It’s a philosophy we’ve been preaching for years—buy a good used diesel truck and build it your way with the right combination of aftermarket parts to get the job done. Whether you…
Diesels are a part of farm life. Nearly all of the implements on a farm are diesel, and most farmers utilize diesel trucks to keep their operation under one fuel type. So it stands to…
Embracing the Power of Diesel: Jeep EcoDiesel Review
It took me some time to truly fall in love with smaller diesel’s in cars, SUV’s or even 1500 pick-ups. I grew up around 6V92 Detroit’s, 3208 CAT’s and a few other big diesel’s, mainly used in…
How do you get an old first gen noticed? Paint it bright candy blue metallic and put a sticker on the windshield that says “Papa Smurf.” That’s the approach Michael Champion of…
Lifted vs. lowered—that’s been the eternal battle in the minds of truck enthusiasts. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, lowered trucks ruled the scene in Southern California. As the…
Unlocking 650 HP Potential in the 7.3L Power Stroke Without Breaking the Bank
Thanks to their overbuilt nature, diesels afford us the ability to double, and sometimes even triple, their factory horsepower rating without having to dig very far into the engine. The 7.3L…
Joshua Cuenot, a heavy equipment operator from Louisville, Ohio, may not have needed to attach an 8-foot long bed onto his already lengthy Mega Cab-equipped Dodge Ram, but he simply wanted…
Strength, reliability and simplicity—that’s the way pickups used to be made. Trucks were made for work, not comfort. They were made predominantly of steel, including the dash and door…
As a mechanical engineer, your mind becomes programmed a certain way and everything needs to serve a purpose. Everything needs to be precise and it needs to be able to stand the test…
The family that pulls together stays together—as in sled pulling. Just ask Brad and Susie Ingram and their young sons Brady and Trenton. They’re not only a regular fixture on the…
Rodney “Smoke” Christine of York, Pennsylvania, has always been a motorhead. He campaigned a late model dirt car locally for years. To haul his dirt racers, he bought a 2006 Ram 3500…
It’s always a bit of a gamble on how much you can push the envelope of a stock vehicle before parts start to give way. Perhaps one of the nastiest trucks we’ve seen in recent years…
Ryan Milliken successfully campaigned his 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4 named “Buckwheat” from 2012-2014, winning the NHRDA Super Street National Championship. But a destructive run-in with…
Jeff Dyer is not your typical sales manager. Weekdays he works for the local cable company dealing with the electronic wonders of the communication and entertainment world. On…
