Hey Sam, keeping an old truck on the road makes for more efficient use of the earth's resources that went into the truck. Plus it keeps a new truck from being built in its stead. With all these trucks that you have put back to work you have done a lot for the environment. Good work my friend. That is one nice looking truck. That truck will make some lucky guy very happy.
My brother inherited our grandpas 03, single cab 4wd. We’ve all driven it growing up, and we love it. Such a damn good truck. I absolutely adore the common rail Cummins. They don’t get the love they deserve. Thanks for keeping them on the road!!
@@VBELTandSONam that truck never came with a four speed automatic transmission it came with a five speed automatic transmission in that year stand correction
My old truck burns oil, makes funny noises and is hard to start. 33 years old but the good thing is it does not leak oil. It pulls but likes to overheat.
Great job Sam!! That is the same color/interior I had on my 01! Back when I was in high school we used to buy imitation leather steering wheel covers. Then you would lace boondoggle all the way around it. Not bad look and feel. When the leather wheel on my 12 Silverado got hard I found one of those old ones on Amazon!! $7 delivered and it works great, looks good!! LOL Anyway, congrats again on that truck, it looks awesome!! 8) --gary
Great looking truck, great job on the paint and I have that same trailer brake in my 2000. I don’t know of any truck, or car for that matter, that has over 400,000 miles on it let along the transmission.
48RE or other tranny... depends on use and the driver. The lockup doesn't happen until 30mph (2nd or 3rd). Horrible. Even in 2wd low (yukon hubs up front), the 48RE struggled in hilly campgrounds with our 5th wheel. Did the mystery switch which helped on pavement, but terrified me if I hit it at the wrong time. 48s can be built, but I say it's still use dependent. The 48 is fine for daily drivers who occasionally pull, those pulling sleds, or racing. For someone who tows a lot, it seems to struggle. Ended up swapping to a G56 and I couldn't be happier. Like a different truck. Exhaust brake is way more efficient.
You can be a fan boi of some Frod or Generous Motors, but there is no way you will beat the perfection of a Cummins. I had a friend who had a first gen and it was as good as new after 1,000,000 miles daily driver and farm truck combined. I have beat the living bejesus out of my 07 fixed up 6.7 for over 250,000 miles and it runs better than when it left the factory. That fixing took care of that. 75000 miles of that is towing at 25,000 pounds all up all over the country. Total repairs, one injector, and one turbo actuator. Transmission or as it was designed, fluid heater, got replaced with an ATS Stage 2 with copilot. Made it a whole new truck.
Going from my dads stock 03 to my heavily modified 03 it’s a night and day difference in towing with an auto. His is not enjoyable whatsoever but mine on the other hand is quite impressive
Sam, I am buying a new excavator either a 290 or an 080. I am wondering why you went with a new 080? Please let me know as I am deciding this weekend. I do very similar type work as you so your insight would be very helpful!
I had super high hopes for a 290. But it simply did not keep up with an 080. 080 was better balanced lifted more and pulled harder. Better slew power. I’d choose the 080 any day over the 290. But I’d choose the. Mecalac over any excavator if I could only have one
My 03 Laramie I got new states on the window sticker it had a 47, which is true because some of the earliest ones did. When I rebuilt it at 200k come to find out, it was actually a 48 once my friend and I got it gutted. It also came with 4:10’s and she hums going down the highway here in Nashville, normally is around 2,500 or so. Just turned 230k and all I do is tow 10k, it’s not a daily or ever really has been.
I need to tell you something of critcal importance! I care about you as a person, and ( just know that you are listening to a hypocrite telling you these things I'm about to tell you; I don't honor them always as I should ) I very much urge you to listen to this to the finish: The scriptures tell us that Jesus Christ died for people's sins- I speak for all who are children of God through faith in Jesus the Christ and His gospel, which can be thought of as being the story of Jesus's life, His purposes for being sent, and what He accomplished to win our salvation: now receive the knowledge of this truth: that our nature is sinful and that we have transgressed God and owe Him a debt of justice to be repaid; ( being hell; just forget your human logic behind justice ); we all are sinners and by default are due for the judgement of our sin, but with God's remarkable free gift of justification and forgiveness, with the work of Christ's life, the death+punishment and resurrection from the dead, being the "means" you could say, for this salvation of ours (the believers) to be won for us: whoever will have their faith ( and, according to my interpretation that this is not just a hearing of the facts, and claiming to yourself or to others "I believe it" with your mouth, and doesn't cause you to live according to the life Christ set out for us; but this rather is a faith that cries out to God "have MERCY on me!" and depends on Him ( Jesus and His finished work ) as your only hope for forgiveness and being saved, that through Him, you'll be pardoned from the Judgement of your Sins by God, because of His finished work, in what He came into this life to do, and you be reborn, ( a change of heart about your life and reality with your new knowledge of the truth, the truth that sets you free ) and be saved! Now, being a believer is not wearing a cross chain or putting a cross bumper sticker on your car or reposting some Christian meme on your phone; in fact there's so many people who *think* they're Christian, but they're living a lie, and that's scary. Faith without works is dead, and although we are saved by faith alone, the faith that SAVES is NEVER alone; thats like claiming you trust someone to catch you, but you won't do the trust fall to let them catch you; now if you believe Jesus, live according to the life he set out for us. ( we won't be perfect at it though ). Upon believing, once God marks you as His Own with the presence of the Holy Spirit ( the Spirit and power of God) in your heart, which will dwell within you!, this will bring about a life, bearing fruits for God! And you will be reborn as a new creature! With a renewed heart, no longer being a slave to your own sin but now walking by the Spirit ( described by the Bible as being a Comforter, Teacher, and Convictor of your sin to your conscience ) and not by the flesh (the will of your sinful self, and passions contrary to the things of God). Basically in simpler terms that with being born again, with the Holy Spirit entering you forever, the Holy Spirit will influence your conscience/heart, prompting you away from walking in the deadness of the ways of your sin ( albeit, we won't be perfectly successful at it in this life; the Bible says that the Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak; the Spirit and the flesh do battle against each other in the being of a person; we won't go on to be sinless, but surely we will sin - LESS, because Christ came not only to save us from the consequence of sin, but also from the power and influence of sin as we live out our lives ); repent your sins! Repent. Turn away from your sins ( again, I am hypocritical for saying this because I can always be better at honoring all these things I'm saying ), but dont take lightly the knowledge of the things of God and the chance you have to be saved in this life! Repent and believe in Christ and Christ's Gospel! Amen, i hope all who read this have a heart to hear; eternity is ETERNITY, and this life is NOT eternity; it's like a vapor in the wind; and again, the whole overall theme of everything I'm saying is GOOD NEWS- that's literally what "gospel" means, good news! We HAVE a savior! The Son of God Jesus Christ! What a glorious thing! And a strong hope for eternal life! There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus; they have passed from death ( and hell ) to life! My prayers and best wishes to you all who read this, Grace and Peace from the Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father be with you!! ❤😊
@@VBELTandSON .< Not meant to be an insult but a lot Cummins/Ram seem to have to be replaced. It may be neglect or other reasons but true. Two of my co-workers have Dodge/Cummins one 08 one 13 with both bragging about how great they are but are on engine 2 or 3 and neither with more than 200k.
Hey Sam, keeping an old truck on the road makes for more efficient use of the earth's resources that went into the truck. Plus it keeps a new truck from being built in its stead. With all these trucks that you have put back to work you have done a lot for the environment. Good work my friend. That is one nice looking truck. That truck will make some lucky guy very happy.
Wish more people had this mindset
I have a late 04 3500 and love that truck
You need to make a parody commercial called "Save the Dodges" with In the Arms of the Angel playing in the background.
My brother inherited our grandpas 03, single cab 4wd. We’ve all driven it growing up, and we love it. Such a damn good truck. I absolutely adore the common rail Cummins. They don’t get the love they deserve. Thanks for keeping them on the road!!
You absolutely saved that rig!!! Somebody is gonna be a happy camper with that.
There are not many people in the world who actually takes the time to make sure this thing is 100% another awesome job Sam nicely done sir.
Thank you I appreciate that!
@@VBELTandSON absolutely man like that saying goes: one man’s trash is another man’s treasure savingcummins1by1.
@@VBELTandSONam that truck never came with a four speed automatic transmission it came with a five speed automatic transmission in that year stand correction
Because he could make several bands of this video!!
I miss my 2005! Thanks for saving that nice gem!!
My old truck burns oil, makes funny noises and is hard to start. 33 years old but the good thing is it does not leak oil. It pulls but likes to overheat.
3rd Gen are my favorite. Got 5 myself.
I’m glad to hear that 2005 is your favorite truck. I just picked up a yellow 2005 5.9 with 95,000 miles. Appreciate sharing all your knowledge
Man oh man that rig turned out gorgeous I love that green, first truck I ever drove was my dads 94 ram 1500 in the same color
My dads 04 has about 430k as well. Just did his second trans rebuild though 😂. Otherwise hasn’t touched the engine at all!
Great job Sam!! That is the same color/interior I had on my 01! Back when I was in high school we used to buy imitation leather steering wheel covers. Then you would lace boondoggle all the way around it. Not bad look and feel. When the leather wheel on my 12 Silverado got hard I found one of those old ones on Amazon!! $7 delivered and it works great, looks good!! LOL Anyway, congrats again on that truck, it looks awesome!! 8) --gary
Great work Sam we love your dedication.
Truck turned out looking sweet, that dump can definitely be busy but it’s a nice drive
That sure is a sweet paint job 👌 Can't wait to get my 18 dually cummins up there 😎👍
Great looking truck, great job on the paint and I have that same trailer brake in my 2000. I don’t know of any truck, or car for that matter, that has over 400,000 miles on it let along the transmission.
Just got me a 06 with 443k no blow by original motor and she sounds great. Just using as a ranch rig but drives so nice I take it everywhere. 😂
48RE or other tranny... depends on use and the driver. The lockup doesn't happen until 30mph (2nd or 3rd). Horrible. Even in 2wd low (yukon hubs up front), the 48RE struggled in hilly campgrounds with our 5th wheel. Did the mystery switch which helped on pavement, but terrified me if I hit it at the wrong time. 48s can be built, but I say it's still use dependent. The 48 is fine for daily drivers who occasionally pull, those pulling sleds, or racing. For someone who tows a lot, it seems to struggle. Ended up swapping to a G56 and I couldn't be happier. Like a different truck. Exhaust brake is way more efficient.
You can be a fan boi of some Frod or Generous Motors, but there is no way you will beat the perfection of a Cummins. I had a friend who had a first gen and it was as good as new after 1,000,000 miles daily driver and farm truck combined. I have beat the living bejesus out of my 07 fixed up 6.7 for over 250,000 miles and it runs better than when it left the factory. That fixing took care of that. 75000 miles of that is towing at 25,000 pounds all up all over the country. Total repairs, one injector, and one turbo actuator. Transmission or as it was designed, fluid heater, got replaced with an ATS Stage 2 with copilot. Made it a whole new truck.
Going from my dads stock 03 to my heavily modified 03 it’s a night and day difference in towing with an auto. His is not enjoyable whatsoever but mine on the other hand is quite impressive
are we just gonna ignore the fact that you have a general lee sitting on some monster tires just sitting in the back yard? 😂
😂🍻
Hit after hit after hit! Loving it!
She seems to run pretty good 😁👍🏻
I LIKE THOES CUMMINGS TURBO DIESEL ENGINES RAM TRUCK ❤❤
Whole truck came out sick, you mentioned '05 was your favorite 3rd gen. Any big differences?
I change my mind. I only like dually if it's Heavy duty 🤑😂
Nice dodge there.🤝👍.
Sam, I am buying a new excavator either a 290 or an 080. I am wondering why you went with a new 080? Please let me know as I am deciding this weekend. I do very similar type work as you so your insight would be very helpful!
I had super high hopes for a 290. But it simply did not keep up with an 080. 080 was better balanced lifted more and pulled harder. Better slew power.
I’d choose the 080 any day over the 290. But I’d choose the. Mecalac over any excavator if I could only have one
What are you calling pollen treatment? Down here in Florida with a black truck. It’s a nightmare keeping it clean of pollen.
My 03 Laramie I got new states on the window sticker it had a 47, which is true because some of the earliest ones did. When I rebuilt it at 200k come to find out, it was actually a 48 once my friend and I got it gutted. It also came with 4:10’s and she hums going down the highway here in Nashville, normally is around 2,500 or so. Just turned 230k and all I do is tow 10k, it’s not a daily or ever really has been.
I sure want to pull some real weight behind my 5.0 Cummins.
I need to tell you something of critcal importance!
I care about you as a person, and ( just know that you are listening to a hypocrite telling you these things I'm about to tell you; I don't honor them always as I should ) I very much urge you to listen to this to the finish: The scriptures tell us that Jesus Christ died for people's sins- I speak for all who are children of God through faith in Jesus the Christ and His gospel, which can be thought of as being the story of Jesus's life, His purposes for being sent, and what He accomplished to win our salvation: now receive the knowledge of this truth: that our nature is sinful and that we have transgressed God and owe Him a debt of justice to be repaid; ( being hell; just forget your human logic behind justice ); we all are sinners and by default are due for the judgement of our sin, but with God's remarkable free gift of justification and forgiveness, with the work of Christ's life, the death+punishment and resurrection from the dead, being the "means" you could say, for this salvation of ours (the believers) to be won for us: whoever will have their faith ( and, according to my interpretation that this is not just a hearing of the facts, and claiming to yourself or to others "I believe it" with your mouth, and doesn't cause you to live according to the life Christ set out for us; but this rather is a faith that cries out to God "have MERCY on me!" and depends on Him ( Jesus and His finished work ) as your only hope for forgiveness and being saved, that through Him, you'll be pardoned from the Judgement of your Sins by God, because of His finished work, in what He came into this life to do, and you be reborn, ( a change of heart about your life and reality with your new knowledge of the truth, the truth that sets you free ) and be saved! Now, being a believer is not wearing a cross chain or putting a cross bumper sticker on your car or reposting some Christian meme on your phone; in fact there's so many people who *think* they're Christian, but they're living a lie, and that's scary. Faith without works is dead, and although we are saved by faith alone, the faith that SAVES is NEVER alone; thats like claiming you trust someone to catch you, but you won't do the trust fall to let them catch you; now if you believe Jesus, live according to the life he set out for us. ( we won't be perfect at it though ). Upon believing, once God marks you as His Own with the presence of the Holy Spirit ( the Spirit and power of God) in your heart, which will dwell within you!, this will bring about a life, bearing fruits for God! And you will be reborn as a new creature! With a renewed heart, no longer being a slave to your own sin but now walking by the Spirit ( described by the Bible as being a Comforter, Teacher, and Convictor of your sin to your conscience ) and not by the flesh (the will of your sinful self, and passions contrary to the things of God). Basically in simpler terms that with being born again, with the Holy Spirit entering you forever, the Holy Spirit will influence your conscience/heart, prompting you away from walking in the deadness of the ways of your sin ( albeit, we won't be perfectly successful at it in this life; the Bible says that the Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak; the Spirit and the flesh do battle against each other in the being of a person; we won't go on to be sinless, but surely we will sin - LESS, because Christ came not only to save us from the consequence of sin, but also from the power and influence of sin as we live out our lives ); repent your sins! Repent. Turn away from your sins ( again, I am hypocritical for saying this because I can always be better at honoring all these things I'm saying ), but dont take lightly the knowledge of the things of God and the chance you have to be saved in this life! Repent and believe in Christ and Christ's Gospel! Amen, i hope all who read this have a heart to hear; eternity is ETERNITY, and this life is NOT eternity; it's like a vapor in the wind; and again, the whole overall theme of everything I'm saying is GOOD NEWS- that's literally what "gospel" means, good news! We HAVE a savior! The Son of God Jesus Christ! What a glorious thing! And a strong hope for eternal life! There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus; they have passed from death ( and hell ) to life!
My prayers and best wishes to you all who read this,
Grace and Peace from the Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father be with you!!
❤😊
Dam good job Sam 👍💪🏻🇺🇸
Thanks man
The paint looks good. Is that single stage?
Thank you and yes
The day you drive through that roll up door is going to be an expensive one. I'd roll it up all the way if I was you.
It’s a 14 foot high door.
Hello, how are you liking the ED Dump trailer?
Very solid trailer. Tows great smooth. I’d buy again
@VBELTandSON Thanks for taking the time to reply man! Just got an offer on one here in Albuquerque. Coming from you, that says a lot
That transfer station... What an absolute shitshow.
Agreed and they all have a chip on their shoulder. Place didn’t used to be like that. Trash everywhere
Bump her up a gear George 😎
Where the green truck
How come you keep it in manual 1st?
@@hey_youtubeim_back2159 habit. It won’t short shift on me
The T-shirt...
Oh god almighty i hate steeringwheel covers..
Second
First
Owners of most old Dodge Cummins say “this engine has more power than my second engine.”
More power than what?
They are referring to a replacement engine in their truck.
@@melrose9252 is this an insult or a good thing. I’m not sure what you’re talking about.
@@VBELTandSON .< Not meant to be an insult but a lot Cummins/Ram seem to have to be replaced. It may be neglect or other reasons but true. Two of my co-workers have Dodge/Cummins one 08 one 13 with both bragging about how great they are but are on engine 2 or 3 and neither with more than 200k.
@@melrose9252 well this one has 427 same engine. I have tons with 200-300k