It's a 3.0 litre straight six...kind of a "mini-Cummins"....
Met an old guy up in the high Wyoming mountains a month ago who was driving one. Said he'd had it for about a year and absolutely loved it.
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Met an old guy up in the high Wyoming mountains a month ago who was driving one. Said he'd had it for about a year and absolutely loved it.
Runs With Scissors
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L2501 TLB , Grappel, Brush Hog, Box Blade, Ballast box, Forks, Tiller, PH digger
How much do you want for it????
I just stopped and looked at a White, 2001 extended cab Ram with a Cummins because it had "ARIZONA CAR" in big letters on windshield.
It had 188K on it, and the bed had a cut out for a goose neck.
I was not interested cause it was an auto-magic.....
He was asking $28,000...............That was 2 weeks ago and it's gone now. I have no idea what he actually got for it.
We use salt up here in MI, so those AZ cars get a bit of a premium.........
Just Sayin......
Very similar in my parts. Between that and up coming youngins willing and able to pay whatever it takes to get one.
And it happens just like @D2Cat was saying.
Our area is LOADED with trust fund babies, they'll get you out from under your sweet ride before you even know what happens.
GibbyESS9
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Sorry, Skeets yes its a diesel 3.0 6 cylinder turbo diesel. Cant beat the mileage. Around town 24mpg
everybody scared of turbocharger, yet nobody mentions that they are simple devices that are PROVEN in every single 18 wheeler that runs down the road. The turbocharger isn't the problem it's the owners that are usually the problem.
the 2.7 makes more torque than the 5.3 down low.
turbo engines were and still are used in aircraft too, so by themselves they are not less reliable.
that is the way automotive engineers are going, smaller displacement with forced induction. This way they can achieve excellent fuel usage characteristics and excellent emissions characteristics that satisfy the US government. Secondary benefit, when you want torque, you can have it. Just mash the pedal.
There is some different maintenance that should be done (more often than the book says....), and shut down needs to be a little different as well. Need to let stuff cool off a little before shutdown.
Then you have guys that can't leave stuff alone and start modding them. Turbocharged engines tend to respond a LOT better to mods and that also often leads to failure-not because the engine can't take it, mostly because tuners don't have the same kind of knowledge that OEM's do. I know y'all gonna argue about that....go ahead...ain't hurting my feelings.
the 2.7 makes more torque than the 5.3 down low.
turbo engines were and still are used in aircraft too, so by themselves they are not less reliable.
that is the way automotive engineers are going, smaller displacement with forced induction. This way they can achieve excellent fuel usage characteristics and excellent emissions characteristics that satisfy the US government. Secondary benefit, when you want torque, you can have it. Just mash the pedal.
There is some different maintenance that should be done (more often than the book says....), and shut down needs to be a little different as well. Need to let stuff cool off a little before shutdown.
Then you have guys that can't leave stuff alone and start modding them. Turbocharged engines tend to respond a LOT better to mods and that also often leads to failure-not because the engine can't take it, mostly because tuners don't have the same kind of knowledge that OEM's do. I know y'all gonna argue about that....go ahead...ain't hurting my feelings.