass in a F250 gasser with a 10k trailer behind it. I went through Alamosa. Was cheaper than buying a diesel with an exhaust brake!
The OP is from Wisconsin. The midwest is very flat we don't really have any steep grades. What seems like no big deal to some one from mountain areas can be a little challenging if not scary for someone that is not use to it.
