A CUMMINS POWERED DODGE!!!
The farming family I grew up with as a kid in the hot summers years ago in Iowa never had new trucks the whole 4 or 5 summers I went there. They had an old Chevy dually 454.
We moved out here to Colorado 7.5 years ago and only got to see them once in a while. The year we moved out they bought a V10 powered F-450 stake bed and sold the Chevy and I saw it when I went back to visit.
The past 2 years I have been fortunate enough to see them when they come out for the Denver Stock Show and Rodeo. Two years ago I hooked up with the son, my age, who had time to actually visit! Him and his 11 year old (at the time) brother came out for the show and to pick up a cattle trailer that the Cole, the young one, had won in competition.
Guess what they showed up in? A 98.5 24-valve regular cab dually auto. Sweet! Well, on the way back the auto crapped out on them. That was the second time since they had bought it.
Saw them all again yesterday, and their father, Ralph, who I hadn't seen since we moved. We caught up, they told me about their new barn, new mower, etc. I asked if they had any new trucks.
Ralph says, "Yeah, sold the Dodge to Ben (the guy my age), and we bought an 03."
I'm thinking, oh, you had such bad luck with the auto Dodge, you probably bought a 6 liter.
He says, "Yeah, its a 5-speed, one-ton with a flat bed, Dodge with a Cummins".
Nice truck too! Flat bed reg cab dually, nice trailer to go with it. Too bad the road crew had white paint that splashed all over the front of that pretty black truck!
It was nice to see them again, and nice to see they made a wise decision
Nick
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