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From : trey

Q: on thu 21 oct 2004 070000 gmt t @nyc.rr.com wrote what are the major concerns i should have about performance and detremental affects to the vehicle if i use a snow plow are there any recommendations about which plow and hitch system i should use thanks tony plowing with any truck will somewhat reduce the expected life of front end components like shocks stabilizer ball joints and u-joints. driving on the road with a plow attached will impact handling especially with that heavy engine. i have a fisher regular duty minute mount plow that has been fine doing my own driveway. i have a 2004 2500 hemi and posted the following caution relative to fisher plows last spring -------------------------------------------------------- i have a 3 year old fisher plow that i had used on my 97 ram 1500. last january prior to ordering the 2004 truck i asked the local fisher dealer if the dodge above bumper tow hooks were compatible with the fisher plow mount. the answer was positively yes. so i ordered the tow hooks on the new truck; finally got the new truck and arranged for snowplow install. you guessed it. when i went to pick-up the truck at the fisher dealer with snowplow attached the tow hooks had been removed. also the front license plate and bracket had been removed. both in accordance with official fisher installation instructions. it turns out that on 02-04 rams the tow hook support brackets have to be removed in order to install the plow frame as it is designed. one could reattach the tow hooks but they would probably fail under any serious load. so i paid for a throw-away option. as for the license plate and bracket the plow attach points pushplates are recessed 2 more than on my old truck. there just aint clearance enough in front of the bumper. they must not use front license plates in india where the frame mount was designed. i remember your post from last year. i looked at a couple of 03s and there was no problem with the front plate and head gear on those. perhaps the poster should check out his local dc dealer and take a look at the plows they have put on. roy .

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From : s

automatic 4speed 4x4 with3.73 gear ratio. city driving 2/3. quad cab. upgraded dealer off road tires. sorry for the original lack of info. thanks for the help tony t wrote i know this topic has been discussed but i missed some of the posts. i have 2500 diesel with an 8 bed. i am only getting 14.5 mpg. i dont have the bed covered and no added computer equipment. would like to know what others are getting. thanks tony is it the 4 or 5 speed automatic or the 5 or 6 speed manual quad cab or regular what rear gear ratio is it a 4x4 are you getting 14.5 mpg city driving or highway stock tire size my mileage shouldnt be compared to yours because my engine is different but i get 14-16 city and up to 20 highway with a 99 2500 4x4 qc with the 47re automatic and 3.54 gears if you care. .

From : roy

on wed 20 oct 2004 221740 gmt denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote denny i want you to notice that i havent said a word. but the old hippy sure is having a bit of sport with ya.vbg if hes having fun poking me hes probably leaving his ole lady alone. maybe shell send me a dozen chocolate chip cookies. nice pics bro i knew you couldnt resist..... denny roy i wish she would send you some cookies dude! hell i might... for a few dozen cc cookies ill even pay the fed-ex bill..... and pose for a few pics in my bunny suit..... denny ... he dont look that great..... really mike please tell us more. roy well.... you see.... it was like this....... i was sitting under the awning of my rv in pigeon forge tn minding my own business btw when up pulls this minivan. out from the minivan bounds this three-hundred pound dude wearing a pink bunny suit....... sob!...... i cant go on..... from here it gets ugly..... sob!..... . mike if i have to start talking about your remote controlled heated seats and what youve done to the leather people will think you are really strange..... denny ahem! if i recall i was not the one who fired the first salvo! yea but youre enjoying it as much as me.... denny .

From : aeropal

denny wrote mac davis wrote on wed 20 oct 2004 021251 gmt fmb fmbb@sbcglobal.net wrote saw the duck still lookin for the wabbit... mac do you have pics of the wabbit http//www.geocities.com/dpprdave/pics/duck/ interesting rig... i have lots of denny pics.. i mean bunny pics which one did you have in mind denny has been growing a bit soft in the past few months. the signs have been there but nobody has seemed to notice. i guess im trying to politely say that denny must now have man boobs. i know that is an outrageous claim but i have proof. they must be quite a spectacle. i have not gained enough courage to enter the showing but judging from the crowd i saw on sunday morning it must be impressive. they even put a permanent advertisement right in front of my favorite restaurant. if you dare to see this proof go to http//tinyurl.com/7xwxb i see we have a new player in the lfwd club. i admit you have my curiosity up but unfortunately i cant open your link. im sure it would have been a good one since im sure you realize what can happen when fur get ruffled... g denny try it again i had that one access restricted. oh yea!!! wouldnt i just love to own a hooters restaurant all those cute little honeys walking around in those cute little outfits...... my ole lady would divorce me... denny .

From : bdk

this seems to be a common complaint although i do not suffer from this. could some person out there explain just what this white smoke is i am assuming that this is late injector timing causing flame through the turbo creating tons of water condensation vapor in the exhaust. am i correct secondly there appears to be a factory computer flash that deals with this. there is also an available flash that resolves a high fuel consumption complaint. are they the same does anybody know what firmware version numbers these are do these apply equally to the standard the 555 and the 600 motors thanks in advance steve .