the 6.2 is stout if you upgrade the heads, otherwise it'll drop valves like there's no tomorrow

11/2/2009 1:46:33 PM

well damn

11/5/2009 11:38:51 AM

thats what i said

11/5/2009 2:03:39 PM

Yewkneedwunnadeez:

(2007 Sema show concept: Dodge Ram BFT... guess what that stands for? )

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/sema-2007-dodge-ram-bft/#11


yeah, I know it's not actually available. I just remembered it when I read the title of the thread. Ram brand may be getting into heavy-hauling market and so they reused the image of this truck this morning on autoblog.

11/5/2009 2:19:55 PM

IIRC wasnt that someone's personal custom truck?

think it has dual dual-6" exhaust outlets as well

11/5/2009 3:21:53 PM

^^yes, dodge is (or already has, actually) stepping back into the medium duty market under the sterling name plate.

11/5/2009 6:12:27 PM

yeah i was gonna get an 03-up and put a sterling grille on it

11/5/2009 6:43:30 PM

^that's a fucking poser thing to do hoss

11/5/2009 7:11:23 PM

in what way exactly?

11/5/2009 7:23:55 PM

i just think it's cheesy (i guess it really doesnt matter since the sterling trucks arent that different)

11/5/2009 7:47:43 PM

Dodge sells the 35, 45, and 5500 under their own nameplate. You used to be able to get the Sterling Bullet which was the same as the 5500, but Sterling shut down.

11/5/2009 8:50:22 PM

i thought sterling was ford

11/9/2009 9:12:49 AM

So far I have noticed no real issues with the DRW truck. Running errands you are a little more concious of where you park than you would be with a regular sized vehicle, but not so much to make driving it a pain in the ass. For example its not as much a pain as running errands in a bread van.

11/15/2009 10:50:37 PM

you definately got conned

11/16/2009 3:41:01 PM

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"i thought sterling was ford"

weird. i know the sterling in raleigh is also a ford place but the sterling light-duty trucks are dodge.

11/16/2009 7:04:48 PM

I rented a 24ft Ford box truck that had a Cummins in it.

11/16/2009 7:08:31 PM

Quote :

"i thought sterling was ford"

Sterling used to be Ford but Ford sold Sterling to Daimler. Then Daimler decided to shutdown Sterling and only produce Freightliners.

The Dodge Ram / Sterling Bullet was a way for Diamler to sell the same truck in two different markets. The Ram could be bought from your local dodge dealer for people looking towards the upper end of the light duty market and the Bullet could be bought from a Sterling dealer at the low end of the medium duty market.

Quote :

"I rented a 24ft Ford box truck that had a Cummins in it."

The Cummins ISB is the current engine for the F650 and F750 since CAT decided not to build over the highway engines to meet 2010 emissions. Navistar has been building the 6.4L Powerstroke for the the smaller trucks but Ford and Navistar had a falling out and Ford will be building it's own 6.8L engine starting next year.

11/16/2009 10:10:40 PM

underpenis ninja edit?

11/19/2009 7:17:46 PM

yeah looks like it

11/19/2009 9:30:27 PM

sho nuff

11/20/2009 1:39:09 PM

finding used tires is a bitch!

11/25/2009 9:56:54 PM

I can't even fathom how much fun it would be to drive a DRW on Wake forest road.

11/25/2009 10:15:43 PM

Did it today from The Red Lobster to Millbrook in heavy traffic. Really its no big deal?

11/25/2009 10:23:46 PM

cool

[Edited on November 25, 2009 at 10:30 PM. Reason : i wasn't being sarcastic]

11/25/2009 10:26:56 PM

On the plus side, I have one cut rear tire that goes flat overnight, but you wouldnt know it if you didnt look.

11/25/2009 10:45:00 PM

Got some firestone transforce on the back now, still got to get some LRE on the fronts, the C range tires are rated about 800lbs to low for the heavy ass front end.

Another downside to the DRW is having to install the rear outer wheels so you can still get to the valvestem on the inner wheel. Not a big deal, just saying.

1/6/2010 10:53:06 AM

^what you need is some shaved 24.5's. gangster.

Quote :

"I rented a 24ft Ford box truck that had a Cummins in it."

you mean those piles of shit you rented when you moved? iirc those were c7 cats with cummins electronics.

[Edited on January 6, 2010 at 8:50 PM. Reason : i got a pair of 265/75/r16 firestone steeltex E's you can get for the front...]

1/6/2010 8:48:34 PM

I've rented two or three of those same size trucks since then

265 will rub, you need to come see what's stuffed in my front springs

1/6/2010 10:17:59 PM

Towed this thing like a champ 75mph to Durham, no fiddling with tounge weight, no trailer wag whatsoever. The Escalade did everything I needed it to do but this truck does it all so much better.

1/11/2010 11:29:11 AM

when are we putting a hitch on the back of my trailer and going somewhere with 3 trucks?

1/12/2010 1:31:14 AM

Quote :

"no fiddling with tounge weight"

it would still ride better. my shit looked good yesterday with my 18' trailer hooked up with a mini excavator on it.

1/12/2010 10:59:02 AM

Quote :

"when are we putting a hitch on the back of my trailer and going somewhere with 3 trucks? "

when you get a deisel excursion or you buy my weighted tag

1/13/2010 9:44:10 PM

we just spent $1k on a fuel pump for our f750 w/ cummins power. it was the lift pump in the tank... quality @ 55k miles

1/14/2010 7:47:15 PM

finally bought my tags today, weighted of course (17K) total was $450

1/14/2010 9:16:17 PM

^those tags suck. mine are only rated to 7K.

1/17/2010 8:21:59 AM

Not like you'd pull anything more than a lawnmower behind your truck anyhow.

1/17/2010 3:17:56 PM

Not like you'd pull anything more than a lawnmower behind your truck anyhow.

1/17/2010 3:44:46 PM

shit. even if i put a pushmower in the bed i'd be overweight. and i bet i've towed more than you have so far.

1/17/2010 5:34:45 PM

Well I dont have the get out of jail free card that you wonderful public servants do. If SHP pulls me you can be the scales are coming out.

1/17/2010 7:52:15 PM

yeah, well, i assure you the SHP gives no breaks for me, either. RPD and Wake SO might be a different story but hell they don't pull over anybody unless you are either 30-over or drunk as hell.

1/18/2010 9:08:27 AM

gotta love the suv exemption.

1/19/2010 12:07:33 AM

I get pulled all the time, on the scales about 3 times. no tickets just yet :-) why aren't you running the right weight on your truck psi? you know its truck and trailer combined. my kodiak is plated for 52k -->$$$

1/20/2010 6:47:07 PM

Quote :

"you know its truck and trailer combined. "

yes.

my kodiak is plated for 52k -->$$$ <---- that's why

[Edited on January 21, 2010 at 7:58 PM. Reason : -]

1/21/2010 7:57:36 PM

Well my tag was only like $242- the rest of the $450 was tax, title, etc.

1/21/2010 9:44:47 PM