I finally went and got a 'big' truck for a daily driver.

DangerRanger~91 · Oct 5, 2010

Sweet truck man.. I love the stacks!

fastpakr · Oct 5, 2010

Redjosh said:
I can't speak for the owner of this truck but my daily driver is a 2008 3500 cummins 6spd manual 4door long bed 4x4 drw. I drive it cause I can and like have a big truck to drive I get 16 to 20 mpg depending on how I drive it

Just seems like a colossal waste to me. To each their own.

Redjosh · Oct 6, 2010

mjonesjr said:
Sure did. The only thing Dodge didn't do in a 3500 was an extended cab short bed.

This has been bugging me cause I really didn't think dodge ever made a single rear wheel 3500 in a 2nd gen body style. So I have been looking and I haven't found anything and I asked on a couple dodge forums and they are all saying its just rebadged and that there were no true 3500 single rear in a 2nd gen. This doesn't mean they are rite of course

Redjosh · Oct 6, 2010

fastpakr said:
Just seems like a colossal waste to me. To each their own.

How is it a waste I pull a trailer once a week atleast I bought the truck because I love the way duallies look and I love being able to pull almost anything I want

jackjroadster · Oct 19, 2010

It's not a waste. Truck's in good condition and reliable,the exterior is awesome, and its functionality is undeniable but replacing the stacks would boost its look, a lot of dodge truck parts is available. You have a variety of choices.

bobbywalter · Oct 19, 2010

Redjosh said:
This has been bugging me cause I really didn't think dodge ever made a single rear wheel 3500 in a 2nd gen body style. So I have been looking and I haven't found anything and I asked on a couple dodge forums and they are all saying its just rebadged and that there were no true 3500 single rear in a 2nd gen. This doesn't mean they are rite of course

whats the title say? what kind of economy does it get unladen?

Redjosh · Oct 21, 2010

bobbywalter said:
whats the title say? what kind of economy does it get unladen?

Not sure what his title says. My truck gets between 16 to 20 mpg unloaded depending how I drive.

Jason · Oct 21, 2010

Nice truck but I agree on the stacks being gay. They always seem like the owners of those trucks wish they drove big trucks, and those of us who do drive the BIG trucks just laugh at them. lol

Ditch the stacks, get your bed back, and enjoy a great truck.

88ranger2.3 · Nov 3, 2010

Redjosh said:
This has been bugging me cause I really didn't think dodge ever made a single rear wheel 3500 in a 2nd gen body style. So I have been looking and I haven't found anything and I asked on a couple dodge forums and they are all saying its just rebadged and that there were no true 3500 single rear in a 2nd gen. This doesn't mean they are rite of course

The truck is a true 3500 (1 ton). This particular truck wasn't a single rear tire truck factory. It had the bed swapped before I bought it. It was a dually and does have the dually spacers on it. The front end has spacers to bring the tires out to be aligned with the rears.

The truck gets a solid 17 MPG if I don't pay attention to how I drive it. Empty or loaded. I use it alot to pull trailers for hauling off scrap or delivering firewood.

I didn't install the stacks and was kind of unsure about them when I was looking at the truck, but it was about $3500 cheaper then the other ones I had looked and it was in better shape. The stacks do sound good and look pretty good rolling smoke out. I wouldn't install them in a truck myself, but I can live with them. I do drive a semi for work regularly and this isn't the same sound by anymeans, but it does sound pretty good.

So far, about 95% of the time I don't miss the bedspace the stacks take up considering I was used to a ranger bed before this it has alot of space.

If you have any other questions I will try to do my best to answer them.

huggyb1972 · Nov 3, 2010

Stacks are fine I just can't stand the fact that I can't hear what I'm thinking when I am rolling down the road with the passenger window down but then again I don't have a muffler on a IDI so that could be part of the problem (among others).

88ranger2.3 · Nov 3, 2010

huggyb1972 said:
Stacks are fine I just can't stand the fact that I can't hear what I'm thinking when I am rolling down the road with the passenger window down but then again I don't have a muffler on a IDI so that could be part of the problem (among others).

It is a little loud with the windows down, but with the windows up you hear the turbo more then the exhaust. Either way it isn't too bad. no worse then wind noise really unless you are speeding up quick.

84stealthranger · Nov 3, 2010

i always thought the stacks was so the smoke dont come blow in the window of the car driving next to u lol

Redjosh · Nov 4, 2010

88ranger2.3 said:
The truck is a true 3500 (1 ton). This particular truck wasn't a single rear tire truck factory. It had the bed swapped before I bought it. It was a dually and does have the dually spacers on it. The front end has spacers to bring the tires out to be aligned with the rears.

The truck gets a solid 17 MPG if I don't pay attention to how I drive it. Empty or loaded. I use it alot to pull trailers for hauling off scrap or delivering firewood.

I didn't install the stacks and was kind of unsure about them when I was looking at the truck, but it was about $3500 cheaper then the other ones I had looked and it was in better shape. The stacks do sound good and look pretty good rolling smoke out. I wouldn't install them in a truck myself, but I can live with them. I do drive a semi for work regularly and this isn't the same sound by anymeans, but it does sound pretty good.

So far, about 95% of the time I don't miss the bedspace the stacks take up considering I was used to a ranger bed before this it has alot of space.

If you have any other questions I will try to do my best to answer them.

Ok that would make sense I just didn't think from the factory they made them.

LOGANSTANFORTH · Apr 14, 2011

88ranger2.3 said:
The truck is a true 3500 (1 ton). This particular truck wasn't a single rear tire truck factory. It had the bed swapped before I bought it. It was a dually and does have the dually spacers on it. The front end has spacers to bring the tires out to be aligned with the rears.

Thank you for stating that, I was about to tear into someone about this...

There was never a single rear wheel 3500 2ND GEN Dodge truck ever built, 1st and 3rd Gen's got them but not the 2nd Gen's, BUT, if you bought a 5 speed Cummins 2500 truck you got a Dana 80 rearend and that got you the closest to a single rear wheel 3500 as you could get, actually there really wasn't much difference between them mechanically except the dually features and a few other small things...There was also no short bed dually trucks from the factory EVER and until 2003 there was never a factory crew cab (4 forward opening doors) cummins truck ever built, dodge dropped the crew cab in 1986, and brought the cummins out in 1989...

I finally went and got a 'big' truck for a daily driver.

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