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Old 07-15-2019, 12:57 AM   #1
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Bought a new Tow Truck

I have been looking for a new tow truck but I wanted a 2018 body style 3500 so after looking on the web I seen that the dealer had some leftover 2018 ram 3500 and 2500 diesel. So I took the wife and myself down to the dealer to look at them and low and behold their they were.


The leftover 3500 had only 19 miles on it, it came with a backup and bed camera which I could use back up to my fiver. This is a loaded SLT with everything that I will use, the only thing that it didn't have that my have is heated seat and steer wheel, don't care for that anyway it even had the factory gooseneck hitch package prep.


I don't have it yet because I told them that I have a few stuff that I have to take off of my 2500.
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Old 07-15-2019, 05:09 AM   #2
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Nice find!
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Old 07-15-2019, 07:40 AM   #3
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She's a beauty. We've got a 2012 and I love how it pulls.
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Old 07-15-2019, 08:49 AM   #4
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Congratulations. We love our 2017 except once a month and once a year when the payments and taxes come due.
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Always nice to get a new truck!
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Old 07-15-2019, 12:26 PM   #6
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Congratulations. Took the plunge earlier this year myself. The creature comforts are hard to ignore these days. Enjoy your new ride.
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Old 07-15-2019, 01:32 PM   #7
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Thank you guys I am very excited to pick her up this week. I have a question the truck that I will be picking up this week have the gooseneck prep in it and the one that I have now is the B&W slider and I can't transfer it to my new truck. So I'm looking for the base only, but here the question, can I get away with the base non-slider and not get the slider? The non-slider in cheaper of course but I was wondering before I order can I get away with the non-slider, thanks guys for your help.
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Old 07-21-2019, 03:40 PM   #8
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Thank you guys I am very excited to pick her up this week. I have a question the truck that I will be picking up this week have the gooseneck prep in it and the one that I have now is the B&W slider and I can't transfer it to my new truck. So I'm looking for the base only, but here the question, can I get away with the base non-slider and not get the slider? The non-slider in cheaper of course but I was wondering before I order can I get away with the non-slider, thanks guys for your help.
I have a 2015 Ram 3500. Ram, like I believe other makers uses a proprietary puck system. I ended up buying the Ram specific frame and was able to use my Curt hitch. Since yours is a short bed I think most Montana's have the angled nose cap which may allow you to get away without a sliding hitch. The only issue I have had with my truck was when Uconnect sent a faulty software upgrade that prevents the bumper back up camera from showing images in the main dash screen- they appear in my rear view mirror. Otherwise I think they are great trucks. You will enjoy the exhaust brake and built in brake controller. Best of luck. Steve
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You will want a slider for your new truck. With the short bed you will find the back window of the truck. Truck windows are 800-1000 dollars b&w slider base is about 900.
Let’s just say I speak from experience.
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My neighbor finally bought a slider for his Ford. A B&W Patriot like I have. It was $839 from eTrailer. Told him to figure $1300 for truck repair and not sure how much to fix the nose of his 2018 Montana. He always said it would never hit and it didn’t until it did.
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Old 07-15-2019, 01:38 PM   #11
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Only problem I see is it's a Dodge!!! JUST kidding, nice ride, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. My ford had all the fancy stuff, that I now find to be very useful! Especially the heated seats, they work great for the old lower back pain. You can get away with not having the slider, until you need it. IMHO
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Hate raised white letters on tires. Hate Firestone tires even more...but hey, up to the buyer.
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Old 07-15-2019, 02:37 PM   #13
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Hate raised white letters on tires. Hate Firestone tires even more...but hey, up to the buyer.
I do to, but on worry because I have Cooper XLT so they are going on the new one alone with my custom wheel.
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Old 08-19-2019, 05:48 PM   #14
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I LOVE RAISED WHITE LETTERS... Hard to find for Cars anymore... Cheap bsrdssrtewe...
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I LOVE RAISED WHITE LETTERS... Hard to find for Cars anymore... Cheap bsrdssrtewe...
Why does EVERY vehicle today have to look like an "undercover" cop car????
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Very nice truck. Enjoy!
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Thank you mlh.
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Thank you mlh.
Thanks. I think we have 3 great trucks to choose from. I have a Ford but that doesn’t matter. Everyone should choose the one that suits their needs. Everybody has different things that are important to them. For some it’s the color or the seats or sound system, price or whatever is important to you.
Again congratulations you have a great truck.
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Thank you guys for your congratulations.
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