Dakota heated mirror

From : mowingy

Q: i see no problem with this at all. just by its name suggests that this vehicle was not intended for plowing more in line with transporting a family or large group around with the ability to tow a heavy trailer and do it in reasonable comfort. kinda like a large quad cab or crew cab. i dont see where mega cab suggests not intended for plowing with a cummins but it is okay with a gas engine. if that front end is that close to its limits... we are talking about a $59k truck. this is nothing unusual for dc to do. my 97 with a 5 speed has less towing capacity than the automatic of the same series and the 360 was not available with the 5 speed because the nv3500 simply was not up to the additional torque. they could have increased the spec for the nv3500 to handle it without limitations or just used a nv4500 but the nv3500 was already being used in the dakota and costs less $$$$$ than the nv4500 and would work in the 1500 with limitations so thats what they did. it appears that they have since increased the spec but when i bought mine..... as for the term mega to me that sounds more like a luxury version of a crew cab and who plows with a luxury vehicle of course i dont plow and this is only my personal view on the matter. the deal imo is simply this. the mega cab is a truck whos front end cant stand up to a plow with a cummins engine that weigh about 3-4hundred pounds more than the gas engine. that 3 -4 hundred pounds makes the difference. that they would build a truck that is that shakey is fucked up. this is their top of the line truck!! i bet that this vehicle is extremely heavy by itself and when you add the weight of the diesel to it pushes the limits of the front end components. it is probably using the same front end as the crew cab to save money. you can plow with a crew cab but does the crew cab weigh less this could be a re-use of parts issue like the trans in my truck. with the rising cost of fuel they might not want to invest more into this model than absolutely necessary different front end components until they get an idea of demand and then will address these issues if they see it as profitable to do so or to even keep the model at all and the crew cab components were probably not designed to carry that increased weight. i guess that my question would be why would you want to use a truck with such a large cab to plow snow to a contractor a truck is a tool like a hammer or saw. if it is a 4x4 then it better be able to plow. while true there are different types of hammers and saws and each one has its intended use and are not all completely interchangable. i dont know how well my 4x4 1500 would hold up plowing does the cab size have much of an effect on the ability to plow with the vehicle such as manuvering and blind spots most plowing is done looking ahead. blind spots go with the game. snow can cause blind spots from one minute to the next. wheel base has to do with manuvering not cab size. .