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Location: California | rodeowithjoker - 2014-12-29 11:46 AM
I have a 2001 Dodge 1500 and a 1995 Dodge 1500 that we bought as a short-term solution when the top half of the 01 motor went out last month. Neither one will outrun anyone pulling my 3 horse stock combo and we don't pass many gas stations, but they get the job done. Both are 2WD so I make sure to park accordingly, and many times I'll unload horses then back the trailer into a spot, pull it back out onto a road or driveway and then load horses quickly. I only got stuck once this summer rodeoing and I wasn't the only one stuck that night. lol. The 01 was getting right at 10 mpg pulling, but the 95 has yet to get over 9. I really want my dad & brothers to fix the 01 so I can go back to driving it and they can have the 95 for a farm truck.
My boyfriend has a 99 F250 with the 7.3 and 4 wheel drive. He loves that truck and I keep telling him that if he ever gets a newer one, I call dibs on the white truck. It's got 240,000 miles on it at least and still runs great. He does take excellent care of it, and I don't see him ever switching to gas. He pulls a 3 horse Exiss with weekender living quarters, and my trucks wouldn't even budge that thing LOL. His truck doesn't even realize my trailer is behind it, and it's cheaper for us to rodeo with his truck and my trailer than any other combination. I want to say it cost $10 per 100 miles less to drive the diesel because of the better mileage.
My 7.3 is a 97 with 361k on it but still runs great and we put a new tranny in it in 2012. We've decided to keep it and aim to get a 1500 gas most likely dodge with 4x4 to help my watering issue. |
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Location: California | Good thing I decided to keep it. Its now broke down. Awesome! Lol. I had to put one of my dogs down on Monday and on Tuesday my pickup wouldn't start when I tried leaving work for lunch. My stepfather got it running but its running VERY rough. Pretty sure its a bad injector. The mechanic can't get to it till the 6th and he agrees it sounds like an injector issue. So if its only 1 injector the price to fix that and the glow plugs, the relay, and the harnessing is about $1600. Happy New Year! Lol. Its currently my only vehicle so getting to and from work and taking care of horses shall be interesting! |
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Location: North Texas | Serenity06 - 2014-12-31 10:30 PM Good thing I decided to keep it. Its now broke down. Awesome! Lol. I had to put one of my dogs down on Monday and on Tuesday my pickup wouldn't start when I tried leaving work for lunch. My stepfather got it running but its running VERY rough. Pretty sure its a bad injector. The mechanic can't get to it till the 6th and he agrees it sounds like an injector issue. So if its only 1 injector the price to fix that and the glow plugs, the relay, and the harnessing is about $1600. Happy New Year! Lol. Its currently my only vehicle so getting to and from work and taking care of horses shall be interesting!
With 361k on the odometer, it would hard for Me to complain about an injector going out. I have a 96 with 326k and it too needs some work.
Edited by foundation horse 2015-01-01 9:01 AM
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | foundation horse - 2015-01-01 9:00 AM Serenity06 - 2014-12-31 10:30 PM Good thing I decided to keep it. Its now broke down. Awesome! Lol. I had to put one of my dogs down on Monday and on Tuesday my pickup wouldn't start when I tried leaving work for lunch. My stepfather got it running but its running VERY rough. Pretty sure its a bad injector. The mechanic can't get to it till the 6th and he agrees it sounds like an injector issue. So if its only 1 injector the price to fix that and the glow plugs, the relay, and the harnessing is about $1600. Happy New Year! Lol. Its currently my only vehicle so getting to and from work and taking care of horses shall be interesting! With 361k on the odometer, it would hard for Me to complain about an injector going out. I have a 96 with 326k and it too needs some work.
Yeah, my stupid car hit 100,000 miles and started falling apart despite immaculate maintenance (Chevy Traverse). WTH is up with designing a vehicle to only survive to that point? |
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Location: North Texas | Three 4 Luck - 2015-01-01 9:57 AM foundation horse - 2015-01-01 9:00 AM Serenity06 - 2014-12-31 10:30 PM Good thing I decided to keep it. Its now broke down. Awesome! Lol. I had to put one of my dogs down on Monday and on Tuesday my pickup wouldn't start when I tried leaving work for lunch. My stepfather got it running but its running VERY rough. Pretty sure its a bad injector. The mechanic can't get to it till the 6th and he agrees it sounds like an injector issue. So if its only 1 injector the price to fix that and the glow plugs, the relay, and the harnessing is about $1600. Happy New Year! Lol. Its currently my only vehicle so getting to and from work and taking care of horses shall be interesting! With 361k on the odometer, it would hard for Me to complain about an injector going out. I have a 96 with 326k and it too needs some work.
I understand. And blame Detroit Engineers. Everything @ my house has at least 100k+ on the odometer. And none of are of GM Origin either!  |
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Location: North Texas | And they range (the vehicles) range in age from 1996 to 2011. |
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Location: Bigfoot Country | Glad to see this post! I have a 2001 F350 Dually 7.3. Only 120,000 miles on her. I guess I'll be keeping her!  |
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Location: North Texas | nuevocowgirl - 2015-01-02 10:40 AM
Glad to see this post! I have a 2001 F350 Dually 7.3. Only 120,000 miles on her. I guess I'll be keeping her!
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Location: Ft Worth TX | My 1999 V10 pulls 10 times better and has more torque then my 2001 F350 7.3L had... The v10 gets 10mpg loaded and 13mpg around town. I love my truck and I pull an old steel trailer!!! |
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Location: MS | 07 dodge 3500 megacab! It's a beast. It pulls my trailer awesome 4h with mid tack and lq. |
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Location: California | Wasn't really complaining just the irony of it all. Since I was in the market for a gas pickup anyways we went ahead and got one. Now my stepfather can fix my pickup next time he has time off and it will cost WAY less then $1600! |
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Location: Wisconsin | 2010 GMC 2500 4x4 Diesel. I pull a 3 horse Exiss LQ. Pulls it great, plenty of power. I pulled to SD with 2 big boys loaded and averaged about 14-16 MPG. Used to have a F250 gas that got about 8 MPG, so it was a big improvement for me.
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