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    Can GVWR be lowered?

    RE: Firsthand experience 1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. Crazynuff, I am currently doing the logs because of the stamp on the door being 11000#. I realize I can plate it for 10000# but if the DOT guys are going to use the manufacturers...
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    My loads last week

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. What a brave soul! Someone yelled at a postal employee!!! I hope you had a bullet proof vest on : ) It sounds like an everyday scenario for the Visteon Sterling Heights Axle plant. Those pampered...
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    Can GVWR be lowered?

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. I have recently fallen into a great deal as my carrier has picked up a new customer and I happen to be the closest driver to them. It is an aeronautical parts manufacturer who often fills my 12' cube...
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    Baja Expediting

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. Anyone out there know anything about Baja Expediting out of Brazil, IN? Please include all comments both good and bad. Thanks
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    Any companies?

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. I was just visiting the On Time Express website. They are out of Plymouth, MI and their site states they have no Canadian authority. www.ontimeexpress.com
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    Back On The Road Again

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. To all who have been keeping up on my saga of being broke down in Beloit, WI, I just wanted you to know I am finally back on the road again. The alleged $3300 in repairs that the fine folks in Wisconsin...
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    Canada Grrrrrrrrrr

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. You aren't the guy with the personalized license plate "Osamas Chariot" that I've heard so much about are you????:7
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    GOOD FRIDAY - MARCH 25 2005

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. It must be nice not to have to mess with the clowns from the ACLU. If America ever tried to make Good Friday a public holiday I can just hear the shrill shrieking of "separation of church and state"...
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    Cargo Box

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. My truck (formerly a Chrysler dealer parts delivery truck) was originally 43" from ground to floor of box. I took it to Lonnie's Truck & Trailer in Indianapolis (317-244-0116). They raised the box 5" by...
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    Window Van

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. Two other things to consider: 1) Does it have the dual heat/ac unit? Not sure how the GM's are set up but on some of the early 90's Ford passenger models it becomes an issue due to height restriction...
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. MERKURFAN, Thanks for all of the info and the offer to bring it down to me. The brotherhood that is displayed on this site is awesome. Being a firefighter I know all about close-knit "families" but this...
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. I believe it is a Dana 60. It is called a 2wd/4wd link/coil front suspension. It has a solid axle and was used on both the 4wd and 2wd models. Since mine is a 2wd it just doesn't have the differential...
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. Terryandrene, Thanks for your concern. I am going to make a few phone calls tomorrow and see if I can figure out fact from fiction before I make my decision. I know one thing.....I sure miss being out...
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. Well folks the saga continues. Tonight it will be two weeks that I have been out of service. I finally got mad yesterday and called Eastside Mobil Service to fix the truck even if they had to use new...
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. simon says, I wish I could say for sure that they are being honest. This happened in the wee hours of Feb 25 and I still do not have my truck back. Supposedly they had some problems with getting the...
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    fuel prices

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. I whole heartedly agree. Up here in Indiana one cannot afford to fill his diesel truck at anyplace but a truckstop. Even a month ago when diesel prices at the truckstops fell down to around $1.75 the...
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    XM Satelite radio price increase

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. Why do I keep thinking about cable TV and the year 1982 when I read the posts on this subject????
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. ATeam, Thanks for the kind words. I always try to put myself in the other guy's shoes. They are paying a premium charge to have something delivered at a certain time. They did everything right by...
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. PAYLINE, Thanks for the potentially good news. Like I said, I had a pretty good feeling talking to the guy that it was a pretty honest place. I checked the BBB website and it stated there had only been...
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    Broke down in Beloit, WI

    1997 Dodge Ram 3500 with 12' cube. Dock high with jackstands. 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. FIREGEARS, Good to hear from you. Yes I was very fortunate that I had a little warning before it came off. I am a firefighter/paramedic with Brown Twp Fire Dept in Mooresville, IN which is just southwest...
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