UPDATE on gear change on dakota
From : roy
Q: thanks to all that responded... we decided not to do the gear change and to be very careful towing a 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac congrats on the new addition bro!! enjoy the hell out of it. roy .
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From : denny
mac just a short trip to the east coast and you couldve had roys rattler. plus you could have made a few bucks with it when its too cold to camp..... congrats!! denny thanks to all that responded... we decided not to do the gear change and to be very careful towing a 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac .
From : fmb
congrats mac of course you love the ram. and the color couldnt be more perfect... imho btw you missed burney a week ago on the weekend nice weather nice folks nice tequilla great trout fishing. limits every day. the good is burney is still there and will remain throughout the year. fmb only one b in fmb thanks to all that responded... we decided not to do the gear change and to be very careful towing a 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac .
From : redneck tookover hell
didnt know you were turning into such a camping advocate. best thing about an rv/trailer etc is that when you park it at the site youre set up ready to camp turn off the key and break out the mgd. one of the better deals in your neck of the woods is going over to the san simeon area in the winter. been a couple years but at that time as long as you were self contained you could camp on highway 1 in the turnouts for free and be overlooking the ocean. best part in the winter was no crowds no fog and lots of weather to stir up the ocean. oh and im really surprised you havent asked all the experts if you got a good deal !!!!!!!!!! bfg 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol a dyslexic man walks into a bra. .
From : mac davis
on tue 14 oct 2003 013547 gmt roy roy@home.net wrote we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac congrats on the new addition bro!! enjoy the hell out of it. roy thanks bro.. we love it already... passed up 3 with the 5.2 and went for the 360... now the wife gets to take the dak to work which she wanted to do before and we have a great tow vehicle that does a better job at being a family car than her cougar was... everyone wins! .
From : mac davis
on tue 14 oct 2003 015444 gmt denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote mac just a short trip to the east coast and you couldve had roys rattler. plus you could have made a few bucks with it when its too cold to camp..... congrats!! denny i think a cummins was way out of our price range denny.. this one was just under 14k... maybe when the wife retires and we get a 5th wheel.. lol thanks to all that responded... we decided not to do the gear change and to be very careful towing a 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac .
From : mac davis
on tue 14 oct 2003 022250 gmt fmb fmbb@sbcglobal.net wrote congrats mac of course you love the ram. and the color couldnt be more perfect... imho btw you missed burney a week ago on the weekend nice weather nice folks nice tequilla great trout fishing. limits every day. the good is burney is still there and will remain throughout the year. fmb only one b in fmb well i can go for all of the above except the fishing... kinda gave that up years ago... well be set up for year round camping now isnt cali great so well get together yet! i dont think well be doing sonora pass anymore tho... thanks to all that responded... we decided not to do the gear change and to be very careful towing a 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac .
From : redneck tookover hell
i thought that you said nan called you her little popup bfg hell red.... we were looking for a friggin popup a dyslexic man walks into a bra. .
From : fmb
sonora pass did i miss a story somewhere fmb on tue 14 oct 2003 022250 gmt fmb fmbb@sbcglobal.net wrote congrats mac of course you love the ram. and the color couldnt be more perfect... imho btw you missed burney a week ago on the weekend nice weather nice folks nice tequilla great trout fishing. limits every day. the good is burney is still there and will remain throughout the year. fmb only one b in fmb well i can go for all of the above except the fishing... kinda gave that up years ago... well be set up for year round camping now isnt cali great so well get together yet! i dont think well be doing sonora pass anymore tho... thanks to all that responded... we decided not to do the gear change and to be very careful towing a 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac .
From : mac davis
on 15 oct 2003 044029 gmt mopar440@aol.comedy.biz redneck tookover hell wrote i thought that you said nan called you her little popup bfg hell red.... we were looking for a friggin popup no thats big dawg but we wont get into that.. lmao .
From : mac davis
on wed 15 oct 2003 032327 gmt fmb fmbb@sbcglobal.net wrote sonora pass did i miss a story somewhere fmb one of our favorite trips... we go several times a year.... over sonora pass to 395 left to topaz lake or right to bodie/bridgeport... i guess well be doing the loop through bakersfield now.. cant be any fun doing sonora pass with a 26 foot trailer and taking that 26% grade.. on tue 14 oct 2003 022250 gmt fmb fmbb@sbcglobal.net wrote congrats mac of course you love the ram. and the color couldnt be more perfect... imho btw you missed burney a week ago on the weekend nice weather nice folks nice tequilla great trout fishing. limits every day. the good is burney is still there and will remain throughout the year. fmb only one b in fmb well i can go for all of the above except the fishing... kinda gave that up years ago... well be set up for year round camping now isnt cali great so well get together yet! i dont think well be doing sonora pass anymore tho... thanks to all that responded... we decided not to do the gear change and to be very careful towing a 4700 pound trailer with the dak... then today we went to our dodge dealer to have the 38000 mile service done on the dak and while we were there we fell in love with a forest green ram.. lol we traded in the wifes cougar and got a 99 ram 1500... 5.9l auto quad cab laramie slt etc ect..... tow weight is 7600 pounds and it already has a receiver hitch were ready for the trailer to be done in a week... thanks again to all that responded not only the techs with prices but especially the ones that cautioned against towing the beast with our dak.. we love our lil ram and were really worried that wed shorten its life by towing the beast with it... well have peace of mind now as well as one hell of a truck! the green one *g* mac .