I'd be for getting rid of the Dodge too. Seems like those things fall apart way faster than other trucks. We have a whole fleet of Rams at work and those Hemi motors are blowing up left and right. We're struggling to get 125,000 miles out of them. But the big wigs say we have to keep fixing them so we send them in for new motors. Some of them have close to 50k in repairs by the time they hit 150,000 miles...
I've had this one 7 years , it's the 2500 with 5.9 Cummins diesel....bomb proof.
...Well, I guess that means you don't want "ol' mudslinga"
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I thought ole mudslinger went to the great mudhole in the sky....Well, I guess that means you don't want "ol' mudslinga"
Heck no! The new tires I put on it before I moved here only have 2,000 miles on 'em!I thought ole mudslinger went to the great mudhole in the sky.
Jim
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Soooo, the repair parts for the hydrant were possibly not the right ones. All the parts for the top of the hydrant fit but the rubber stopper that goes into the pipe would not go all the way down so we had no water last night. Today I drove back to town and bought a new hydrant to just replace everything, but I decided to buy a taller one so I don't have to bend over anymore to connect the hose. I wanted to do that anyways so as annoying and difficult it was to dig down to reach the fitting at least I have it replaced with a taller unit. Utah desert dirt is very difficult to dig, even though it was dug up 5 years ago it was hard as rock again. When I refilled the hole I put in 2 bags of sand at the bottom so if I have to dig it up again it should be a lot easier.
226,000 miles? In today's market that's a $30,000 truck!
I was being facetious when I posted this, but then I got curious and looked on Cars.com. A 2012, 4x4 RAM 2500 diesel with 248,000 miles on it was $24,900.
I guess that’s everywhere. Priced them around here recently, same kind of prices. Yes, unreasonable, Spike.
That's a nice down payment.
We have a propane stove in the kitchen mom and dad use to use to help heat the house before they put in the central heating,it hasn't been used in over 17 years though and the thermocouple needs replaced and it needs cleaned. I asked him if it'd be worth getting going knowing it probably wouldn't be run again for maybe 10 years or more,he said no because I'd have to fix it again next time,thermocouples wear out even if not used. He said if we needed another heater to get us by to let him know. The furnace is set up to be replaced in the morning so it's only 1 more day,we should be ok but if not I'll call him.
Thermo couples are a pretty reasonable item to replace, and it would be a cheap back up, if you by one buy 2, keep the spare in a dry even as possible temp place.
The repair guy is the 1 that told me that,I was thinking along the same line before I mentioned it. My parents have been gone for over 9 years,I bought my brothers and sisters out after dad died since I needed a place,I was ordered by the divorce Judge to sell the house in town, plus I know this house like the back of my hand since I grew up here,mom and dad bought it in 1950 when they got married. There's no place like home you know. It's no problem though since it's only a few days,if it was going to be weeks or months I'd fix the stove.
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