Is a dually needed?

[foreman Etexas]

so if I drove this to Texas, it would be sure to impress the ladies...

hint hint where are those two Texas TBN gals...

It will get them looking for sure,lol.

 

[daugen]

well foreman, in this area, where volvos and priuses range, all I get are looks from the guys driving pickups or Tahoes. The ladies, well, no...most are too busy texting for their next nail appointment.

truck goes back to the dealer today to get my running boards installed, plus the mudflaps and Bilstein shocks. Hope the latter will help the ride.
next week a rollback aluminum cover goes on, and it's done, and I can finally get stuff out of my back seat and into the bed.

2014 Ram 3500 HD Laramie Longhorn First Test - Motor Trend
I found this on motortrend, on a fancier model. Interesting how much slower the accel is on this than the Duramax. Even with 4.10 gears like mine.
Well all I can say is that unloaded, which is all I have experience so far with, if one puts one's foot in it in lower gears, it has zero problems "keeping up" and for sure, I can outaccelerate most cars who aren't gunning it. Stoplights aren't the point of trucks, we all know that, what I want to feel is that steady long surge of torque pulling me up a long hill. where before the gasser was just wailing away as I played foot ballet with the accelerator trying to get the right gear on an up or down shift. That motorhome just loved grabbing two gears and going right to 4800rpm. Never got to a place where I needed to keep that going for more than a second or two, and usually because of the cruise control being on. With a diesel I bet I can use the cruise more. I love being over in the right lane doing 62 in a 60-65 while everyone else flies on by and I just mind my own business and watch out for onramp flow. really is life in the slow lane, and since I usually meet up with many of the fast movers at the next light or two, well not like I'm wasting my life over there...

It is hard to turn off being strong and competitive in business, and then not be competitive on the highway. The right lane does that nicely for me. No expectation of going fast over there. If it's a busy road, I'll stay in the middle lane. Recently, I've noticed on both rv and car travels that if half the state of NC would get out of the left lane, where they think it is normal to drive in, the rest of the world wouldn't be over in the other lanes desperately trying to get by. Headed back down there tomorrow, in my car; boy are the roads nice once you hit the lower DelMar peninsula heading towards the tunnel and Portsmouth. Having a stiff suspension "up here" in pothole land is brutal.

Not sure this truck will fit under the garage door in the new home I'm looking at, maybe...but at least there's a metal shelter cover there I can use for awhile.
Lastly, I was happy to get my insurance bill and my company Westfield classed it as the largest truck they would allow on a normal car policy, and fully covered for under a grand a year. Totally non business use of course.

 

[daugen]

am pleased to report that the new truck is running fine. Dealership got the black running boards, and the all black heavy rubber mudflaps on, while the truck accessory place installed the rollback bed cover and the fold down step for the rear bumper. sorry, pics to follow.
I asked if they could make a tan colored rollback and no, just like Ford, black, black, black.

Lastly, the front Bilsteins went on fine, and boy do they make the front ride plush. really, almost like a car...
Alas the rears had the wrong mounting bolt setup and could not be installed.
So the rear bounce remains, though not unreasonable. funny, dealer said bilstein simply does not make a set for the rears. hard to believe...
I had sort of hoped they would have come back and said well dummy you ordered the wrong parts but here are the right ones, for a hundred bucks a piece instead of 80, or whatever. But nothing. I'll keep looking. what worked on a 2012 does not work on a 2014; different shock mounts apparently. wonder why there isn't an adapter kit...

and I even tried using the Jake brake. Funny little chuffing noise but one uses the brakes about half as much up until the last part of stopping.
Without a load on, I'll leave it off.

sure doing a poor job of "breaking it in"...the thing is just loafing along in local traffic, often at light throttle doing its pleasant rattle rattle at 1100 rpm, still pulling...
only the slightest of throttle is needed. I try to run up the rpm at lights once in a while if i can, but I'm sure not putting any kind of load on this thing, and won't for a while. Need a tractor pull sled to make it break a sweat...

 

[wmonroe]

Very nice truck! Use the exhaust brake as much as you would like, it cycling on/off actually is good for the turbo as it helps keep the variable vane slide nozzle clean (poor explanation, lol).

 

[Fordman1981]

am pleased to report that the new truck is running fine. Dealership got the black running boards, and the all black heavy rubber mudflaps on, while the truck accessory place installed the rollback bed cover and the fold down step for the rear bumper. sorry, pics to follow. I asked if they could make a tan colored rollback and no, just like Ford, black, black, black. Lastly, the front Bilsteins went on fine, and boy do they make the front ride plush. really, almost like a car... Alas the rears had the wrong mounting bolt setup and could not be installed. So the rear bounce remains, though not unreasonable. funny, dealer said bilstein simply does not make a set for the rears. hard to believe... I had sort of hoped they would have come back and said well dummy you ordered the wrong parts but here are the right ones, for a hundred bucks a piece instead of 80, or whatever. But nothing. I'll keep looking. what worked on a 2012 does not work on a 2014; different shock mounts apparently. wonder why there isn't an adapter kit... and I even tried using the Jake brake. Funny little chuffing noise but one uses the brakes about half as much up until the last part of stopping. Without a load on, I'll leave it off. sure doing a poor job of "breaking it in"...the thing is just loafing along in local traffic, often at light throttle doing its pleasant rattle rattle at 1100 rpm, still pulling... only the slightest of throttle is needed. I try to run up the rpm at lights once in a while if i can, but I'm sure not putting any kind of load on this thing, and won't for a while. Need a tractor pull sled to make it break a sweat...

A couple of things.

1. The exhaust brake on the 2013 and 2014 is a smart brake. I do t remember the details right off hand but one press is one mode 2 presses is another and a 3rd press is off.

2. It says in your manual to break the cummins diesel in with a load. Refer to your manual for details.

Enjoy your truck it's a nice one.

 

[some zilch]

and I even tried using the Jake brake.

that's not a jake brake, there sunshine; its an exhaust brake. also known as a "flapper". jake brakes open exhaust valves when activated; your system is a flapper in the exhaust pipe. an improvement over just the juice brakes, but not anything like a jake brake.