New truck and new to the forum.

justintyme01 · Mar 17, 2018

Well I did it. I went and bought a brand new ram 1500 today. I was getting tired of putting up with my 20 year old f250 so I started shopping around. I feel i got a really good deal and figured I would try to start a thread on how my truck holds up over the long term.

I put about 100 miles on it today and love it so far. It rides great and with the 3.21 gearing and 8 speed transmission it seems like the rpms are always low even when I’m on the small to mid size hills around here. Averaged about 19 after my ride today. Mostly highway with a little bit of city driving through pittsburgh. I didn’t push the truck at all today and stayed around 60-65 on the highway. I wanted to take it easy while breaking the truck in. I know the 5.7 has a ton of power and I can’t wait to play with it a bit.

My truck is a 4wd quad cab with the 6’5 bed. It’s bright white and i guess it’s an st? I was a little confused with the st/express trim. The only things I am going to add is the factory trailer brake and a trifold tonneau cover. I was quoted around 430 to have it installed. I’ll probably update this thread next weekend when I put some miles on the truck.

Flip-er · Mar 17, 2018

Sounds nice
Welcome to the Forum.
You will learn a lot here as I have.
Please post pics.
and
Congrads on new ride

JB1 · Mar 17, 2018

Congrats and welcome

quietpeen · Mar 17, 2018

Welcome

MADDOG · Mar 17, 2018

Welcome to RamForum and congrats on the new truck.

Harley Harrold · Mar 18, 2018

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Joe w. · Mar 18, 2018

Welcome

Ramm5.7 · Mar 18, 2018

Wecome and congratz on the "bright white" truck!!
Gotta love em lol

Hawkman · Mar 18, 2018

Congrats and welcome.

TruckTime19 · Mar 18, 2018

Welcome and congrats! :cheers:

Jarhead57 · Mar 18, 2018

Welcome to the group, enjoy the new ride :cheers:

justintyme01 · Mar 18, 2018

Someone asked for a pic of the truck so I took a quick one when I finished splitting wood today. Almost 200 miles already!

Dustin Steffey · Mar 20, 2018

justintyme01 said:
Well I did it. I went and bought a brand new ram 1500 today. I was getting tired of putting up with my 20 year old f250 so I started shopping around. I feel i got a really good deal and figured I would try to start a thread on how my truck holds up over the long term.

I put about 100 miles on it today and love it so far. It rides great and with the 3.21 gearing and 8 speed transmission it seems like the rpms are always low even when I’m on the small to mid size hills around here. Averaged about 19 after my ride today. Mostly highway with a little bit of city driving through pittsburgh. I didn’t push the truck at all today and stayed around 60-65 on the highway. I wanted to take it easy while breaking the truck in. I know the 5.7 has a ton of power and I can’t wait to play with it a bit.

My truck is a 4wd quad cab with the 6’5 bed. It’s bright white and i guess it’s an st? I was a little confused with the st/express trim. The only things I am going to add is the factory trailer brake and a trifold tonneau cover. I was quoted around 430 to have it installed. I’ll probably update this thread next weekend when I put some miles on the truck.

Congrats and welcome!

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justintyme01 · Mar 21, 2018

Just a quick update, we got hammered by snow up here in PA today. I have to drive an hour each way to school and back and the truck handled it fine.

Of course i slowed down a lot and used the 4wd more than i normally would. The roads weren’t touched when I left and there’s something about a new truck that makes me more cautious when driving in bad weather.

I put about 400 miles on the truck already and I’m still getting around 19mpg. Very impressed especially with the use of 4wd and letting it warm up for a bit before I take off.

I’m hoping to haul my first load of fire wood in my new truck this weekend. Looking forward to seeing how it handles the load since it doesn’t have leaf springs and I might tow a load of firewood behind me. It’s mostly ash so it’ll be heavy but I think it’ll handle it fine.

RamCreeper · Mar 22, 2018

Welcome nice looking truck!

JJP71584 · Mar 22, 2018

Welcome...This forum is a great resource, especially for new Ram owners to get the most out of their trucks.

justintyme01 · May 6, 2018

I have about 2500 miles on the truck so far, I’m actually getting great fuel economy. It’s averaging 22.4 right now. That’s going off of the mpg display but I’ve also hand jammed it. The reading is very close to the actual numbers. Most of my driving is highway.

I’ve hauled a good bit of drywall and matierial and the truck never knew it was there. It barely squat with 800 pounds in the bed.

The only problem I’ve had was one my back up camera didn’t work one morning. It came back on when I stopped at the store so idk why it didn’t work when I left my house. It’s been working ever since.

Ledawg · May 13, 2018

Welcome

joeygster · May 13, 2018

Welcome to the forum...you picked the best colour.

justintyme01 · May 29, 2018

Just keeping the thread updated as promised. Took my first road trip last week for work and averaged 25.3mpg over 560 miles! Love this truck and couldn’t ask for more.

4500 miles already and just had my first oil change last weekend. Dealership says to change it every 5000 miles but the manual says go by the Olm. I’ll probably stick to the 5k mile rule during my warranty so they have no reason to deny me if something happened.

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