So two days ago we picked up our 2015 Lance 2612 Toy Hauler with our 2018 RAM 2500 6.4 Hemi truck and brought her home.
Thursday my wonder wife sent me a link to a local Buick/GMC dealership that had a really killer deal on a pre-owned RAM 3500 Cummins 6.7 Turbo Diesel Dual Rear Wheel truck. Fortunately our favorite salesman, that we have faithfully purchased vehicles from since about 2006, now worked at this dealership. We have him on speed dial on our cell phones so a quick text message exchange verified that the truck was still available and he would pull it up front for us to look at it. Since my better half was still working she sent me to the dealership on my own to check out the truck.
When I arrived the salesman, let's call him George, was waiting for me. He simply handed me the keys and a dealer plate (I'm telling you, he knows and trusts us quite well!) and told me to take it home and show it to my lovely wife.
Now ... this thing is a beast and practically brand new. It's a 2019 with 14,200 miles on a Cummins 6.7 Turbo Diesel engine ... that's just barely broken in kind of mileage. Laramie Edition 4x4, leather, a ton of options, 10 speaker Alpine stereo, 8' cargo bed, heavy duty class 5 hitch, five cameras (tailgate, cargo area, front facing, L & R mirrors) and together they create the "Surround View", all of the safety features like lane departure, cross path detection, blind spot monitoring, power everything. The love of my life took it around the block and also agreed that getting this would alleviate a couple of future concerns like ...
1. Lance tongue weight, total weight -vs- the RAM 2500 limits.
2. The possibility of a bigger trailer or toy hauler in the future.
3. Dragging anything through mountain ranges like Mount Shasta, Grants Pass in the west, the Rockies, or the Appalachians in the east would never be a problem with this truck.
So, on Friday we pulled the trigger and traded in the Omaha Orange RAM 2500 6.4 Hemi for the Delmonico Red Pearlcoat RAM 3500 6.7 Turbo Diesel. As we were transferring the last couple of items from one truck to the other 'George' asked if we wanted remove the AMP BedXtender and put it into the new truck because it looked like it would fit ... we measured real quick and it fits fine. He even topped off the fuel and DEF tanks before we drove off with the new truck.
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