Ford, Ram, GMC, Silverado?

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  1. haz-matguru

    haz-matguru Road Train Member

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    Grab a toter truck similar to this and you won't have any issues.



    But if you can't find a good toter. Go after a ram 5500. They have sturdier frames than those whimpy 3500's & 4500's
     
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  3. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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  4. FLHT

    FLHT Road Train Member

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    YES
     
  5. plant

    plant Heavy Load Member

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    Probably just as many nuts falling off cummins grid heaters as there are balancers shearing off duramax cranks
     
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  6. ESAFO

    ESAFO Light Load Member

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    Cummins grid heater bolt deal just recently happened to a buddy of mine he has a 18' 2500 with about 85k on it.
    He started noticing it making more chattering noise than normal about 2 months ago & just figured it was a bitter cold spell we were in.
    Took it to dealer & after talking with them & looking it over, this is when he 1rst found out about particular issue.
    If there's any doubt about the Cummins engine, he drove it for a week before going to dealer with that bolt tumbling around inside the block just chewing stuff up but did'nt skip a beat.
    It's still sitting at dealer i actually just asked him the other day what's going on with it, he said his turn is scheduled for 1rst week of May.
    Evidently this is a more common issue than Cummins fans are aware of, they live in Erie Pa area & dealer he went to had 4 remans to do in front of his for same issue.
    After doing alot of reading up on said issue after the fact he said there is a relocation kit for the grid heater, so people with these trucks might want to look into the relocation kit before being without your truck for months.
     
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  7. FLHT

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    They all have their own issues.
    And none of the fixes are cheap.
     
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