Best 3 trucks you've ever owned.

[Snobdds]

I just met up with another farmer today. He was driving a Ford 6L. Sounded awful. He just gawked at my Ram the whole time, asked me all kinds of questions. Of course one was “Hey when did ja get the Dawdge CumminGs?“

I reminded him “Dawdge” hasn’t made trucks for over a decade.
Ford guys are kinda slow.

Man I miss the days when you could just talk straight up, you know?
Now it’s all about feelings.

Did you have to explain the difference between stellantis, dodge and ram...what years are what and who owned who when?

 

[herringchoker]

1. 1979 F100 - bought 1987, ran until December 2009, was still working great but the rusties got it. 300, 3 on the tree converted to 4 spd (Warner T-18), 3 extra leaves in rear springs.
2. 1984 Freightliner FLC-120, used as both tractor and straight dump, Cat 3406B-350 HP, RTO-14615, 14,400 front and 44,000 Rockwell rears on Hendrickson walking beam.
3. 1996 Freightliner FLD-120, Cummins N14-460 HP, RTX-14613, 12,000 front, 40,000 rears on FL air ride.

The worst:
1992 Kenworth K-100E (BJ and the Bear), Series 60-425 HP, RTX-14615, 12,000 front, 40,000 Rockwell rears on KW 8-bag air. Too many problems to list.

 

[timswi]

2019 GMC Dmax 2500 Denali---Should have bought one of these years before I did.
2013 GMC 1500 Denali 6.2 AWD --- Probably the most fun truck to drive.
1997 Chevy 1500 4x4--Barely had to do anything to it and traded with 200k on it
2010 GMC SLE 4x4 6.2--Someone ordered it and never picked it up. Sat on the dealer lot for 6 months. That was a fast truck and got a really good deal on it.

 

[Patches]

All 1/2 tons. 1'st was a 1970 Chevy C10 stepside, 235/6 standard. Crank windows/rubber floor;sweet little truck. Don't even want to talk about new '77 100 ; Ford Ranger standard cab, 300/6 standard tranny; junk. New '88 "Dodge" 1/2 ton, 318/ standard trans, regular cab 4 wd. Poor tower until i changed the drive line to 3;94 gearing. All GMC after that ordered with 4;10 gearing, '93 5,7 and 2001 Avalanch, 5.3 engine until my final Ford. New 2005, 150 Lariat, 5.4, 4wd screw; nice truck so long as you didn't hook a trailer to it/ pretty much helpless even with the 3;73 gearing. Traded that for a new '07 Tundra, 5.7 with 4;30 gearing. Now we're talking towing. Kept that until 2016 and another Tundra. The last Tundra I'll own after the demise of the 5.7

 

[RalphVa]

1996 Tacoma extracab & Dodge Rampage.

1994 Ranger was a POS. Don't like our 2005 Tacoma: too damn big.

 

[jjeff]

Well I can say Ford is my least favorite truck from various bad experiences with them and I never owned a Dodge/ Ram just towed a few of them lol. however despite my dislike of most fords if I was looking for another baby dump I'd most likely pay top dollar for a decent condition 4wd 7.3 power stroke super duty with a manual 6 speed zf560 transmission (I believe) . Is it a unicorn? probably

 

[Hay Dude]

Did you have to explain the difference between stellantis, dodge and ram...what years are what and who owned who when?

No he was too busy telling me 6L sob stories while asking me how much I liked my Ram.

Hey, the Ram could fail tomorrow. That’s why I avoid brand loyalty.

 

[Jstpssng]

1998 GMC Sierra
1991 Toyota (SR5?)
1984 F150

Honorable mentions;
any of my Rangers (1984, 1985, 2004)
My current Colorado

 

[Hay Dude]

A ram = dodge = F fix I it A again T tony.

SR

FIAT doesn’t own RAM anymore.
Do you say “CumminGs” too?

Funny thing about the FIAT and now Stellantis ownership of RAM. They have only gotten better and are now kicking Ford & GM’s teeth in.
Ram market share was once a distant 3rd place, now about a full 1/3rd market share in trucks.

Volkswagen buys International Harvester and fixes them.
Isuzu fixes GM diesel truck engines, too.

I see a pattern here.

 

[Stan B]

1997 Chevy K1500 5.7L (still miss that truck)
2007 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 4.7L former USDA truck (a little gutless)
2006 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 5.9L Cummins (NOT gutless at all!)

Honorable mention: 1993 Chevy S10 Blazer 4x4 4.3L (Sold with ~300K on the clock)