My Dodge

I see people posting comments about the dodge 3500 trans. not lasting, the rear end not lasting, ect. So, I tought I 'd post my results so far. I have a 2008 3500 with cummins 6.7. I haul oilfield equip. with a 40' gooseneck trailer that weighs close to 9k without a load. My loads vary from a couple thousand to 16 or 18k. I have 259,000 miles on the truck so far. Motor, never been touched except for maintaince, trans. never been touched except for maintaince, rear end, same thing. I just got the front suspension rebuilt at about 240k, just replaced the A/C system at 258k, Just replaced the u-joints at 240k, The DPF accidently fell of as well as EGR. Lets see, what else have I replaced, oh yes, the factory radio died. I hope I get a couple more yrs. out of this truck and probably will as it still runs smooth as silk. I thought it was having injector issues a few months ago but after running 2 bottles of sea foam through it problem vanished. I work my truck HARD but,,,, I drive it easy. I need this truck to support my family and dont regret choosing this truck at all. Some people will break any truck because they think every drive is a race and some people really dont know how to drive. I looked at a new Ford f350 with the 6.7l recently, there wasnt an inch of room in that engine compartment and the salesman couldnt find the fuel filter. I told him thanks for convincing me to stick with Dodge.

 

Yea, these things happen. Lucky for me I had a replacement pipe laying around in a UPS box.