Well, I have gone against my own logic. Sadly.
The 1996 " Black Beast " (Ram 1500 4x4 / 318 V8 / 5-speed) would not pull my 23 ft. camper worth a flip. Think several things were at fault there. Namely, 170xxx miles on it and the 35" tires.
Just not enough grunt. :-/
I was just before swapping the engine out to a good 'ol 360 and was
also going to swap the axles out to 4.10's. Then I had a nibble on a for-sale ad I had posted on it that turned into a really good sale for me.
Made ALL my money back, PLUS a Remington Model 7 .308 rifle with a
Weaver 4X scope on it. :-D
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BUT.
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THEN.............
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I went to the RAM dealership.
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Oh Lord.
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It, , , , it's just so, , , , , RED!
And, , , , , 4 doors!!!
It NEEDS me. Hmmmm. Will it pull my camper, lets look at the window
sticker and see.
395HP HEMI. Check. 3.93 Posi Trac axles! Check! 4x4! CHECK!
WRITE A REALLY BIG CHECK! 0_0
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So, after a "OK" phone call with the wifeeeeee, a 2015 RAM 1500 Express
Quad Cab 4X4 Hemi 6 sped ( auto :-/ ) sits in my drive.
And I am $35,280 poorer.
BUT, it has a lifetime powertrain warranty. FREE!
$100 deductible. That's it. I read the fine print top to bottom something like 5 times looking for a clause. Nope. It's legit.
I have the dealership do all my service work per as the maintenance schedule requires, and that is it. No biggy, as I am getting to cantankerous to go crawling under trucks to work on them anymore.
lol
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Ohhhhhh. The things I do in the name of Camping. :-D
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Oh, and it is also my daily driver work truck as well. ( Self Employed so I get to write off $0.57 per mile while " on duty " )

 

Congrats on the new truck man!

Any pics?

 

Congrats! Pictures?

 

Just of it bone stock. All I have done so far is have a trailer brake controller installed, and front Huskie mud flaps and the Westin stainless steel step tubes put on at Street Dynamics. I have ordered the set of rear mud guards. I also plopped in a rubber bed mat because the 4 buckets ( 5 gallon buckets of house paint ) were sliding all over the place on that slick shiny new truck bed paint!!! LOL Bit otherwise it is just stock.
Will snap a pick or two tomorrow.

 

Lets try this again. First 3 times I tried this the post failed. Grrrrrrrrr.
OK, here is a pic from this morning of the 'ol RAM doing work.
6' x 10' hydraulic dump trailer. I loaded up 580 lbs. of OLD compost, mulch, and leaves plus recent grass clippings into that trailer with a SHOVEL! That took a while!
Never the less, got it all done. 2 trips to the landfill later. ( taken at my flip house, not my live in home )

 

Well, I cant seem to get pic to load. It does not say why. It does not say it failed. Just when I click insert photo, the screen goes away and returns to normal messaging mode. Stupid computers! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

Are you just "right clicking" and trying to insert image, or are you left clicking on the little mountain picture in the menu bar above the text box?

 

I left click the mountain image icon thingy, get a pop up window and click on "Browse Your Device" and select the photo of the RAM. It shows a 0-99% loading and then the picture is in that box. I type in a description and then in the top right corner of that window I click on " Insert " . The window disappears like all is OK. I post my message. But no picture comes up. :-/