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I found an '05 Dodge I wanna buy for a farm and work truck. It's not a daily driver. It has 296,000 miles though. I test drove it and it drives great. It's an automatic and has a flatbed. The trucks condition doesn't reflect the mileage in my opinion. I know it's not a new truck .I'm thinking it will suit my purpose fine.

Anyone else running a 24v 5.9 Cummins? Is the mileage too much?


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Originally Posted by alwaysoutdoors
I found an '05 Dodge I wanna buy for a farm and work truck. It's not a daily driver. It has 296,000 miles though. I test drove it and it drives great. It's an automatic and has a flatbed. The trucks condition doesn't reflect the mileage in my opinion. I know it's not a new truck .I'm thinking it will suit my purpose fine.

Anyone else running a 24v 5.9 Cummins? Is the mileage too much?
Heck that cummins is not even broke in yet grin The 5.9 24v is a very fine diesel engine.Buy it if the price is right.I had a 2004 dodge 2500 5.9 cummins with the auto tranny ran it to about 90,000 miles. Replaced some front end parts for around $600 bucks.The only problem I had after 8 years of ownership.I now drive a 2016 Ram 2500 with the 6.4 hemi as I no longer need a diesel. wink

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I drive an 05 2500. We bought it new and it's got around 310,000 right now.

It's pulled a heavy gooseneck and farm equipment multiple times a week since day one. I don't think you can ask for a better all around truck. The engines got plenty of power at low rpm, as never had any issues until recently.

That said it developed a little bit of blow-by about 15k ago, and just had an injector put in last month. We had a Cummins mechanic give it a once over. He recommended laying off the 200 mile pulling trips, so now it's basically retired to lighter duty. Even though the engine, still has all the power. He said if the engine decides to go, it won't be worth the rebuild.

If the price is right I'd buy another in a heart beat. But if it's pretty pricey, and used hard, i would pass.

Mines a manual, so I can't comment on the automatic.

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The truck doesn't appear well used or beat up. They want $17k . I was told not to go over $13k.


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Originally Posted by alwaysoutdoors
The truck doesn't appear well used or beat up. They want $17k . I was told not to go over $13k.


Seems high to me with those miles and an automatic. What kind of flatbed?

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Like all Dodges,you will probably have to put money in the front end.
I'd take it to a good alignment shop and have them check it over if possible


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Originally Posted by saddlesore
Like all Dodges,you will probably have to put money in the front end.
I'd take it to a good alignment shop and have them check it over if possible
Trust me NOT just dodge trucks need front end work my 2006 ford F150 super crew has had its fair share of front end work.

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The truck doesn't appear well used or beat up. They want $17k . I was told not to go over $13k.


Seems high to me with those miles and an automatic. What kind of flatbed?


I should add it's a quad cab (4 door handles) ,4x4 dually.

The flat bed is 6-8 feet long (not the shortest one made) with the recessed gooseneck ball in the middle. And stake pockets around the perimeter for removable side and has a headache rack.

The kbb private party value is $11,500 and the fair market for,dealer retail is $16,400. But I looked at other trucks for,sale and agree with the $13,000 being fair.

I drove it a fair amount and the front end felt tight. It's got,two,newer looking batteries and six matching tires. The paint is shiny. I found out the first owner used It to haul cars so that explains the high miles.

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170k on my '05 2500. 5.9 6spd manual. I used it in my Heavy equip business for several years, and since as my primary daily driver. It's pulled quite a bit and done quite a few miles on ranch roads also.

Only repairs I've done other than tires/brakes/batteries/belts:

I replaced the injector pump ($1k)
One injector line ($100??)
about 160k had ball joints etc. rebuilt in front end ($1500)
A/C blower motor ($150)
Hood shocks ($100)

I don't consider those repairs excessive at all for the good service I've gotten out of this one, It's been a great pickup. I don't think I'll ever sell it.

On a 12 yr old 200k+ mile pickup you will have to fix little things. Especially if it's bounced around dirt roads. For instance one of my rear doors just quit opening last week. Seems linkage between the handle and latch has come undone, I'll have to pull inside panel to fix it one day.

If the the auto trans is original I'd ask a dodge mechanic about typical service life on those, especially if it was pulling frequently.

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Ask if injector work has ever been done. I have an 06 used for pulling livestock. Injector went out at 150,000. Melted a piston and took out the turbo. I wanted to keep the truck so ended up putting a rebuilt longblock in, new turbo and injectors. Cost was close to 10 grand for this. I went with a machine shop out of NM. Very nice work on a rebuilt longblock, 3600 with core exchange shipped.
I talked with a few engine builders regarding this, they said the 24 valve is a great engine, but recommended changing injectors around 150,00, or putting on an aftermarket filtration system to filter fuel down below 8 microns to preserve injectors.

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I may go back and look a little closer and do the blow by test also? Don't you just take the oil cap loose while idling and leave it laying in place and see if the cap blows off?

I just looked at the car fax service records which are just dealer service records I believe. It doesn't show any injector replacement records.

According to carfax it's had 4 owners, the last guy bought it only 8,000 miles ago. Wonder what scared him off?

Let me ask, you 5.9'guys another question. I noticed when I started the truck the oil pressure was on 40 and didn't move. After 15-20 minutes of running down the highway, I notice the oil pressure would drop to about 20 when at a stop sign or at speeds below 30 mph. Is this normal? It would come back up to 40 when back up to cruising speed of 50 mph or so.


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The truck doesn't appear well used or beat up. They want $17k . I was told not to go over $13k.


Seems high to me with those miles and an automatic. What kind of flatbed?


Dittos. I couldn't imagine paying more than $7500 for a truck with that many miles (and yes I know the resale is crazy on used diesel trucks). I'd keep looking, you should be able to find a truck of that vintage with 150k on it for $15-18k.

Great engine and good trucks, but it would have to be pretty cheap for me to consider one with ~300k on the odo.

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Update:

I found another one with only 176,000 miles with a 6 speed manual transmission and bought it. It's got a 4-box skirted CM flatbed on it. I've never been a dodge fan, but after researching I'm really liking the Cummins motors. They seem to run and run without the catastrophic failures that plague the post-7.3 power strokes. It's a quad cab 4x4 too.


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You're not buying the dodge part, you're buying the cummins part. My 99 has 385,000 miles on it & I'd hop in it and drive to Alaska tomorrow if I needed to.

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I have an '08 Dodge with the 6.7 and a manual tranny. I don't know when they started using the double disc clutches but they're famous for failing. Mine started slipping at about 90k. I had it replaced with one that they said should last the life of the pickup. If you can do it yourself, they're not real expensive but I don't have the means to DIY.


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You're not buying the dodge part, you're buying the cummins part. My 99 has 385,000 miles on it & I'd hop in it and drive to Alaska tomorrow if I needed to.


I agree


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I have an 07 with 140k. Front end has had ball joints and A arms replaced (ubder extended warranty), engine is great but the tranny does leave something to be desired. Heaviest load it carries is a 35' weekend warrior with 160 gallon water tank.

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My 99 with 5 spd has 175K. Replaced the fuel pump on the engine with an aftermarlet pump at the back, and injector pump. Added a fuel pressure gauge to monitor the system to make sure I don't lose fuel pressure again. It runs like brand new.

It eats front brakes, front ends parts, and is of course loud, but it's a fantastic truck overall.

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I have a 2004 with 160,000. I also had to have front end rebuilt, but that's it.

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So, I read about Dodge front ends needing to be rebuilt @ ~150K, some maybe a bit sooner, some last a little longer. Realistically, how long does one really think front suspension parts should last on a 4x4 HD pickup? My '95 and '01 Ford 1/2T trucks both needed work @ 90K or so. Current '11 F250 @ 108K still feels nice and tight up front but if I've got to put $$ into front suspension @ 150K I guess I won't think I was robbed or something was defective.

So, what's the consensus? How long should an HD pickup front end go before needing work? Highway use vs. lots of off-road obviously changes things so I think 2 answers is pretty valid.


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