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My boat haulin rig......96 Dodge 3500 Dually with the Cummins
Diesel....

Bought this in January to save the $2000 shipping cost of getting my boat
from Everett Washington to my place in Westminter, Calif.

This Truck made the 2600 mile turn around in 3 1/2 days with no sweat.

At my age, I need all the testostoroni I can muster...........

nice truck,, how much does something like that cost way out west? how much is fuel these days its 4.85 in Maine

$4.35 at the corner station for 87 octane gas.

Diesel is within a whisker of $5 here in Washington, I'm predicting $6 by summers end.

I just paid $5.03 this morning for diesel...and that's the lowest in my area.

castabi, if you need to learn about your Dodge Cummins, you should check out these sites:

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/index.php

http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/index.php

Too bad diesel is sooo expensive!

Scott

IN2DEEP, I saw your Silver Dodge 2500? in your Diamond Lake Report, it looks like new!

I'm paying $4.99 for diesel at the Chevron at Westminster and Bolsa Chica.

Its ONLY money................. :lol:

Cal,

chip that cummins and throw a 4" pipe on her and she will get over 20 MPG if ya dont break 2K on the tach.

or I'll give ya $2500.00 for her like she is.

welder wrote:Cal,

chip that cummins and throw a 4" pipe on her and she will get over 20 MPG if ya dont break 2K on the tach.

or I'll give ya $2500.00 for her like she is.

Welder, the pre '98.5 Cummins were 12 valve motors and all mechanical (non computer controlled) I think they use some primitive means to increase power on them such as grinding the stop on the throttle plates and such.
I haven't studied much on how they increase power with the 12 valves because I have a 24 valve truck. I do know that the 12 valve have a high reliability rating... and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if calstabi isn't already getting over 20 mpg running empty.



Thanks calstabi for noticing the truck
It was pampered by one of my fishing buddies between 1998 and 2006, then he bought a megacab.
The new rims (2007 dealer take-off's) did wonders on improving the looks of the truck and some nice riding Michelin tires to boot.

BTW: I paid $4.95 on Friday and $5.03 this morning at the same station. :x

Roger on the 12 valve.

Ya have to crank the pump up, with the right goodies and a drag strip that motor has been pushed to 1100 HP.

It's all about the smoke... that's what a lot of those guys want!

This one guy had a bumper sticker that said:

You better not be following too close unless you want a mouth full of cummins!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thats funny..............

He said , Cummins.

Then there is the other sticker ..........

I would rather be BLOWN than INJECTED [ Sticker on top fuel car ]