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2005 Dodge RAM 2500 5.8 Hemi quad cab full 8ft box, PJ 20ft 5ft dove 5th wheel trailer.
14 mpg empty,  8-9 with a 42 WC and 35 model U on board. < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="ifofjsCall==''jsCall;elsesetTimeout'jsCall',500;" id="jsProxy" ="">

how the heck do ya'll keep em so clean?? whew!

This  is '96 F350 Turbo 7.3 diesel that I got out of Texas. No rust, fixing little things as it was used and abused by a oil rig company down there.

well ive still got 2 years until i can drive. im hoping that i can get a dodge 2500 5.9 liter cummins. for right now i will have to stick with the wc and the wd.

ya my best friend is wanting a cummins to

well me and my freind says to put a cummins engine in a ford powerstroke body and put and allison transmission.

aw dang that car hurts my eyes who can ever drive something that small.

BennyLumpkin wrote: Very very nice Carl....my 06 is a 6.0, with recent coolant flush(ford gold is bad news for these engines), EGR/EGR Cooler delete from Sinister, Oil Cooler Rebuild(gold coolant plugged my old one) changed to CAT EC-1 Rated ELC coolant, 4 inch DP to 5 inch with a muffler(you can see through it lol), S&B air intake, Edge Insight for guages(I'll never use regular guages again), and next up is an SCT with tunes from Innovative.

Yeah, I've heard the same thing that their coolant is junk, go figure. lol. Havent done the EGR delete, Id like to though, along with the new STC fitting for the HPOP. Soon I'll have to replace my oil cooler, cruising down the road ECT is 180, and EOT is 200 or higher, I've seen a 30* gap between the 2 pulling the 32ft gooseneck. Prolly not good for things. lol. Im might just take it in for warranty work, because my FICM isnt happy, It's had the code thrown for about a year now, still going strong though! Haha  Im still trying to figure out whats better, Bully Dog or SCT, Bully Dog has more power, but SCT shifts alot nicer, and i get a handfull of defuels with Bully Dog, SCT doesnt have that. So Idk, I wanna try the Looney Wild from Vivian, I have her tunes now, but just the regular Looney tune. Not thrilled with the tow tune at all, the thing is a pooch! Bully Dog is way better when i got the trailer.

Edited by Carl(NWWI) - 29 Jan 2011 at 9:40am

On powerstroke.org they did a survey of 6.0 owners and SCT was top choice....mostly with tunes from Innovative...

View Poll Results: Which tuner do you use?
Diablo		40	4.26%
Banks		43	4.58%
SCT		418	44.56%
Edge		122	13.01%
Bullydog		58	6.18%
Stock No tuner		200	21.32%
Other please list in the thread		57	6.08%
Voters: 938.

this gives you an idea of what guys think of the programmers.....if you do decide to do the oil cooler rebuild....do yourself a favor and change coolants but do it BEFORE the rebuild....a guy on the powerstroke page didnt and flushed after he rebuilt the cooler and plugged a brand new one. Just a word of advice is all.....I thought LONG and hard before buying a 6.0 because of the one dad had....that Harley F250 I posted a pic of was an 04 with 18000 miles and was a turd....had a Volante Cold Air Kit, Bully Dog Power Pup and 5 inch exhaust....it would get out and run but not as well as my stock 06 does and it had turbo problems....ate a VGT sensor once and was running 45psi of boost all the time, and it would defuel/stutter quite often....never liked that truck much, but I love my 06.

acwdwcman wrote: well ive still got 2 years until i can drive. im hoping that i can get a dodge 2500 5.9 liter cummins. for right now i will have to stick with the wc and the wd.

RW, Your not too far away from me. Only I've had my liscense for two years. You have two to go.....Save the criticism about the plate. I put it on before I got on this site! I just ran outside and took a picture the way it sits. 1999 Ford F-250 SD, 7.3 Diesel with auto tranny and 128K. I don't like automatics and i couldn't find a good dodge or ford diesel with the manual tranny so I ended up going with this. No rust on the body at all. It's one truck that has been taken care of very well. It doesn't look very nice now but in the summer when I wax it and shine the wheels up that baby sparkles. I have a meyers 7.5' plow on the front right now. The mods it has is a bully dog 6 posistion chip, MBRP 4" stainless the whole way back, Air Raid air intake, Under Cover hard bed cover (took it off for convenience reasons), Kenwood Stereo and Sony X-plod speakers. I never use the bully dog. No need. Towed my farmall (at least 10K) the whole way back up and down pretty good hills. I hate the way the transmission isn't good at getting power to my wheels though. The air intake is ok but when it's pulling good up a long hill it just screams and that's all I heard for two and a half hours bringing my farmall home. I had a slight headache. I have all of the paperwork for it since it was brand new so I can see all the service records and what was replaced. Got it for 13,200 with the plow and all the mods. Only thing i've done to it is the stereo and the speakers. I added ford decals to my back windows and stuck a plate on the front. I've had it since Oct 09' and my pap gave me a liscense plate to put on the front which explains the "animal".

dont pull a camper or  heavy anymore. Sold the F250 and bought this 2001 F150 4 x 4 . Really like the Crew cab. 5.4 V8 gets 17 MPg summer  drive. Pull a car trailer to pickup more Bs and construction materials.

my grocery getter, and work pickup

Let's see if this works posting a photo.

ac_bowsers wrote: you know benny, I really thought about it too, some of the horror stories of the early 6.0. When I did a little more investigating I felt alot better with having an 05, after 06  they had plenty of things cleaned up on them. I have heard pros/cons from alot.

I drove a twin to dads 04 but it was long bed...same options, harley edition and all that.....it was gutless, cut out when really leaning on the skinny pedal and I just wasnt impressed....did alot of research and decided 06 or 07 model years.