I used to have a dodge. Haven’t had one in 4-5 years. This site still pops up in my email I have some time this morning so I figured I’d check it out lol and oh boy was this a good thread to read. Y’all need to buy a GM truck I’ll never go back.
This power wagon is a pavement princess so why would you need that many bricks in your bed? Snow? Buy the proper snow tires for it then. Or air your tires down.
You have wasted bed space now specially with a bed cover lol. What are you gonna put in there groceries? This truck has a bed weight probably near 3500 pounds max which you just dropped your pay load by a bit and notice how you had to adjust your headlights? Well now your suspension is in an odd position and tho this truck can haul weight it’s not designed to be squatted all the time you will be going through driveline ujoints faster and shocks just more wear and tear in general even your brakes and motor. Better get used to how it accelerates and stops too. You would be surprised what a couple hundred pounds does to your overall stop.
Pretty odd thing to do lol but not my tuck. I like my bed space, I like using my truck how it was intended, and I like a truck that’s going to perform
these dodges just suck. The Cummins is awesome but other then that they are junk. I’ve had a couple rams and a couple fords. I would take my old 99 7.3 Ford over my 2000, 2004, and 2006 HD Dodge any day of the week. I run heavy equipment for a living and own my own excavation company been doing it for nearly 15 years. For a large portion of it I traveled all over the place. That being said I haul minis, skid steers, small dozers, lots of rock, 37’ fifth wheel, etc. I haul a lot of weight on a daily basis usually. I could NEVER get a ram to make it more then idk year or year and a half without replacing the front end, transmission was usually right behind it, and then the rest of the body lol my 06 you could see day light through the door seals. If it was snowing it was snowing in the cab as well. I have had real Dodge Death Wobble while hauling my fifth wheel. That was fun. Every driver seat was destroyed within 100k miles. They just fall apart. The only thing I haven’t had trouble with is the infamous Cummins I built my top end in my driveway with basic hand tools something you couldn’t say about for or GM.
Ford was quite a bit better but like dodge they are very basic. If I’m spending more and more every new truck I buy I want the creature comforts. With a Ford you could throw a lot of power at a stock transmission they just last longer The front end is better and the parts seem to last longer even trim, doors, interior parts.
Gm is the way to go my last duramax went to nearly 350k when I sold it Now I have a 2008 and a 16. The 2008 is almost 250k miles. Not an issue aside from the stock emissions clogged around 130k miles. Anyways ya I worked my way through Ford and dodge to settle on a truck that is truly superior.
What I got from this post is you don’t need a truck with a bed lol need a Subaru or something.
