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07-29-2014, 06:37 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 26
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Upgraded today
Well I finally bit the bullet on a new "old" 2013 ram 2500 cummins truck today. I have been towing my 9000# trailer with my hemi ram 1500. I had added airbags and a transmission cooler but still always worried about running at near 100%. Plus my mileage was bad bad bad. 6mpg on a good day. The last time I weighed my rig complete was just a little over 16k gcvw. So today I traded in my beloved 1500 for a 2500. I am excited to pick up my new one tomorrow and the first trip is booked for this weekend. Anyway pics to come and parts to order. 
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07-30-2014, 05:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: MA
Posts: 3,153
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Congrats and enjoy. Really liked the upgrade I did from a 150 and I am sure you will like yours as well.
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07-30-2014, 05:58 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: four corners
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Thats neat. You wont miss your 1500. You'll be glad with the 2500
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07-30-2014, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Eastern U.P. of Michigan
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X2 on what Crazyinjun said. Plus you're gonna love what the Cummins can do. 
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'21 Ram 3500 w/6.7 Cummins - Sinister Diesel oil bypass
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07-30-2014, 07:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 110
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Congratulations , I envy u ... I'm working on doing the same in a few months! Have fun.....
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07-31-2014, 02:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 502
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Congrats, you will not regret it. I did similar this week and had the first tow last night. My trailer loaded up is only 8200 pounds but the 1500 struggled and had some tail wag where the 3500 does not know the trailer is there.
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2014 RAM 6.7 Cummins Diesel
2015 Sandpiper 30IOK
All I care about is camping, maybe three people and beer!
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07-31-2014, 08:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Ottawa Valley
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Congrats. You should see a 100% increase in mileage compared to your old HEMI towing and empty (if it did not have cylinder deativation). You will be a happy camper
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08-03-2014, 04:42 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Naples
Posts: 23
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Congrats on the new ride!
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08-04-2014, 11:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 134
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Congrats! Once you tow with a diesel, you'll never want to return to a gasser. Also check out the Cummins forum, great bunch of guys there and lots of information on the Dodge Ram trucks with the Cummins diesel engines
http://www.cumminsforum.com/
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08-05-2014, 11:55 AM
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Northeast OH
Posts: 44
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Congrats!
Give cumminsforum.com a try. This a lot of information on this site.
Best of luck.
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08-07-2014, 07:26 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 26
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Thanks everyone
I wanted to post my results from our first trip with the cummins. Lets start by saying wow. With the tt loaded and the family ready to go the 1500 tipped the scales at 16k and averaged 6 mpg at 60 mph. The same load in the 2500 weighed in at 17.4k and got amost 11 mpg at 63 mph. Everyone was more confortable as the 2500 has a little more room in the back seat.
We had a little bit of tail wag with the bigger truck but got that worked out after I lowered the hitch to the lowest setting and removed the the weight distribution bars. They really weren't needed as the the tt didn't even level the truck. So far I am very pleased. The ability to monitor transmission temp and about everything else on the truck also gives me peace of mind.
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