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2022 Ram HD Builds and orders - Post and discuss your TRUCK order here! ** NEW USERS READ POST #1 **

brv10 said:
Thank you all for your service guys! There sure is a lot of trucks waiting for or on rail cars waiting to start the journey, thats a good sign! starting to see a mix of VIN numbers also, early and late, c'mon 10/4!
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You see mine sitting in storage? Haha
 
Tyadcock said:
How biga tractor was it? My 1500 pulled my tractor easily. Got crap mileage (at most 9mpg) but could still accelerate as fast as I wanted and drove 90+mph on the highways. That's the reason I got the 6.4. I could pull anything with my 5.7 so I wouldn't have any problems pulling anything with the 6.4. Just couldn't justify spending an extra 10k for a diesel since I don't haul stuff very often (probably average 150 miles a month towing). However, had I known that the diesels were getting built first I would have gone ahead and gotten the diesel lol. Sold my truck a couple months ago due to my dealer telling me it would be 6-12 weeks, so now all I own is my harley. Bout to be some cold rides shortly lol.
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I was thinking I hope you live in the deep South. I looked at getting the 6.4 in the 3500 but the requirement of Premium gas with 10-12 mpg around town while unloaded changed my mind. I have had 5 diesel pick-ups since 1985 and the maintenance on diesels has gotten a lot more expensive but the thought of spending close to $200 a week on gas with a 50 gallon tank scared me. I’ll continue with the diesels. Back in 1983 Ford was the only company that had a diesel option for pick-up trucks and it was $2225.00 and the total cost for the XLT with the diesel option and power windows was around $16,000. The truck had 165 horse with a 6.9 liter with no turbo that got 16 miles to the gallon. My how things have changed.
 
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lovmoney69 said:
That's sorta what the general consensus has been but yet we're seeing people getting build sheets all the way from bare bones models to loaded with sun roof???
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Seems like they are building all they can of low option vehicles and metering out the high option ones to keep us on our toes.
 
MrTaz said:
I was thinking I hope you live in the deep South. I looked at getting the 6.4 in the 3500 but the requirement of Premium gas with 10-12 mpg around town while empty changed my mind. I have had 5 diesel pick-ups since 1985 and the maintenance on diesels has gotten a lot more expensive but the thought of spending close to $200 a week on gas with a 50 gallon tank scared me. I’ll continue with the diesels. Back in 1983 Ford was the only company that had a diesel option for pick-up trucks and it was $2225.00 and the total cost for the XLT with the diesel option and power windows was around $16,000. The truck had 165 horse 6.9 with no turbo that got 16 miles to the gallon. My how things have changed.
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87 octane acceptable, 89 recommended per the manual.
 
brv10 said:
87 octane acceptable, 89 recommended per the manual.
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I find that hard to believe when the 5.7 in my wife’s Grand Cherokee requires a minimum of 89 octane. If the 6.4 could have used 87 I may have gone with that this time just because of what maintenance cost has become. I was actually looking at the Power Wagon when I was considering the 6.4 even though that only comes in a 2500. I don’t remember where I saw the Premium requirement but I know I saw it somewhere.
 
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MrTaz said:
I find that hard to believe when the 5.7 in my wife’s Grand Cherokee requires a minimum of 89 octane. If the 6.4 could have used 87 I may have gone with that this time just because of what maintenance cost has become. I was actually looking at the Power Wagon when I was considering the 6.4 even though that only comes in a 2500. I don’t remember where I saw the Premium requirement but I know I saw it somewhere.
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89 is not required for any 6.4 in a heavy duty. I owned one for 2 years and always burned 87 in it. Even while towing a 37ft 5th wheel through the mountains.
 
89 is recommended but 87 is acceptable up to 2020, 2021 and up i understand per the manual is 87

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Did my weekly check in with Ram chat and spoke to "Sarah"
When she did my look up I got a new response that "I am showing that all of the parts required to build your truck have been received. Your truck should be entering the build phase soon." I inquired as to which status code the truck was currently sitting at, however she said that they are no longer provided with build codes. They are given short briefs of where the vehicle is in terms of the process. She did say that her system was showing that my truck had been in this current "status" for 1 day. I`m trying not to get excited as I know this could all still be a smoke & mirrors show, but this was a very different response than the cookie cutter "the parts necessary for building your vehicle are being gathered" that I have been getting the past four weeks.
 
mbarber84 said:
Did my weekly check in with Ram chat and spoke to "Sarah"
When she did my look up I got a new response that "I am showing that all of the parts required to build your truck have been received. Your truck should be entering the build phase soon." I inquired as to which status code the truck was currently sitting at, however she said that they are no longer provided with build codes. They are given short briefs of where the vehicle is in terms of the process. She did say that her system was showing that my truck had been in this current "status" for 1 day. I`m trying not to get excited as I know this could all still be a smoke show, but this was a very different response than the cookie cutter "the parts necessary for building your vehicle are being gathered" that I have been getting the past four weeks.
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Mine been there for 4 weeks
 
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