2004 real crew cabs
07-21-2003, 12:57 PM
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2004 real crew cabs
Was at a rodeo this weekend and was talking to the Dodge rodeo rep and he was telling me that in mid 04 that dodge was going to change truck frames and offer another diesel choice. He said that it will probably be on a frieghtliner frame and offer either a mercedes diesel or the ctd. It should also be a real crew cab.
07-21-2003, 01:16 PM
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Both engines are fine with me. <br>But I will be happy when Dodge finally gets a large interior crew cab.<br>With a family of 4, we need a real crew cab.<br><br>Rich.
07-21-2003, 03:32 PM
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Quote from Boldts Wagon:<br><br>"Maybe this is the rumored 4500 and 5500"<br><br>Yes that is exactly what it is. This guy obviously had his facts messed up. It is the Dodge medium duty project that is going to share Chassis with freightliner. Not the Ram pick-ups. Because they would not spend the billions of dollars they spent on designing and building the 03' Ram HD only to keep it a year and a half and then replace it. That guy at the display didn't have his stuff straight. I have gone to Dodge school with some of those guys before, and they are not all the brightest in the bunch. 
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07-21-2003, 03:48 PM
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Well, either way, I'd sure like a true Crew Cab from Dodge.<br><br>Maybe I can just hook up two chains up to my truck.. one at each end and pull in different directions to stretch my truck out into a crew cab! :<br><br>Rich
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07-21-2003, 04:22 PM
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Here's the "Bow-ties" answer to the ugly duckling... 
This is their 45/5500 shrunk down Top Kick..
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This is their 45/5500 shrunk down Top Kick..
Oneuglytruck.com
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07-21-2003, 04:33 PM
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I actually had one of those C4500's. It was a good truck, but the Duramax wasn't quite enough engine for what we were doing. I had the 4.30 rear axle ratio in mine, but with the taller 19.5" tires and 25k behind er, she didnot like to hold overdrive at all. If I was to get another one(which is a possibility) I would get the 4.44 or 4.88 rear axle ratio and that should solve the problems. With the right bed those trucks look decent. We had a pretty fancy bed on ours. They are easy to drive. My wife even drove it a lot. Except she said she felt funny driving it becasue people would stare at her going down the road. I guess she did look out of place, a little 120lb 25 year old girl driving something like that 
Mine had the factory air ride seats and factory exhaust brake. The ride was pretty poor. If I got another one it would go to Jeff Keldermann and get full front and rear air ride installed.
Mine had the factory air ride seats and factory exhaust brake. The ride was pretty poor. If I got another one it would go to Jeff Keldermann and get full front and rear air ride installed.
<br><br>That lot looks like you could have some fun. ;D
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[quote author=Cummins Luke link=board=8;threadid=17357;start=0#162432 date=1058823188]
If I was to get another one(which is a possibility) I would get the 4.44 or 4.88 rear axle ratio and that should solve the problems. [/quote]
I didnt know they had 4.44's.
I thought they only had 4.11,4.30,4.56,4.88 etc. ???
If I was to get another one(which is a possibility) I would get the 4.44 or 4.88 rear axle ratio and that should solve the problems. [/quote]
I didnt know they had 4.44's.
I thought they only had 4.11,4.30,4.56,4.88 etc. ???
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4.44's are an option if you get the 17,500 GVW instead of the 16k. It has to do with the rear axle, the bigger rear axle of the 17.5k has different gear options.
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Does anybody really know the reason that daimler chrysler wont give us the full size crew? They have to know it would increase their profits so I just wonder what the underlying problem with them is.
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[quote author=Wilson link=board=8;threadid=17357;start=#msg165908 date=1059591336]
Does anybody really know the reason that daimler chrysler wont give us the full size crew? They have to know it would increase their profits so I just wonder what the underlying problem with them is.
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I suspect it's only an ASSUMPTION they would "increase their profits" - they generally seem able to sell all the diesels they currently produce, and probably have run the numbers relative to the crewcab and found the shutting down an existing production line to stop production of stuff they KNOW they can sell, as opposed to running something new they only THINK they might sell, isn't worth the gamble in today's economy... Sometimes we get so wrapped up in what WE want or think is popular and desireable, we fail to consider it is NOT what statistics show the manufacturer to true in the real world... I mean, after all, add-on boxes like the Comp are so popular and "profitable", you'd think DC would offer them as an option...
;D ;D
Does anybody really know the reason that daimler chrysler wont give us the full size crew? They have to know it would increase their profits so I just wonder what the underlying problem with them is.
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I suspect it's only an ASSUMPTION they would "increase their profits" - they generally seem able to sell all the diesels they currently produce, and probably have run the numbers relative to the crewcab and found the shutting down an existing production line to stop production of stuff they KNOW they can sell, as opposed to running something new they only THINK they might sell, isn't worth the gamble in today's economy... Sometimes we get so wrapped up in what WE want or think is popular and desireable, we fail to consider it is NOT what statistics show the manufacturer to true in the real world... I mean, after all, add-on boxes like the Comp are so popular and "profitable", you'd think DC would offer them as an option...
;D ;D
