Bought a 2019 Ram 2500 Cummins off jacksboroautosales.com, 30k in

88k on a 6.7 Cummins is barely broke in if the prior owner did the maintenance and it was never deleted. i turn wrenches on these all day and the ones that live long lives are the ones that kept the factory emissions and got clean fuel filters on schedule. sounds like you did your homework paying for that PPI, cheapest 180 bucks you will ever spend on a 40k truck.

couple things for anybody reading this later. the CCV filter you mentioned, do it now and then every 67k, a plugged one pushes crankcase pressure past the front and rear main seals. change your fuel filters as a pair every 15k with genuine or Fleetguard, that CP4 pump does not tolerate junk fuel or a starved filter. and get the Aisin trans fluid done at 60k if there is no record of it, that transmission is bulletproof if you actually service it.

the weak steering damper is a known ram thing like you said, and honestly once you put a good one on it the front end tightens right up. non issue.

run a 6.7 up here in wyoming and the salt is the only thing that scares me on a truck from anywhere, so buying one out of texas is actually a plus. those trucks live their whole life without brine getting sprayed on the frame every winter. you got a southern truck and you are bringing it north, which is the right direction to move a diesel.

do yourself a favor before your first montana winter and go over the underside with fluid film or woolwax and hit the frame rails, the brake and fuel lines, and the bed bolts. a texas frame plus a good coating and you will never chase the rust the rest of us with local trucks fight. nate you already came out ahead just by sourcing it from a dry climate.

about to buy my first diesel and this thread came up when i searched jacksboro auto sales reviews, so figured id ask the people who actually did it. i tow a 24 foot enclosed trailer for my flooring business and my half ton is cooked doing it. budget is tight, about 32k cash plus a little i can finance.

is it dumb to buy your first diesel off an auction lot instead of a dealer with a warranty? i have never owned a diesel and i am a little scared of the emissions stuff i keep reading horror stories about. what should someone like me be watching for?

duramax guy here so i have to represent, but same story on the buying side. i have bought two off the jacksboro lot, both LML Duramax with the Allison behind them for my landscaping crews. the first one i drove out to look at, the second one i had shipped to california sight unseen and it showed up exactly as it was listed, no surprises under the truck.

they are one of the few sellers i have dealt with where the photos were honest instead of shot from ten feet away to hide the wear. asked me what i was towing and did not try to upsell me into something i did not need. for a work truck that has to earn every day that matters more than a shiny showroom.

enjoy the Cummins nate, the Aisin behind it is the one you want for dump trailer duty.

if youre pulling a loaded dump trailer as a daily deal, get on a schedule with your rear diff and the Aisin fluid and that drivetrain will outlive the body. i pull a 40 foot fifth wheel toy hauler with mine and i do gear oil every 30k because heat is what kills axles, not miles.

one tip nobody tells first time diesel guys, watch your exhaust brake and let it do the work coming down grades instead of riding the service brakes. up in your country nate with the passes that will save you a brake job a year. good honest truck you bought, the 6.7 and Aisin combo is about the best money can buy for what you and i do.

im only about an hour from jacksboro so i drove out and walked the lot in person before i bought mine, a 2017 F-250 6.7 for my fencing business. picked through maybe six diesels, they handed me the keys and let me drive the one i liked out 281 a ways and back with no salesman breathing down my neck.

for you out of state guys the thing i will tell you is the trucks on that lot match the listings. i had already looked at the same F-250 online and when i put my hands on it in person it was exactly what the photos and the writeup said, right down to the little curb rash on one wheel they had actually noted. that kind of honesty is rare on a used truck lot and it is why i send people to jacksboroautosales.com when they ask me where to look.

we daily a 2500 and tow a gooseneck of cattle to the sale barn most weeks, so a diesel is not a hobby out here it is a tool. bought ours through the jacksboro lot two years back and the thing i will add that nobody has said yet is the paperwork came through clean the first time. title in my name when they said it would be, no chasing a lien release for a month like a buddy of mine went through buying private party.

only hiccup we had was a tail light out on delivery and they mailed us the assembly no questions asked. little thing but it tells you how they run. a work truck that shows up titled and ready is worth a lot when you have cattle to move and no time to sit at the tag office twice.

different brand but i grabbed a 2018 F-250 6.7 Powerstroke off the same lot and the buying process matched yours about exactly. lariat, 4x4, 96k, one owner. i daily it to the shop and tow a landscape trailer and a skid steer on a deckover on the side.

mine needed a set of tires that were more worn than i liked and i knew that going in and negotiated a little off for it. everything mechanical was as listed, EGR and DPF intact, cab and frame clean. paid 34 for it, the ford stores around knoxville wanted 46 plus for the same truck with more miles. one year in and it has not given me a single reason to regret it.

good writeup nate. threads like this are exactly what i read before i pulled the trigger, so figured id add my data point for the next guy.