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Gas to Diesel Transition for Hay
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MiradaAcres
Posted 12/9/2025 11:32 (#11463280 - in reply to #11463048)
Subject: RE: Gas to Diesel Transition for Hay



scmn

I wouldn't mind having the same towing power in the daily, but I do still need the reliability to haul cows for part of the winter.
What do you mean about reliability to haul cows for part of the winter?

For 13 years the only pickup I had was my 2008 Chevy 3500 diesel and for 6 of those years it was the only vehicle I had.  I will admit that it was in the shop more times than I cared the first winter I owned it, but after I figured out how to make it deal with fluffy snow it has been fine and is quite honestly the most reliable vehicle I have every owned.  It left me stranded the one time that I gelled it, once when it ran out of fuel, and once for a collapsed fuel line.  Of the 3 times I was stranded, the first 2 were preventable.  It just recently got demoted from summer time pulling, but is still the primary winter tow vehicle as I want to avoid salt with the new one.  There is a reason I am still driving it with 425,000 miles on it and that is because it is reliable.  When it is extremely cold (-15f or lower) I still try to drive the car since I have a couple glow plugs out, but have no issue taking it somwhere on a 2-300mi day trip at those temps if it was plugged in and filled with #1 fuel.

If your 2016 RAM is reliable then I would not be afraid to keep it as a daily driver, if it has been troublesome then look at something different.

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