EastWestHemi
Senior Member
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2017
- Posts
- 154
- Reaction score
- 70
- Location
- Out West
- Ram Year
- 2016 2500
- Engine
- 6.4 w/4.10s
I have been following along for a couple months. Bought my silver, crew, long bed, trademans, 4.10 last august for a trip up to the mountains with my family. Bought at hoblit in woodland ca for ~$34,500, it booked for 45k. Needed the cargo room and now have a tonneau. Previously life was a farmer on the east coast with '03 duramax and '05 Cummins dually, but now work in construction and don't need the towing power. Really like the truck. Would eventually like to get a boat and camper when I can move out of the suburbs and won't have to pay for storage.
Changed the oil at 2500 miles last week, I commute in a beater car so this truck will last me at least 20 years.... no salt on the roads here.
I plan on dumping my differential fluids around 5k and going with Mobil delvac. I stuck to the pennzoil ultra 0w40 on the first changed, but will be switching over to pennzoil platinum euro 0w40... $22.50 at Walmart vs $50 srt Amazon. Voas on bob the oil show ultra with more moly, platinum with more everything else. My Manuel states SN oil required of 0w40, so really could go with Castrol or Mobil also. Not sure when I want to dump the tranny, have always done it at 10k on every vehicle I own.
Love hemi motors, my last one was in a grand Cherokee and I went the full Inertia motor sports cam, heads, headers, etc. I do all the work myself, it is pretty much the only relaxation I get anymore.... (kids). Not ready to tear into this one anytime soon, but the 4.56s really intrigue me in the future. I might chime in from time to time, let you know how my break-in is going.
Oh yeah, my wife would rather ride around in my truck than her tdi Touareg, but if I make it loud like my last hemi I'm done for. Now that I'm not in my 20s anymore I like the quietness and civility of the truck.
sure would have liked another Cummins, but with what I do I'd plug up the dpf and be in a world of pain. No delete option in this god foresaken state.
Changed the oil at 2500 miles last week, I commute in a beater car so this truck will last me at least 20 years.... no salt on the roads here.
I plan on dumping my differential fluids around 5k and going with Mobil delvac. I stuck to the pennzoil ultra 0w40 on the first changed, but will be switching over to pennzoil platinum euro 0w40... $22.50 at Walmart vs $50 srt Amazon. Voas on bob the oil show ultra with more moly, platinum with more everything else. My Manuel states SN oil required of 0w40, so really could go with Castrol or Mobil also. Not sure when I want to dump the tranny, have always done it at 10k on every vehicle I own.
Love hemi motors, my last one was in a grand Cherokee and I went the full Inertia motor sports cam, heads, headers, etc. I do all the work myself, it is pretty much the only relaxation I get anymore.... (kids). Not ready to tear into this one anytime soon, but the 4.56s really intrigue me in the future. I might chime in from time to time, let you know how my break-in is going.
Oh yeah, my wife would rather ride around in my truck than her tdi Touareg, but if I make it loud like my last hemi I'm done for. Now that I'm not in my 20s anymore I like the quietness and civility of the truck.
sure would have liked another Cummins, but with what I do I'd plug up the dpf and be in a world of pain. No delete option in this god foresaken state.