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Here is a kinda funny pic i took in a hay field on Ft. Riley that my dad is swathing.
It looked like it was trying to hide from me! haha
In The Weeds!
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ez

 

must be nice to have hay...we should have some here in florida in a little bit.

 

We have had to buy alot of hay the last couple of years so when we got the chance at some hay ground we jumped on it!! 70$ to 90$ a ton for hay has sucked the last 2 years!! haha
ez

 

TRUCK
99 ram 2500 quadcab 4x4 auto
BOMBS
edge juice/attitude, vulcan big line relocate with holley blue, BHAF and heat shield, draw straw(uninstalled as of yet),silencer ring mia, mech fuel pres guage, lukes link, straight piped, 2" level lift, 17x10 ion rims with 315-70 bfg atko's,
AQUIRED AND CONDITION
funny thing, i was waiting for the power stroke that i was preaproved for to go through the shop at the dealership where my buddy works, had to wait until wed., he called me on moday mornin and said he had a better truck for me. i went and looked at it and knew who the previouse owner was and said i would take it. the truck was imaculate and had 75000 on the odometer. it was completely stock other than the side steps, hard toneu cover, and some 285 toyos.
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% OF WRENCHING
99%, like to do all my own work
% OTHERS WRENCHING
1%, had a powerstering pump replaced under warranty and a vacum pump resealed, also have a oil change done by a local shop sometimes
DAY IN LIFE OF TRUCK
my truck has a perty easy life compared to some. it takes me to work just about every day, some times hauls my bosses tractor if i am using it, sometimes hauls some work trailers, and even sometimes gets some groceries. but it gets used for sure whenever we go on a long trip where fuel mileage is needed!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
has never left me stranded, still on original vp44, gets great mileage, and has earned my trust to go anywhere, which is hard to do.
thanks

 

well i said i wasn't going to enter but hardly anyone else has so maybe entering my clunker will give somebody else some nuts to try it. besides i think i got a pretty cool story to tell.

Truck Description : 1996 SLT Ex-cab, longbox, 4x4, AT 4.10's

Truck Bombs : first thing i did was remove the fiberglass topper and running boards. then i went to the junk yard and got an entire used dash assembly and replaced my cracked to hell dashboard. (not so fun BTW) also have 5" turbo-back, Bank's TwinRam, Bank's Big Head Wastegate, Bank's Ottomind fuel plate, K&N intake system, trainhorns, Realistic brand cb, dual 4' cb antennaes, po-po issue PA, 285/75 michelins, dashboard hula skank, optima battery, steelhorse cab steps and i added a factory cab light kit.

How You Acquired the truck & Condition on Purchase : back in 1996 when i first started turning wrenches i got to do an inspection on a red version of my truck with an MT that some guy traded in. went for an extra long test drive that day and fell in love. well fast forward to 2004 and my dad's friend put the truck this truck up for sale. dad REALLY needed a truck and wanted it. i also wanted him to get it so pushed pretty hard. his buddy was giving it to him for $7500 and it only had 67,XXX miles on it at the time. wife and i went to florida that summer. dad's brother had just bought my dad a crew-cab dually '05 ford (long story) and this truck was just kinda sitting now. against my advice dad had raided the k&n and bank's catalog and had a box full of stuff sitting there waiting to be put on so i eagerly jumped in to help and we got it done and i got to use the truck to get around while we were down there. well in 2005 my beloved jeep gave up the ghost with a serious case of frame rot. we really couldn't afford to get a replacement vehicle for me because i'm the only one working. wife draws federal disablity.(another long story) i patched the frame of the jeep together as needed as best i could. pops found out what was going on and after about 2 weeks of my pride fighting the decision we decided that i take this truck from him since it was just sitting and he refused to sell it. so here it is. can't really describe how much i love my truck and how much it means to me. plus it allowed me to meet all of you which was a benefit i never expected.

Photos :








% Of Wrenches You Turned : i'll say 90% since dad had the big head and fuel plate installed before i got my hands dirty. i've done all the rest though.

% Of Wrenches Others Have Turned : i'll say 10%???

A Day In The Life of your Truck : hauls my fat *** to work and back plus whatever i can think to do with it on the weekends. no truck pulls, offroading, or heavy trailer pulling. just light work.

Accomplishments : no awards other than being owned by a stud.

i'll add future goals: trying to save to replace the stock trans, get it painted because the clear coat is peeling, replace the headliner, and put some nice wheels on someday. and i'll probably go to a 4" exhaust and/or homemade stacks.

 

Very Nice Johnny !!!!

 

* Truck Description : 2001 Ram 2500 HO 6 spd

* Truck Bombs : Stock 3" straight pipe, AMSOIL air filter and oil, FASS 150 system, autometer boost, pyro and FP gauges, Cobra CB, Delta Pro tool box, dual FireStik 4' CB Antennas, B&M T handle shift ****

* How You Acquired the truck & Condition on Purchase :Had been looking at 2nd gen CTDs since 2002 and had found 2 trucks I was about to lay my money out on between 2002 and 2007. One was a BEAUTIFUL black 97 ext. cab long bed with duel exhaust, leather, NV4500 trans, spray in liner and topper. Had new BFG tires and 125k miles. That one was sold later that day before i had a chance to talk to anyone about it. Another truck i had sold from under me was a white 99 RC LB with either a small lift or leveling kit with Trxus M/Ts on it. Nice truck, 83k miles, 5 spd again. That one was sold the morning i went to buy it. After these two incidents i ended up buying a 92 K2500 Chevy truck with 165k miles on it. I had that truck for a year or year and a half. Last summer i was working out of town and used that for my transportation. Unfortunately both head gaskets decided to let go along with an exhaust manifold and the radiator. Since i had no time on my own to do it i had to give in and let a shop do the repairs. The total came to about 2k dollars. Half of what i bought the truck for. After all that happened i decided to sell it before anything else was going to happen. I notices the front ed getting loose and the transmission was starting to act up a little. I decided to start looking at CTDs again. I had looked at 2 others that summer at the same dealership i bought this one at. Both white 2001s with 6 spd manuals. One had 31k miles on it and a salvage title. I immediately stepped down on that one and let it go. The other truck was same truck with 109k miles on it. I let that one go as well due to the fact it had a 217 code and dead pedal. Another reason i let them go is after owning my 92 long bed Chevy i will NEVER go back too a short bed truck again. A couple weeks later i found this truck there and put money down before someone else bought it out from under me like before. I got very lucky because the day i was signing papers the other guy that was coming to look at it came in with check in hand to buy it.......WHEW! They were having a sale at the time i bought this truck and i never knew what its full price was but its sale price was marked at 21,900 and i talked to salesman down to 19,800. I then traded in my 92 K2500 for 2800 and that got the truck down to 17k. My parents then put out 2k to get the price to an even 15k. They did that due to the fact i was going for 42 month loan at 442.71 a month. Anyway, i got the truck and lost my job 3 months later. I then because VERY scared and nervous that i wouldn't be able to pay on my truck and id get it repo'd. I did everything i could at that time to try and make any money i could. I helped a buddy of mine work on his addition on his house for some extra money. I even went as far as to sign up at a temp job service for money. I filled out all paper work and got my paper for the drug test that next morning. So that night i set my alarm and woke up late for the test. The test was set for 9am and i found out my alarm clock got set 12 hrs off. Well i called both the testing location as well as the temp job service and they said since i missed my drug test i was NOT eligible for work at ANY time EVER again there. Boy did i screw that up. Typing this part of this is actually really hard for me because i was very scared i was going to lose the one truck i had been looking for for over 5 yrs and this is bringing back some hard memories for me. Anyway, i ended up getting a job right after the new years as part time temp. help for a dodge dealership detailing cars. I was already VERY badly in the hole from making payments with no money, bouncing checks etc. Anyway i got this job and it only payed 200-250 bucks every 2 weeks. That was not enough as to the fact that my truck payment is 450 a month and that took all my money. Well, i ended up getting a second job that worked full time from 7am to 3:30pm and my boss at the dealership said i could stay there and only work night for some extra cash. That full time job only lasted a week as the work there was nothing of what i expected it to be and the people there were unfriendly. So i went back to only the part time job draining myself of money and everything i had to make my payments. Come march of 2007 i ended up getting a full time job that im currently at doing oil changes at a high end luxury car dealership here in my home town. This job has allowed me to get back to making my payments on time and gave me cash enough to supply the mods for my truck that i have listed. I am happy where i work now and happy that its in a field that i went to school for. Owning my truck had been a very stressful and hard thing for me due to never having the money i needed to make my payments on time if at all. Now that im making over 1000 a month (i know its not much) it has given me my life back and allowed me to make my payments on time if not overpay some money every month on it.

* % Of Wrenches You Turned : So far everything i have done on my truck i did with myself or myself with the assistance of another person.

* % Of Wrenches Others Have Turned : 0%

* A Day In The Life of your Truck : Drive to and from work and anywhere else, occasionally pulling my 83 C10 to the drag strip for drag racing

* Accomplishments : just having god answer my prayers to help me keep my truck and find a way to make the monthly payments.

* Photos :
Day after i bought it


This summer after gauge install and tool box install





Most recent pic and (2 vids on next post)

 

The 2 vids for yall of me trying to drag race it, vid 1 is 2000rpm launch 2wd
vid 2 is 4wd 2500rpm launch
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v224/ChevyRednecK2500/Videos/?action=view&current=MVI_0409.flvhttp://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v224/ChevyRednecK2500/Videos/?action=view&current=MVI_0410.flv

 

this has been dead for a few days, what gives guys?