I'm a new member here, and I joined 'cause this is a great site to see so many different, 100% awesome, custom Rams. I have a picture I'd like to share, to just show everyone exactly what it takes in order to stop a Ram. I see old 90s Fords, early 01-03 chevys, and cheap tundras slowly fail and die. I hear non-Ram-owners automatically diss the truck (primarily due to the fact that they cannot afford one).
We had a 1994 Dodge Ram 1500 5.2L V8 Magnum Quadcab. For ELEVEN years (*11*), we used that truck constantly. It had around 200,000+ miles on it, often towed an 8,000 lbs trailer (barely), and we worked it harshly. But it didn't take a heavy load to crack this truck. It didn't take constant usage. It didn't take climbing up mountains. It took this:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9559/floodp.png
A 5 foot flood of salt water... courtesy of the Gulf of Mexico. I took this picture when the flood was 3-4 ft. I should have stuck around for the finale... the 5 ft water carried the truck away, where it literally Rammed into a neighbor's front door. Even he managed to see the irony. That is what is so great about the Dodge Ram. It takes a 5 foot flood (of corrosive salt water) for 4 hours, and drifting across the backyard, into the street, and smacking a house to finally kill it. Nothing less. We got a new 05 Ram with the popular 5.7L Hemi, and at 5 years old, it still looks and works like new.
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/49/floode.png
If you want something that will last you, get the truck whose only weakness is being submerged.
We had a 1994 Dodge Ram 1500 5.2L V8 Magnum Quadcab. For ELEVEN years (*11*), we used that truck constantly. It had around 200,000+ miles on it, often towed an 8,000 lbs trailer (barely), and we worked it harshly. But it didn't take a heavy load to crack this truck. It didn't take constant usage. It didn't take climbing up mountains. It took this:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9559/floodp.png
A 5 foot flood of salt water... courtesy of the Gulf of Mexico. I took this picture when the flood was 3-4 ft. I should have stuck around for the finale... the 5 ft water carried the truck away, where it literally Rammed into a neighbor's front door. Even he managed to see the irony. That is what is so great about the Dodge Ram. It takes a 5 foot flood (of corrosive salt water) for 4 hours, and drifting across the backyard, into the street, and smacking a house to finally kill it. Nothing less. We got a new 05 Ram with the popular 5.7L Hemi, and at 5 years old, it still looks and works like new.
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/49/floode.png
If you want something that will last you, get the truck whose only weakness is being submerged.