Please do more of these videos! Its so interesting to see the trucks that actually run this economy, and not $80k mall crawlers that never see a hint of dirt.
We buy Rams for the Cummins engine. They are easy to work on, parts are available at any heavy truck dealer so we don't get screwed by the RAM dealer. Example, 2014 6.7 water pump is $46 at Cummins. Ram dealer, $245.
Mopar Def 15.00 a gallon.. Gas station, 2.00 a gallon! Hell, my dealer charged me 350 for the fuel filters, 200 for oil change, 75 for air filter on top of the 8 gallons of Def I used every 15,000 miles.
@@JoshuaOverman I have 4 duramax trucks in my shop right now. One getting a FCA, a 2011 getting an engine because the crank broke, a 2008 with harness issues, and a 2012 with a blown CP4.
I guess it depends on your dealer. My dealer gave me 8 gallons of Mopar def for free as well as a free sealing magnetic gas cap to replace the cheap plastic cork from the factory. Got my first fuel filter change a week ago, they did that for $60, I checked it myself and they actually changed the filter, they didn't bs me.
@@mahdey So the same basic issues you'll find on a 6.7 Powerstroke. Oh and coming soon to a Ram Cummins near you, blown CP4's. And what does a wire harness issue have to do with the engine's reliability? Not like Ford or FCA are any different when it comes to wiring issues. Especially when the truck is 11 years old. I'm not defending Everything Atvs comment, but all the issues you listed are issues found on the other two brands.
They went to slaughter. Some go to feedlots to pack on a little more weight, but fat wethers like that have no other use but as food. Many are trucked all the way to Pennsylvania for another huge auction before processing, but that's the end destination for most at sale barns. I've gotta say I'm surprised how little they brought. I sell some 20 head of fat Nigerian dwarf wethers a year and they bring just as much as my regular size finished goat wethers, usually approximately $200-250 a head. Then again, I'm dealing with a much higher volume so that may have something to do with it.
Love this vid miss these type of vid👍 The lady did right with buying 7.3 Ford and I understand why farmers buy RAM trucks especially flatbed. Don’t see any those old International truck around anymore with those nice IH 466 engine.
The Cummins is why there are more Rams! Farmers and Ranchers know what engine will pull efficiently with the least amount problems. FYI the DT466 is a great engine however it is not a million mile engine, they are a 9000 hr engine, which is more in line with 350-450000 miles .... we have several at work and we love them .The Cummins in the Ram will likely outlast a DT although the Cummins is not a liner sleeve engine the Dt is much easier to fully rebuild due to that.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you about the dt466. The b50 life of a dt466 is 550,000 miles and the b50 life of a 12v 6bt cummins is 350,000 miles. It all depends which dt466 you get. A fully mechanical 466 will go 1.5 million miles before rebuild. I've seen it with my own eyes. The dt466e, on the other hand, will go alot less. There's been a few different versions of the dt466 so I don't know which ones you have at work or who did the maintenance on them. But the dt466 was around 20 years before the 6bt and has been proven to be a beast. They've been used in tractor pulls since the 70s pushing 3000hp on a stock block. There's a reason it's called "The Legend". Just ask any heavy duty mechanic.
that 7.3 Diesel is an amazing engine. I had a 2wd F250 with it. loved it. I would still be driving it but i got hit in the rear end on an icy road and bounced off a couple cars and the guard rail. I just didn't have the money to repair all the body damage so i sold it to some one who did and he is still using that truck today. I sold it with 198000 miles on it and this guys has been using since 2011. still going strong as his work truck.
Fantastic video!! I love seeing real trucks being used by real people!!!! TFL Truck can do more video like this, showing real trucks by real people being used out in the wild. You should see if you can find a rancher or a farmer that you could tag along for a day so the viewers can see how a real truck is used on a daily basis.
Always loved the farming community, went to quite a few auctions when I was a kid. Can't get any more real on how long a truck lasts then from the owners themselves. Loved this video.
I have a small homestead and I use a ford ranger. It doenst get abused too much at all , I just use it to transport logs , leafs and stuff. You wont see anything above 20 mph on less than an acre .
I used to be a rancher in Mid Northern Saskachewan for about a year. I used my 95 k1500 chevy truck most travelling fields and moving snow moblies and quads. And for moving cows we used a 2006 duramax alison combo.
Colorado farmer here, just sold my Duramax flatbed. Previous 94 Cummins owner. Love a good diesel and keep these videos coming for all the farmers out there. Thanks FLT
Theres a video here on youtube of a econoline bus with the 7.3 powerstroke that has 1.4 million original miles. Its been maintained religiously of course but hell, those are 12 valve cummins miles. I guess the 7.3 international isnt too bad
@@EZNowTrucker There's a Duramax that went over 1 million miles in 6 years. Quite a few of them actually. It doesn't need to be a Cummins to do a million miles.
I can watch these types of shows all day long. Goodbye TV. Instead of watching mindless sitcoms, you actually learn stuff that's useful and see how others in the country live. I love it.
My Gido was one the early adopters of 4x4 when they became available in his area. On the farm there are still two 1970s Jeep Comaches one from thr farm and the other in my Uncle's first truck he bought for himself. We have a 1992 D150, a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500, and a 2005 1500... I also have a 1994 Ram 1500 that was from the farm... and a 2012 Ram 1500... next truck is gonna be a Dodge/Ram...
I thought that place looked Familiar lol. My sister lived maybe a mile down highway 14 there, and then they just recently moved another 20 or 30 miles down the road passed Ault near Brigsdale. They both drive like a 2011 to 2013 3500 Crew Cab Long Bed Diesels, one's a SRW and one's a DRW. Both have about 200k miles on them and still running. If you want a good Mexican place, you can stop by Hacienda Real there by the auction place and they have some pretty good mostly authentic Mexican food. That'd be fun to run into Mr. Truck here though lol.
Great job on this video. It's nice to see "real world" users. Makes you wonder if these people are who manufacturers are targeting. This was a small sample size, but does shed some light on a gap between the seller and the end-user. Again, great video!! Thank you.
So out here in Western Kansas, the trucks at the sale barn are mostly all dodges and then a few fords, it's rare to see a chevy. The story I heard is that most all farmers around here use to have Fords but they had extremely weak frames in the 80's and the trucks were bending in a V so most all the farmers switched to Dodge. They stored all these broke fords in Hays Kansas allegedly and this is an actual fact, google "Ford Swiss Cheese Frame". Finally all of our trucks are Dodges and we have had insanely good luck with them. 95 Dakota 318 4x4, auto, 280k with 2k overloads, pulls 11k hay bale trailers all the time, snapping chains, jumping in the pasture, we drive it extremely rough and our pastures and crazy bumpy. The only problems it has ever had was the timing chain cover had to be replaced, hole in the radiator, cv shafts, front wheel bearing, cats replaced, Multifunction headlight switch like 4 times now. We still drive this truck and loan it to our friends in need. Still on the stock automatic transmission, 4x4 works amazing, still pulling heavy trailers, most reliable vehicle my father has ever owned in his life. Our 96 Ram 2500 V10 4x4, 5spd with 450k, we use this to haul the stock trailer and do most of the farm work. It's still around today, only problem it has had is 5th gear nut, 02 sensors, cats replaced, I just put in new injectors a couple months ago. People like to talk smack on Dodge but man we really put these trucks through incredible abuse on our farm and they just keep on going. Maybe Dodge is just a victim of their own success, they don't break enough and people hold on and keep them.
I have been building logging roads in the mountains of bc for thirty years. There is a reason Ford f350s are the overwhelming standard in this industry. They are the least bad
Oh did they finally recover from that ugly decade where the engines were Mexican-built dog shit? Glad to see they finally fixed that flimsy wet noodle frame in 2017. Those flimsy frames cracked a lot of radiators on logging roads over the years.
I prefer the Ram also. Easy accessibility, can find cheap parts. Love the fact that I can do most of the mechanical work myself. There's a few mechanics I can trust. And only go to them if I'm limited in time. Most of the time is better for me to do the work since they often have a waiting list.
Here in the midwest I see a lot of Powerstroke's and Ram Cummins trucks pulling trailers. Chevy just isn't as popular. Also, shout out to Mr. Truck for pointing out how rock solid the International trucks are / were. They didn't make a lot of hp but they pulled like crazy and lasted forever. Low maintenance on the International's too.
I live in northern NV ranch country and do a lot of traveling to Northern UT and CO. The majority of flat bed trucks are Dodges (before they called them Rams). I drive a deleted and tuned DirtyMax and have an older Chevy 1500 for running around so I'm not just a Dodge fanboy. There are some Chevy's and Fords in our valley but mostly Dodges. There is a Raptor with a flatbed on it too! I think the Dodges are cheaper to purchase and the reliability of the Cummins is what makes them popular.
@@hochhaul name one thing on the truck that goes bad, and i guarantee ford and chevy have the same problem. All in all, the second gen is the best truck ever made period.
Kent has a city boy truck compared to what's in that lot. All fancy and shiny with no scratches or smells. It would have been very interesting to count eco boosts within the ford's parked there. Probably not too many is my guess.
Did you include the one Subaru? ;) Bye Bye goats! Curious why you used the big stocker trailer, when you could have used the small, white one from the half-ton tests? Who did the wiring on that International? EEEK!
Great video TFL! I love your videos where your out there in the public and talking with real people. Reminds me a little of the Scout video a while back when you picked it up. Good job!
In Scotland the best selling truck amongst farmers is the Isuzu D-MAX 4X4. Hauls 2425lbs. Tows 7716lbs and gets a combined 33.5 mpgUS! But you don't wanna know how 'big' the engine is! 😮
@@hochhaul They certainly did. The current engine here is a mere 1.9L twin turbo diesel. But they manage to squeeze 164bhp and 266lb-ft of torque out of it. The major upside is the fuel economy.
@@cwoolfork5974 A tiny 1.9L twin turbo diesel. I was shocked when they announced the new engine, but it's more powerful than the 2.5L it replaced. 164hp and 266lb-ft of torque.
Yah, farmers in hilly areas especially Colorado and western/central Nebraska go for diesels only for towing their livestock trailers, and they go for reliable trucks, go look and you'll see the Cummins and the 7.3L powerstroke probly count for 3/4 of that parking lot that isn't the half ton city truck
I was raised in the country (South Dakota), I see and know what works in the real world outside of the bogus advertising. Ranchers and farmers use what has always worked well for them, new or old. This is why Dodge continues to be the #1 truck used in ag (with GM a close 2nd), they use what always works and doesn't require constant adjustments and repairs like Fords do. Notice almost all the Fords are newer? That is what happens when they keep breaking, they buy newer ones, repeating in the vicious cycle of constant repairs. Fords may be fine if they never tow or haul a load, but put them to work and they break repeatedly. It has been this way since at least the early 80s.
When you have little money to spend you purchase a second hand vehicle that has depreciated the most, and that's a Dodge/RAM. They don't retain their value, so they make for good second hand purchases.
I live in rural Scottsdale, AZ surrounded by affluent horse breeders. High end RAMs outnumber Fords almost 2:1. GMs are almost non-existent. These guys don't buy used to pull these huge $$$ trailers. Quite a few medium duty crew cabs too.
I think any well taken care of truck is going to hold its value. But lets be honest, Ram 15 years ago or so was having a lot of rust issues on their trucks, and not many people want to pay a premium for a truck with a rusting body even if the engine is in good condition. So I agree with you that there's probably a lot of Rams with a little rust that can be picked up pretty cheap relative to other brands or relative to a rare clean Ram.
@Xxplicit >>> your simple little mind, your weak character (actually lack thereof) and your dead-fish personality is all evident from that little rant/comment that you posted. Know that whatever you do, you are INSIGNIFICANT, UNIMPORTANT, and UNINTERESTING.
All new trucks these days drive well. This was a great video to see trucks that actually work and got some years and miles on them. Interesting with these Dodges and now RAM’s. I also notice a lot of hotshot RAM trucks on the interstates. Is it also pricing with Dodges now RAM?
I dont see a lot of Super Platinum King Limited Big Horn Denali trucks that fill up all the dealer lots....I see normal trucks that today have to be special ordered
Love the content .... I’m guessing it’s the wiring harness & computer software that dictates what options you can & can’t choose when building a truck. Can no longer build a truck like the older ones with just a few creature comforts. Base model with heated seats & steering wheel, charging ports, 360° view ... without having to pay $$$$ for bundled specific packages that drop/add items.
Ricardo The PC Wizard literally any 3/4 ton and bigger diesel pickup after 2007 makes more than 600ft/lb stock.... so there are a bunch of trucks in that lot making more than 600....
@Robby Dey lol I’m a farmer... and I’ll say it depends entirely on the operation. Poor farmers keep things forever. Most other farmers I know have trucks that are 6 years old or newer, grandpa used to trade in his every other year. Our newest farm truck is a ‘16 Ram 4500 and it runs along side the 2000 3500.
@@chevyon37s there are a lot of farmers in Kansas and Missouri that are more hobby farmers than doing it for work and they have a bigger bank account than most people will ever have. They still enjoy driving their 10 year old trucks. My grandpa has drove his 99gen 2 Cummins and he has more than enough money to put into a new truck
nice to see real workhorse trucks put to the real world applications by the real truck people. no fancy electronics, electric power steering, turbo (maybe?), bloated emission equipment & steering racks. just a good old diesel ready to rumble & get the job done...
We always had fords. Grandpa has been buying f250s since the early 1970s at the rate of one every 2 to 3 years. He drives the new rigs, the 2nd hand rigs begin ranch duty, after a few years of ranch duty they get parked. Although there are 2 1970s fords that are still on the clock. A Sequoia brown1974 f250 highboy with factory dump bed, & a green 1976 f100 highboy(?). Great old trucks that will never die.
hochhaul u obviously have never had any experience with a ford E4od man I replaced a hundred of those in 1989 under warranty and Allison torque converter on Allison’s 1000 series was a full time job. Everything has is weakness
The Fast Lane Truck you guys should do a review on my truck. I have a 1998 ford f-150 Lobo edition. It was the models that were made in Mexico. Its a 5 speed manual transmission.
@@deadlymig123 I've seen a few Ford Lobo's. Guys still don't believe me when I tell them that Ford used to build F-150's in Mexico and they were called a Ford Lobo.
hochhaul the body styles are actually really noticeably different. The truck is a beast. It has 220k on it right now and the only work I’ve done to it was Maintence like oil changes, tune ups ect. Wouldn’t trade it for anything
Please do a best used truck for 10k or 15k. Not all of us can afford a 70k fully loaded bling mall crawler truck. All the reviews I see online are fully loaded, but that's what manufactures give, but maybe do basic work truck reviews.
Ram is in the country and mountains. I think the fact that they were 4x4 a decade before Ford and Chevy helps. Even when Ford and Chevy did offer 4x4 you had to get out in the mud snow cold to lock the hubs were Ram you just pull the lever inside your warm cab doing 55 mph. lol
More of this please!!!!
It’s nice to see reality and not just what the manufactures want you to see.
Please do more of these videos! Its so interesting to see the trucks that actually run this economy, and not $80k mall crawlers that never see a hint of dirt.
We buy Rams for the Cummins engine. They are easy to work on, parts are available at any heavy truck dealer so we don't get screwed by the RAM dealer. Example, 2014 6.7 water pump is $46 at Cummins. Ram dealer, $245.
Mopar Def 15.00 a gallon.. Gas station, 2.00 a gallon! Hell, my dealer charged me 350 for the fuel filters, 200 for oil change, 75 for air filter on top of the 8 gallons of Def I used every 15,000 miles.
Yeah easy to Work On But If You Get A Duramax You Won’t Have To Work On It At All
@@JoshuaOverman I have 4 duramax trucks in my shop right now. One getting a FCA, a 2011 getting an engine because the crank broke, a 2008 with harness issues, and a 2012 with a blown CP4.
I guess it depends on your dealer. My dealer gave me 8 gallons of Mopar def for free as well as a free sealing magnetic gas cap to replace the cheap plastic cork from the factory. Got my first fuel filter change a week ago, they did that for $60, I checked it myself and they actually changed the filter, they didn't bs me.
@@mahdey So the same basic issues you'll find on a 6.7 Powerstroke. Oh and coming soon to a Ram Cummins near you, blown CP4's. And what does a wire harness issue have to do with the engine's reliability? Not like Ford or FCA are any different when it comes to wiring issues. Especially when the truck is 11 years old.
I'm not defending Everything Atvs comment, but all the issues you listed are issues found on the other two brands.
This is probably my favorite type of video on this channel. Also, that was one handsome International
INTERNATIONAL SUPERIOR, Freightliner INFERIOR
That old boy with the 5 speed Dodge, now that's the ticket. And, if you drive a Ram and eat beef, your voice will be very deep.
I laughed out loud when Andre was pep talking the goats. I'm sure they felt much better about the situation after that talk.
They went to slaughter. Some go to feedlots to pack on a little more weight, but fat wethers like that have no other use but as food. Many are trucked all the way to Pennsylvania for another huge auction before processing, but that's the end destination for most at sale barns. I've gotta say I'm surprised how little they brought. I sell some 20 head of fat Nigerian dwarf wethers a year and they bring just as much as my regular size finished goat wethers, usually approximately $200-250 a head. Then again, I'm dealing with a much higher volume so that may have something to do with it.
@@AtuMan190 the Midwest, Iowa to be exact.
There's nothing like watching Andre and Mr. Truck deliberating over the different levels of pie sophistication. 😂
I like Andre and have nothing against him, but when debating the merits of pie, I've gotta side with the Heavy Duty Reviewer...
Salute marine
Love this vid miss these type of vid👍 The lady did right with buying 7.3 Ford and I understand why farmers buy RAM trucks especially flatbed. Don’t see any those old International truck around anymore with those nice IH 466 engine.
The Cummins is why there are more Rams! Farmers and Ranchers know what engine will pull efficiently with the least amount problems. FYI the DT466 is a great engine however it is not a million mile engine, they are a 9000 hr engine, which is more in line with 350-450000 miles .... we have several at work and we love them .The Cummins in the Ram will likely outlast a DT although the Cummins is not a liner sleeve engine the Dt is much easier to fully rebuild due to that.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you about the dt466. The b50 life of a dt466 is 550,000 miles and the b50 life of a 12v 6bt cummins is 350,000 miles. It all depends which dt466 you get. A fully mechanical 466 will go 1.5 million miles before rebuild. I've seen it with my own eyes. The dt466e, on the other hand, will go alot less. There's been a few different versions of the dt466 so I don't know which ones you have at work or who did the maintenance on them. But the dt466 was around 20 years before the 6bt and has been proven to be a beast. They've been used in tractor pulls since the 70s pushing 3000hp on a stock block. There's a reason it's called "The Legend". Just ask any heavy duty mechanic.
that 7.3 Diesel is an amazing engine. I had a 2wd F250 with it. loved it. I would still be driving it but i got hit in the rear end on an icy road and bounced off a couple cars and the guard rail. I just didn't have the money to repair all the body damage so i sold it to some one who did and he is still using that truck today. I sold it with 198000 miles on it and this guys has been using since 2011. still going strong as his work truck.
Fantastic video!! I love seeing real trucks being used by real people!!!! TFL Truck can do more video like this, showing real trucks by real people being used out in the wild. You should see if you can find a rancher or a farmer that you could tag along for a day so the viewers can see how a real truck is used on a daily basis.
Thanks guys; really enjoyed this segment! Love your kinda peeps Mr. Truck!
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Always loved the farming community, went to quite a few auctions when I was a kid. Can't get any more real on how long a truck lasts then from the owners themselves. Loved this video.
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I have a small homestead and I use a ford ranger. It doenst get abused too much at all , I just use it to transport logs , leafs and stuff. You wont see anything above 20 mph on less than an acre .
I used to be a rancher in Mid Northern Saskachewan for about a year. I used my 95 k1500 chevy truck most travelling fields and moving snow moblies and quads. And for moving cows we used a 2006 duramax alison combo.
That is cold! hopefully none of your gear was ever stolen up there
Colorado farmer here, just sold my Duramax flatbed. Previous 94 Cummins owner. Love a good diesel and keep these videos coming for all the farmers out there. Thanks FLT
My dad has a 2001 Ford F-250 7.3 diesel, it has 440,000 plus miles it. Still running great.
My Dad Has A 2001 Ford F-350 7.3 Powerstroke It Has Almost 700,000 Miles On It Still Running Great.
Theres a video here on youtube of a econoline bus with the 7.3 powerstroke that has 1.4 million original miles. Its been maintained religiously of course but hell, those are 12 valve cummins miles. I guess the 7.3 international isnt too bad
@@EZNowTrucker There's a Duramax that went over 1 million miles in 6 years. Quite a few of them actually. It doesn't need to be a Cummins to do a million miles.
I love this series!!!
I second that remark! More "What Real '...' Drives" videos!
The reason why there are more Rams is one beautiful word. Cummins
Considering I saw a few that didn’t have the Cummins I’d have to disagree to an extent.
@@livewithnick - those are the people have no idea what they’re doing when they buy a truck
I've missed you Mr. Truck! Good to see you and Andre at the auction gathering real world data. Keep up the great work!
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Hey TFL Truck, love these type of videos. That is "real world" people and their trucks !!!
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I can watch these types of shows all day long. Goodbye TV. Instead of watching mindless sitcoms, you actually learn stuff that's useful and see how others in the country live. I love it.
Sometimes the reason for more of one brand than others in an particular area is because the service at the Dealership is better than the others.
These random videos are what make this great, thanks!
9:50 Love seeing that DT466.
Real dudes...real reviews!
Always great Andre and Mr. Truck best TFL videos !
Agreed!
Thanks guys
My Gido was one the early adopters of 4x4 when they became available in his area. On the farm there are still two 1970s Jeep Comaches one from thr farm and the other in my Uncle's first truck he bought for himself. We have a 1992 D150, a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500, and a 2005 1500... I also have a 1994 Ram 1500 that was from the farm... and a 2012 Ram 1500... next truck is gonna be a Dodge/Ram...
In Alberta is is very much a family thing... some families drive GM others Ford... lots of Dodges...
I thought that place looked Familiar lol. My sister lived maybe a mile down highway 14 there, and then they just recently moved another 20 or 30 miles down the road passed Ault near Brigsdale.
They both drive like a 2011 to 2013 3500 Crew Cab Long Bed Diesels, one's a SRW and one's a DRW. Both have about 200k miles on them and still running.
If you want a good Mexican place, you can stop by Hacienda Real there by the auction place and they have some pretty good mostly authentic Mexican food. That'd be fun to run into Mr. Truck here though lol.
Thank's by to share!
Congratulations Andre and Mr. Truck!
Best regards from México city!
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More videos like this please !
I love these videos. Thanks for making this guys!
You're welcome
Driven past that auction site more times than I can count. The guy with the International probably paid less for that new then most new pickups cost.
Yes, and the thing is, that International can out tow all of them. 😁
An International is a great piece of American history, it had a serious 4×4 and they even have offroad clubs for the legendary International Scouts
Great job on this video. It's nice to see "real world" users. Makes you wonder if these people are who manufacturers are targeting. This was a small sample size, but does shed some light on a gap between the seller and the end-user. Again, great video!! Thank you.
So out here in Western Kansas, the trucks at the sale barn are mostly all dodges and then a few fords, it's rare to see a chevy. The story I heard is that most all farmers around here use to have Fords but they had extremely weak frames in the 80's and the trucks were bending in a V so most all the farmers switched to Dodge. They stored all these broke fords in Hays Kansas allegedly and this is an actual fact, google "Ford Swiss Cheese Frame".
Finally all of our trucks are Dodges and we have had insanely good luck with them.
95 Dakota 318 4x4, auto, 280k with 2k overloads, pulls 11k hay bale trailers all the time, snapping chains, jumping in the pasture, we drive it extremely rough and our pastures and crazy bumpy. The only problems it has ever had was the timing chain cover had to be replaced, hole in the radiator, cv shafts, front wheel bearing, cats replaced, Multifunction headlight switch like 4 times now. We still drive this truck and loan it to our friends in need. Still on the stock automatic transmission, 4x4 works amazing, still pulling heavy trailers, most reliable vehicle my father has ever owned in his life.
Our 96 Ram 2500 V10 4x4, 5spd with 450k, we use this to haul the stock trailer and do most of the farm work. It's still around today, only problem it has had is 5th gear nut, 02 sensors, cats replaced, I just put in new injectors a couple months ago.
People like to talk smack on Dodge but man we really put these trucks through incredible abuse on our farm and they just keep on going. Maybe Dodge is just a victim of their own success, they don't break enough and people hold on and keep them.
Great video Andre and Mr. Truck!! Keep up the great work gents!
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Where’s the Ridgelines⁉️😂
Awesome series and video, so cool to see real ranchers trucks
We have two 7.3 and two of the 6.7 we've got 320,000 on one 7.3 and 270,000 on one 6.7 if you do regular maintenance they keep going.
The same goes for the other two brands too. Guys buy cheap low quality fuel and complain when they go through injectors and fuel pumps.
Love seeing some older trucks on the channel
I have been building logging roads in the mountains of bc for thirty years. There is a reason Ford f350s are the overwhelming standard in this industry. They are the least bad
Oh did they finally recover from that ugly decade where the engines were Mexican-built dog shit? Glad to see they finally fixed that flimsy wet noodle frame in 2017. Those flimsy frames cracked a lot of radiators on logging roads over the years.
7:54 "It's not that bad..."
Words to live by.
I miss them old skool Grandpa's. R.I.P. Grandpa. I miss you.
I prefer the Ram also. Easy accessibility, can find cheap parts. Love the fact that I can do most of the mechanical work myself. There's a few mechanics I can trust. And only go to them if I'm limited in time. Most of the time is better for me to do the work since they often have a waiting list.
Dodge cummins 😎 In all reality us farmer/ranchers drive all brands. Depends on what you want.
Screw a normal truck I want the International!
I personally prefer the late 90s-early 00s Pete or KW with a Cat engine, but different strokes for different folks.
Love these videos seeing regular trim trucks and older work horses doing real work!
I really liked this. Keep up the good work!
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Here in the midwest I see a lot of Powerstroke's and Ram Cummins trucks pulling trailers. Chevy just isn't as popular. Also, shout out to Mr. Truck for pointing out how rock solid the International trucks are / were. They didn't make a lot of hp but they pulled like crazy and lasted forever. Low maintenance on the International's too.
4:15 That guy in the green is about to pop
I live in northern NV ranch country and do a lot of traveling to Northern UT and CO. The majority of flat bed trucks are Dodges (before they called them Rams). I drive a deleted and tuned DirtyMax and have an older Chevy 1500 for running around so I'm not just a Dodge fanboy. There are some Chevy's and Fords in our valley but mostly Dodges. There is a Raptor with a flatbed on it too!
I think the Dodges are cheaper to purchase and the reliability of the Cummins is what makes them popular.
It's definitely for the engine. Generally not for the truck wrapped around the Cummins.
@@hochhaul name one thing on the truck that goes bad, and i guarantee ford and chevy have the same problem. All in all, the second gen is the best truck ever made period.
We use a 77 gmc grumman curbmaster 1ton dually short wheel base, with four bfg km2 tires across the back.
Kent has a city boy truck compared to what's in that lot. All fancy and shiny with no scratches or smells. It would have been very interesting to count eco boosts within the ford's parked there. Probably not too many is my guess.
There is that Toyota lol!
Well it is brand new
Love this video a lot. I still like Chevy though because they are long lasting trucks on the Navajo Nation.
Did you include the one Subaru? ;) Bye Bye goats! Curious why you used the big stocker trailer, when you could have used the small, white one from the half-ton tests? Who did the wiring on that International? EEEK!
Great video TFL! I love your videos where your out there in the public and talking with real people. Reminds me a little of the Scout video a while back when you picked it up. Good job!
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More like this !!!
just give me a 70's to mid 80's configuration with a vinyl bench seat
In Scotland the best selling truck amongst farmers is the Isuzu D-MAX 4X4. Hauls 2425lbs. Tows 7716lbs and gets a combined 33.5 mpgUS! But you don't wanna know how 'big' the engine is! 😮
Isuzu has been making diesel engines nearly as long as Cummins has. GM picked a good company to partner with on the Duramax.
...now you've got me wondering. How "big" is the engine?....
@@hochhaul They certainly did. The current engine here is a mere 1.9L twin turbo diesel. But they manage to squeeze 164bhp and 266lb-ft of torque out of it. The major upside is the fuel economy.
@@cwoolfork5974 A tiny 1.9L twin turbo diesel. I was shocked when they announced the new engine, but it's more powerful than the 2.5L it replaced. 164hp and 266lb-ft of torque.
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Should've showed us the KW and the Peterbilt in the background at 9:37
I watched the whole series. This is good stuff. Farmers cowboys ranchers hay auction. Cool reality tv!
The real world, I love it!
Yeey yeey these are real farmers
Wonder if we will see more Nissans in the future now that they offer a Cummins like the ram 🐏
True America. The America I love.
@@billyrudd2786 do you love being stupid ?
Yes I’ve been waiting for another episode like this!! Thank you TFL love to see what real cowboys drive!
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I still wish that every pickup had floor shift 4 wheel drive?
Ram has that as an option for 2500 and up trucks
@@TheKillerMarine only tradesman
Love these kinds of videos keep em coming
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Love these videos I really hope to see more of these!
Yah, farmers in hilly areas especially Colorado and western/central Nebraska go for diesels only for towing their livestock trailers, and they go for reliable trucks, go look and you'll see the Cummins and the 7.3L powerstroke probly count for 3/4 of that parking lot that isn't the half ton city truck
Do more, PLEASE
I was raised in the country (South Dakota), I see and know what works in the real world outside of the bogus advertising. Ranchers and farmers use what has always worked well for them, new or old. This is why Dodge continues to be the #1 truck used in ag (with GM a close 2nd), they use what always works and doesn't require constant adjustments and repairs like Fords do. Notice almost all the Fords are newer? That is what happens when they keep breaking, they buy newer ones, repeating in the vicious cycle of constant repairs. Fords may be fine if they never tow or haul a load, but put them to work and they break repeatedly. It has been this way since at least the early 80s.
This sort of thing is great. You don't always have to torture test the latest and "greatest" stuff
When you have little money to spend you purchase a second hand vehicle that has depreciated the most, and that's a Dodge/RAM. They don't retain their value, so they make for good second hand purchases.
They actually do retain their value, especially a Cummins!
also on point!
I live in rural Scottsdale, AZ surrounded by affluent horse breeders. High end RAMs outnumber Fords almost 2:1. GMs are almost non-existent. These guys don't buy used to pull these huge $$$ trailers. Quite a few medium duty crew cabs too.
I think any well taken care of truck is going to hold its value. But lets be honest, Ram 15 years ago or so was having a lot of rust issues on their trucks, and not many people want to pay a premium for a truck with a rusting body even if the engine is in good condition. So I agree with you that there's probably a lot of Rams with a little rust that can be picked up pretty cheap relative to other brands or relative to a rare clean Ram.
@Xxplicit >>> your simple little mind, your weak character (actually lack thereof) and your dead-fish personality is all evident from that little rant/comment that you posted. Know that whatever you do, you are INSIGNIFICANT, UNIMPORTANT, and UNINTERESTING.
I really like Andre and Mr. Truck. They are a great team. I love cherry pie as well... ;)
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All new trucks these days drive well. This was a great video to see trucks that actually work and got some years and miles on them. Interesting with these Dodges and now RAM’s. I also notice a lot of hotshot RAM trucks on the interstates. Is it also pricing with Dodges now RAM?
I dont see a lot of Super Platinum King Limited Big Horn Denali trucks that fill up all the dealer lots....I see normal trucks that today have to be special ordered
I went lookimg around for a new truck, single cab shortbed. Couldn't find a single one anywhere.
Now that the stock show is in town I hope we’ll see another of these features.
The international looked like a dt360. Either way a great engine. We have a 91 13 letter poo spreader with a mechanical dt460.
Great video guys.
TFL Please make more videos of ranchers and what they drive. SUPER COOL VIDEOS!!
That's a big trailer for a couple goats that can fit in a Nesco.
They are all decent human beings and don’t park too close to each other. 👍
Love the content ....
I’m guessing it’s the wiring harness & computer software that dictates what options you can & can’t choose when building a truck. Can no longer build a truck like the older ones with just a few creature comforts. Base model with heated seats & steering wheel, charging ports, 360° view ... without having to pay $$$$ for bundled specific packages that drop/add items.
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Here in the thumb of Michigan. It's nothing but super dutys, on the farms.
Yeah the yoopers like to turn wrenches all day. Don't drive them much. Too busy wrenching on them.
Nah! It's because they like those workhorse trucks. And the thumb, is not the up. LMAO
I do that some time, on the way from work I count RAM vs ford or chevy, Ram wins all the time 🤷♂️
Is the Ram always powered by a cummins?
@@jeremymvail if it's diesel it's a cummins
I do the same here in AZ, RAM is above Ford by a fair amount, GM a distant third. I'm in horse breeding country.
You don’t need 1000 foot pounds of torque to pull a horse trailer.
Andrew Hatton you don’t need running shoes, to run a marathon either... but they sure help.
I doubt any of those trucks in that lot make any more than 600lbs torque, except for the big international
Ricardo The PC Wizard literally any 3/4 ton and bigger diesel pickup after 2007 makes more than 600ft/lb stock.... so there are a bunch of trucks in that lot making more than 600....
@Robby Dey lol I’m a farmer... and I’ll say it depends entirely on the operation. Poor farmers keep things forever. Most other farmers I know have trucks that are 6 years old or newer, grandpa used to trade in his every other year. Our newest farm truck is a ‘16 Ram 4500 and it runs along side the 2000 3500.
@@chevyon37s there are a lot of farmers in Kansas and Missouri that are more hobby farmers than doing it for work and they have a bigger bank account than most people will ever have. They still enjoy driving their 10 year old trucks. My grandpa has drove his 99gen 2 Cummins and he has more than enough money to put into a new truck
nice to see real workhorse trucks put to the real world applications by the real truck people. no fancy electronics, electric power steering, turbo (maybe?), bloated emission equipment & steering racks. just a good old diesel ready to rumble & get the job done...
We always had fords. Grandpa has been buying f250s since the early 1970s at the rate of one every 2 to 3 years. He drives the new rigs, the 2nd hand rigs begin ranch duty, after a few years of ranch duty they get parked. Although there are 2 1970s fords that are still on the clock. A Sequoia brown1974 f250 highboy with factory dump bed, & a green 1976 f100 highboy(?). Great old trucks that will never die.
Cummins is the reason Ram is in working machines ..simple compared to gm and forget taking the body off a Ford to work on the engine
The problem is that the Cummins comes in the worst truck made and bolted up to some of the worst transmissions Fiat can scrounge up.
hochhaul u obviously have never had any experience with a ford E4od man I replaced a hundred of those in 1989 under warranty and Allison torque converter on Allison’s 1000 series was a full time job. Everything has is weakness
That 2nd gen dodge dually was in such nice shape. Old dodge trucks are the best trucks.
This is quality stuff.
You commented that ram trucks don't come with manual transmissions any more. Isn't manual still an option for 2500/3500 with diesel?
They discontinued it for 2019 Ram HD.
Another great fun video great job guys
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Where do guys film ? Im out of Keenesburg and brighton i didnt know you guys are in Colorado
We film all over Colorado. Often in Brighton, Hudson, and Boulder.
The Fast Lane Truck you guys should do a review on my truck. I have a 1998 ford f-150 Lobo edition. It was the models that were made in Mexico. Its a 5 speed manual transmission.
@@deadlymig123 I've seen a few Ford Lobo's. Guys still don't believe me when I tell them that Ford used to build F-150's in Mexico and they were called a Ford Lobo.
Please email us a picture of your truck to ask@tfltruck.com and we can schedule it.
hochhaul the body styles are actually really noticeably different. The truck is a beast. It has 220k on it right now and the only work I’ve done to it was Maintence like oil changes, tune ups ect. Wouldn’t trade it for anything
Fun video! Thanks guys!
You're welcome
7:13 Why do I like that Toyota more than all the trucks in the video?
Please do a best used truck for 10k or 15k. Not all of us can afford a 70k fully loaded bling mall crawler truck. All the reviews I see online are fully loaded, but that's what manufactures give, but maybe do basic work truck reviews.
Ram is in the country and mountains. I think the fact that they were 4x4 a decade before Ford and Chevy helps. Even when Ford and Chevy did offer 4x4 you had to get out in the mud snow cold to lock the hubs were Ram you just pull the lever inside your warm cab doing 55 mph. lol
Anyone else notice the Toyota at 7:13 is a dually?
Yeah probably a Toyota body on a domestic truck frame. the original frame probably rust rotted away a couple decades ago.