Richards Dodge Cummins Diesel
My 1992 Dodge Cummins diesel, aka "The Beast". I love this truck, its the first 4X4, the first diesel, and the first full
size truck I have ever owned. I only have one complaint, it burns alot
of
diesel (20.5 MPG average highway) and diesel got expensive shortly after
we bought it!
I finally got this pickup painted!
UPDATE 12/27/08
Walla Walla got hit with records amount of snow this year, Lori and I are
so glad we purchased this 4X4 truck. We had this truck chained up all the
way around, and it was the only way we could get down our city street.
I bought this truck from a girl in
Richland who named it Rosie and used it to pull a horse trailer for the
last 10+ years. Its seen a little
abuse but not too bad for its age.
I got this truck primarily to pull my DJ trailer, its an 5X8 fully enclosed
trailer. Fully loaded, it weighs about 2000 pounds, its a bit much for my
little Nissan pickup. Granted the Nissan will pull it, but going up hills
at 30 MPH ... well ... you get the picture. The Dodge pulls it without any
problems and has the breaking power to stop it too!
The engine in this truck is a CUMMINS
and runs great! This is the number reason I chose this truck, the engine.
I love this engine, its a Turbo Charged, intercooled diesel. Currently the
engine is running stock, no mods done to anything, its a stock truck, but
that will change. I hope to beef up the tires on it with mud terrains, put
some smoke stacks up behind the cab, add a head ache rack, a couple other
additions. Those will have to wait as I save up money to add them.
I actually am not much of a Dodge fan, nor a Ford fan, nor a Chevy fan. If
anything I am a fan of imports, simply because I have had alot less trouble
with those rigs and get alot more miles out of those rigs.
I bought this domestic Dodge ram simply because I wanted a full size truck
and don't plan to put alot of miles on this truck. Its kind of a toy for me
to play with in my spare time and every now and then I have to get away from
computer technology.
When I first purchased this truck, she had alot of things wrong with her. Door panel was falling off, windshield had a giant crack, parking brake didn't work, tailgate didn't work, paint was falling off, it wasn't in prestine condition. Slowly, one item at a time I have been fixing them and getting it all in back in shape and fully functional.
For the most part, this truck sits parked in my back yard. An occassional trip to Home Depot and a monthly gig is about is all it gets used. The biggest reason for this is because of the recent costs of diesel, and these 3/4 ton Dodges do not ride smooth unloaded!
