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[Dickster]

thanks! I signed up for that forum this morining under the same name haha

Mine is Dinky450 over there. I'll keep a look out for you.

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[Sempe-Fi Rubicon]

Congrats on your new truck, having a fullsize is gonna be great for your needs.

 

[Farmer Fran]

Sign up at DODGE RAM FORUM - Dodge Truck Forums

You will see a lot of my posts

 

[Dickster]

Sign up at DODGE RAM FORUM - Dodge Truck Forums

You will see a lot of my posts

I beat you to it

 

[Warped]

After hemming and hawing for a LONG time I have decided to move forward with buying a full sized truck...just to say it now THIS IS NOT THE LAST JEEP I WILL EVER OWN.

Up until very recently I have had to become more comfortable with the idea of keeping my jt essentially until it falls apart...which given how I take care of it would probably not be for another 100k miles. Knowing full well I have used it hard for towing a 6k lbs trailer thousands of miles and would probably have some expensive repairs or replacements coming up soon. But my family isnt getting any smaller and i have been floating right at or danger close to my max payload for months now. And the reality is that its not feasible to keep taking my jt and my wifes jlu on all of our camping trips just to spread the load...though we will probably still need to when we camp in march/apr/nov sicne the dogs come and it will be too cold for long rides in the bed with just a pop up cover on. And I dont want to put my family in danger by intentionally towing outside of the trucks capabilities.

I have had a VA disability claim pending for a couple years, waiting to be seen by a judge since the VA denied me at first. The judge approved my claim and i got a very large back pay check. For the first time in probably a decade I am credit card debt free and I can afford to make a sizeable down payment on the new truck to keep the payment less than $500/month. All while not blowing the entire back pay check. (comical phrasing since it was a back injury claim)

I started searching and working with my local dealer. The same dealer ive gotten nearly every vehicle ive bought since I started driving. Ultimately they were able to find the Ram I have in the link and will be getting it this saturday. Ill hear back from my credit union on monday and will likely pull the trigger once I get the nod from them.

It has the 3.92s with the 5'7" bed, hemi V8 with the eTorque, and tow package I wanted. So it can pull 11k ish pounds and has a payload of 1770lbs according tot he B pillar sticker. The additional 250lbs of payload will let this be the long term towing truck for us! It has other goodies but the high notes are the towing stuff I wanted.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/m-Nor...p-Ram-sp387789#listing=363188323/NONE/DEFAULT


I will %100 miss my JT. I truly love this truck and have been blown away with what I have been able to do with it. I have no doubt I will end up finding a less than $8k wrangler as a project jeep to scratch the itch, while I also maintain my wife's JLU.

Ill still lurk here on the forums to helo folks out with what I have learned from the JT and to enjoy the community. Needless to say I will have stuff going up for sale soon so when you see the vultures start circling, youll know why.

Congrats on making such a hard decision. The friends I have with Rams love them and it will fit your needs. Glad you're not "just" leaving the Jeep fold and hope to see you back regardless of what you drive.

 

[bleda2002]

Loved my ram. Would never go back to a full size willingly after a few rentals reminded me how blech the driving experience is imo, but if it's the only way to meet your needs you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[ZoMojave]

Once you get it home, post pics of that new family member with the heartbeat of 395 ponies!

Soon the Hemi will be history, so maybe a sound clip at the rear exhaust during cold start-up to take me back to those glory days?!

Enjoy!

 

[KVJ]

I hate to see ya go too.
Can you send any pictures of you bust'n you knuckles while wrenching on the new truck?

 

[Zybane]

I came from a Power Wagon. If I had to get a full size truck again. It would be another PW. You be surprised of the places where you can take that truck. I always think of the JT as a smaller PW. Without the factory winch.


One thing to note about the 5.7 Hemi. It's a high rpm engine when towing. It likes to be spun up above 3,500 rpms. I towed a 35ft 10,000 lb camper behind my PW.

I miss my Power Wagon. Well, besides those tiny 33" tires RAM puts on it, yikes. Truck needs 35's min and really 37's. Off-roading with mine, it was pin-striped to hell.

I really miss how narrow my JT was. But with a woman, kid and four German Shepherds, I had to sacrifice some trail capability for space (and comfort). Went with a '23 Raptor, which is already pin striped! I figure pin striping and having to do "more point turns" than a Jeep was worth the trade-off. It does have trail turn assist which brakes the inside turn wheel which helps though.

I just need to find out how to put a locker in the front diff to make it a fully locked'able truck...


Oh and the Raptor having a 36 gallon fuel tank is huge for overlanding... can get over 500 miles on the highway.

 

[Gren71]

I hate to see ya go too.
Can you send any pictures of you bust'n you knuckles while wrenching on the new truck?

hahaha can do will do! I have to change my wifes jlu brakes and probably front rotors soon. So ill have some fresh battle scars to report

 

[kevman65]

Quitter!

You know you'll still come around. If nothing else showing modifications to the new truck for the hounds.

 

[Willpower1]

Well damn. Not in here much but definitely one of my favorite and most memorable forum members. Good luck with all you do my ADD brother from a different mother

 

[Mister Lamb]

I think more than anything your kids will be thanking you... The space in the rear seat is a considerable leap and more practical as hard as it is to accept!!!!

Best of luck and God Bless

 

[Gvsukids]

It does have trail turn assist which brakes the inside turn wheel which helps though.

That's a nice feature Tazer added.

 

[IdahoRubicon]

Don't blame you, with my 3 kids I miss my F150's pretty much every time I'm in the JT unless the top and doors or off. lol

I would likely trade it in if the dealers would give me what it was worth a year ago, but with my current 1% interest rate, I'm likely just gonna keep it.

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