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If exposed to salt they rot out very fast. Not mine. and you won't find more heavy use of salt than MN/WI. Banana belt compare to Upper MI.
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2017 6.7 cummins hp/torque specs:
• 350 hp @ 2,800 rpm • 660 lb-ft @ 1,500 rpm (manual trans)
• 370 hp @ 2,800 rpm • 800 lb-ft @ 1,700 rpm (68RFE trans)
• 385 hp @ 2,800 rpm • 900 lb-ft @1,700 rpm (Aisin AS69RC trans, 3500 only)
Is the Austin tens available with dual rear wheels only?
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I think both SRW and DRW, but it is only available on the 1-ton.
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We run Dodge 3/4 ton gas engines at work. Have 20 or so in our fleet. All 2015-2017. Can't keep them out of the shop. Engines, transmissions, and rear ends. There's at least 3 of them in the shop right now getting new engines. Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Mostly highway miles, not pulling anything.
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Had an 05 2500 Cummins. 5.9 engine. Ran it for over 200K miles, put a water pump, idler and serp belt on it and had the front end rebuilt at 110K miles. Other than those maintenance items, no down time at all. Traded it for a 2011 in 2013, deleted it at 100K miles and just had the front end done. No problems and I really like this truck!
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We run Dodge 3/4 ton gas engines at work. Have 20 or so in our fleet. All 2015-2017. Can't keep them out of the shop. Engines, transmissions, and rear ends. There's at least 3 of them in the shop right now getting new engines. Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Mostly highway miles, not pulling anything. WOW..other way around here with our electric company.We have/had 3/4 ton dodge trucks in our fleet going off road doing electric line work and they were pretty dependable trucks.We were pretty hard on them.
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We run Dodge 3/4 ton gas engines at work. Have 20 or so in our fleet. All 2015-2017. Can't keep them out of the shop. Engines, transmissions, and rear ends. There's at least 3 of them in the shop right now getting new engines. Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Mostly highway miles, not pulling anything. WOW..other way around here with our electric company.We have/had 3/4 ton dodge trucks in our fleet going off road doing electric line work and they were pretty dependable trucks.We were pretty hard on them. We had 2 of the 5.7 Hemi lose their engines right around 100K. One of them lost the rear end right before the engine went bad. One 6.4 lost its engine at 50K. Mine is a 2016 with 75K on it. Had rear end problems since new. Had 3 of the 2015 lose transmissions around 100K. Just no luck whatsoever. Boss says we will be trying chevy next...
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Somehow I'm guessing those fleet vehicles aren't babied, even if it's mostly freeway miles.
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My brother is replacing the cam and lifters in his Hemi as we speak. 100k on the motor and not worked hard at all. I don't think he has towed a single trailer with it.
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We run Dodge 3/4 ton gas engines at work. Have 20 or so in our fleet. All 2015-2017. Can't keep them out of the shop. Engines, transmissions, and rear ends. There's at least 3 of them in the shop right now getting new engines. Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Mostly highway miles, not pulling anything. WOW..other way around here with our electric company.We have/had 3/4 ton dodge trucks in our fleet going off road doing electric line work and they were pretty dependable trucks.We were pretty hard on them. We had 2 of the 5.7 Hemi lose their engines right around 100K. One of them lost the rear end right before the engine went bad. One 6.4 lost its engine at 50K. Mine is a 2016 with 75K on it. Had rear end problems since new. Had 3 of the 2015 lose transmissions around 100K. Just no luck whatsoever. Boss says we will be trying chevy next... We had a lot of issues with our chevy fleet 3/4 tons with the 6.0 vortec motors.Burned more oil than gas/had to replace a lot of instrument clusters.
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We run Dodge 3/4 ton gas engines at work. Have 20 or so in our fleet. All 2015-2017. Can't keep them out of the shop. Engines, transmissions, and rear ends. There's at least 3 of them in the shop right now getting new engines. Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Mostly highway miles, not pulling anything. WOW..other way around here with our electric company.We have/had 3/4 ton dodge trucks in our fleet going off road doing electric line work and they were pretty dependable trucks.We were pretty hard on them. We had 2 of the 5.7 Hemi lose their engines right around 100K. One of them lost the rear end right before the engine went bad. One 6.4 lost its engine at 50K. Mine is a 2016 with 75K on it. Had rear end problems since new. Had 3 of the 2015 lose transmissions around 100K. Just no luck whatsoever. Boss says we will be trying chevy next... We had a lot of issues with our chevy fleet 3/4 tons with the 6.0 vortec motors.Burned more oil than gas/had to replace a lot of instrument clusters. Oh great at least I'll know what to look forward to! 
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GM 6.0's aren't the most powerful in class, but they are supposed to be pretty bulletproof.
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I have a 2007 5.9L Cummins with 150k on it. Truck has been great other then transmission. I have that rectified now (Billet upgrades).
Now, with it being 10 years old a few things are starting to fall apart. One of my truck windows I can not control with the master controller, and one of the screws is broken so that kind of hangs.
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One of my truck windows I can not control with the master controller I've run into that on several cars but so far, not on my Ram. Pop the switch out of the door and see if you can scrape the contacts with a knife or something. If not, try spraying it with WD40 to clean em off. Even though they look clean, the contacts will get a little corrosion on them that prevents the current from getting to the window. While you're at it, if you pull a trailer, spray the WD40 into the light plug, both male and female. It's a trucker's trick that cleans off the contacts to restore trailer light problems.
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If exposed to salt they rot out very fast. Not mine. and you won't find more heavy use of salt than MN/WI. Banana belt compare to Upper MI. I've been to the UP. MN/WI beat them all to hell as far as salt. They now put a salty chemical mix down before it snows and it gets that schit all over the cars.
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Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Riiiiiight! lol That's like saying "this logging truck has easy miles on it." 
Camp is where you make it.
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We run Dodge 3/4 ton gas engines at work. Have 20 or so in our fleet. All 2015-2017. Can't keep them out of the shop. Engines, transmissions, and rear ends. There's at least 3 of them in the shop right now getting new engines. Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Mostly highway miles, not pulling anything. WOW..other way around here with our electric company.We have/had 3/4 ton dodge trucks in our fleet going off road doing electric line work and they were pretty dependable trucks.We were pretty hard on them. We had 2 of the 5.7 Hemi lose their engines right around 100K. One of them lost the rear end right before the engine went bad. One 6.4 lost its engine at 50K. Mine is a 2016 with 75K on it. Had rear end problems since new. Had 3 of the 2015 lose transmissions around 100K. Just no luck whatsoever. Boss says we will be trying chevy next... But nobody's hard on them right...  I have a '14 that now has 100K miles on it. Nary an issue. Probably will now that I said that tho.
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Oilfield trucks, but not overworked. Riiiiiight! lol That's like saying "this logging truck has easy miles on it." Kinda like the nice girl that's dancing to pay her way through law school 
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Camp is where you make it.
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