Dad bought a new Ram

Yep!
Love my "05" 3500 for pulling 4 horses, and a living quarters, as well as my almost 3800 lb TC!

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h84/siseley/new%20truck%20and%20trailer/newtrailerpicsandnewtruck027.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h84/siseley/whirlwind%207%20states%202015/GEDC0310.jpg

We also bought it with just about 100,000 miles for 16,000
ALL the service receipts, and always at the correct time for service. AND....NO DEF!!
Bought it in 2010, and now have almost 190,000mi. (yeah, did put a new tranny in at 185,000!

that's why i bought a2002 dodge 3500 flatbed ho cummins,6 speed juice with attitude 3.73 gears = pulling machine $10500

Hope he bought it from Dave Smith.

cbshoestring wrote:
I kept thinking I could snag up a cheap three year old, USED, previously leased truck with 30,000ish miles that some one used to get groceries. NOPE...still cost you $25-30,000. Anything I found near twenty grand was already 5-8 yrs old, and had 50-100,000 miles on it.

I told the wife to sell the TT, we couldn't afford to tow it....we can only afford a cheap CAR.

This is why I driver a 1500 contractor model... Gave me a motor (5.7 Hemi), suspension (1668 payload), rear-end (373), etc... that could get the job done. Absolutely no thrills. Manual locks, roll up windows, walk my lazy butt out to the truck in the cold to start it. Less than $20,000 NEW (ok, 2013...bought in Jan 2014...technically previous year model).

I miss the days when no one but a farmer, construction worker, and the TT guys would be caught dead in a truck. They have become WAY to popular with people who do not really NEED a truck....popularity means EXPENSIVE.

My previous truck. 1999 Dakota I bought new in January 99. Rolled up windows for 15 yrs in that ol' girl.

Just told my wife the other day---if we hit the lottery, I am buying a truck with power windows.

EDIT: Just remembered my truck has a single CD player stuffed under the center consol/seat. Came standard with plug for MP3, phone chargers, etc...BUT dealer said that hidden CD player was an OPTION.

Went thru the same search as you. Bought a new 2015 Ram Tradesman reg cab for 22k.

My red truck truck matched my toy hauler.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28310024/gotomsg/28310264.cfm#28310264

I bought my last 2 new trucks from Harry Browns. Best people I ever dealt with!

B.O.

Bedlam wrote:

Bowhunter61 wrote:
I pick it up this Tuesday, flying to MN to get it. Here is the dealer pic

That silver ties the chrome in to the truck body. My Tradesman trim gives it a much darker nose (the black bed and boxes at least match).

It's going to match the TH much better than the Red 05 I have now

Bowhunter61 wrote:
I pick it up this Tuesday, flying to MN to get it. Here is the dealer pic

That silver ties the chrome in to the truck body. My Tradesman trim gives it a much darker nose (the black bed and boxes at least match).

I kept thinking I could snag up a cheap three year old, USED, previously leased truck with 30,000ish miles that some one used to get groceries. NOPE...still cost you $25-30,000. Anything I found near twenty grand was already 5-8 yrs old, and had 50-100,000 miles on it.

I told the wife to sell the TT, we couldn't afford to tow it....we can only afford a cheap CAR.

This is why I driver a 1500 contractor model... Gave me a motor (5.7 Hemi), suspension (1668 payload), rear-end (373), etc... that could get the job done. Absolutely no thrills. Manual locks, roll up windows, walk my lazy butt out to the truck in the cold to start it. Less than $20,000 NEW (ok, 2013...bought in Jan 2014...technically previous year model).

I miss the days when no one but a farmer, construction worker, and the TT guys would be caught dead in a truck. They have become WAY to popular with people who do not really NEED a truck....popularity means EXPENSIVE.

My previous truck. 1999 Dakota I bought new in January 99. Rolled up windows for 15 yrs in that ol' girl.

Just told my wife the other day---if we hit the lottery, I am buying a truck with power windows.

EDIT: Just remembered my truck has a single CD player stuffed under the center consol/seat. Came standard with plug for MP3, phone chargers, etc...BUT dealer said that hidden CD player was an OPTION.

I`de love a new truck, but for the kind of money they are going for today....even with the discounts it`s still crazy! I have $40k in my X and TT that we bought 9 years ago.