Boat Haulin....Cowboy Cadillac

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calstabi
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Boat Haulin....Cowboy Cadillac

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My boat haulin rig......96 Dodge 3500 Dually with the Cummins
Diesel....

Bought this in January to save the $2000 shipping cost of getting my boat
from Everett Washington to my place in Westminter, Calif.

This Truck made the 2600 mile turn around in 3 1/2 days with no sweat.

At my age, I need all the testostoroni I can muster...........


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nice truck,, how much does something like that cost way out west? how much is fuel these days its 4.85 in Maine
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$4.35 at the corner station for 87 octane gas.
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Diesel is within a whisker of $5 here in Washington, I'm predicting $6 by summers end.
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I just paid $5.03 this morning for diesel...and that's the lowest in my area.

castabi, if you need to learn about your Dodge Cummins, you should check out these sites:

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/index.php

http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/index.php

Too bad diesel is sooo expensive!

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IN2DEEP, I saw your Silver Dodge 2500? in your Diamond Lake Report, it looks like new!

I'm paying $4.99 for diesel at the Chevron at Westminster and Bolsa Chica.

Its ONLY money................. :lol:
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Cal,

chip that cummins and throw a 4" pipe on her and she will get over 20 MPG if ya dont break 2K on the tach.

or I'll give ya $2500.00 for her like she is. :wink:
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welder wrote:Cal,

chip that cummins and throw a 4" pipe on her and she will get over 20 MPG if ya dont break 2K on the tach.

or I'll give ya $2500.00 for her like she is. :wink:
Welder, the pre '98.5 Cummins were 12 valve motors and all mechanical (non computer controlled) I think they use some primitive means to increase power on them such as grinding the stop on the throttle plates and such.
I haven't studied much on how they increase power with the 12 valves because I have a 24 valve truck. I do know that the 12 valve have a high reliability rating... and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if calstabi isn't already getting over 20 mpg running empty.
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Thanks calstabi for noticing the truck
It was pampered by one of my fishing buddies between 1998 and 2006, then he bought a megacab.
The new rims (2007 dealer take-off's) did wonders on improving the looks of the truck and some nice riding Michelin tires to boot.

BTW: I paid $4.95 on Friday and $5.03 this morning at the same station. :x
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Roger on the 12 valve.

Ya have to crank the pump up, with the right goodies and a drag strip that motor has been pushed to 1100 HP.
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It's all about the smoke... that's what a lot of those guys want!

This one guy had a bumper sticker that said:

You better not be following too close unless you want a mouth full of cummins!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Thats funny..............

He said , Cummins.

Then there is the other sticker ..........

I would rather be BLOWN than INJECTED [ Sticker on top fuel car ]
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