3 Years is also a good way to depreciate the vehicle. But you have to keep up with Gas receipts, Repair receipts, Ins. cost, etc. I just do the Standard Mileage, I just keep mileage records for each job, much easier for me but I think you get a better tax break the other way...
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So had my first hiccup on the 2025 RAM 1500 Truck. I could not get my tailgate to open. It is not the manual latch handle of yesteryears 
Funny but I told my wife shorty after we bought it, no locking the tailgate, did not see a keyhole. Well I was wrong, these things lock when you lock the doors. They seem to act like the keyless entry keypad house door locks. I have read several had to go get the latches realigned at the Dealer. Others have mention they had no problems, I hope to be the later...
Pushing against the tailgate and locking/unlocking key FOB worked for me.
Oh, and I got to quit slamming the tailgate shut. This thing is as light as a feather. But do wish I had this back when my Mom opened my tailgate on my 2000 model and the heavy weight of the tailgate threw her to the ground,
Funny but I told my wife shorty after we bought it, no locking the tailgate, did not see a keyhole. Well I was wrong, these things lock when you lock the doors. They seem to act like the keyless entry keypad house door locks. I have read several had to go get the latches realigned at the Dealer. Others have mention they had no problems, I hope to be the later...Pushing against the tailgate and locking/unlocking key FOB worked for me.
Oh, and I got to quit slamming the tailgate shut. This thing is as light as a feather. But do wish I had this back when my Mom opened my tailgate on my 2000 model and the heavy weight of the tailgate threw her to the ground,
Brinson CDJR in Corsicana, originally I was looking at the Tradesman but got a Lone Star for a few thousand more. Glad I did, the Tradesman was a Quad Cab, my Crew Cab has a huge back seat area, perfect for toting our dogs in, plus PowerBackWindow, PowerDriverSeat, FoldInMirrors. Was also looking at 4x4s but ended up with a 4x2, which for us will work find, I have already ran it through a pasture with no problems, but a dry pasture
No Split gate, but I did look at them, they are nice. I did add this Bed Step, which is a great help for me climbing into the bed...went with Mopar's, stay away from Amazon knockoffs, bad reviews...I ended up with the Pentastar V6 with eTorque So my truck is pretty basic but will tow a trailer/tractor with no problem. Compact Tractor 
From my research, since no more Hemis (V8s), the Hurricane is it's replacement, I was told it is designed from the Cummins, yes diesel engine, but for towing I was also told 3.55 rear axle ratio and the Hurricane engine. You can still get a Hemi in the 2024s. This V6 in the Lone Star is a bit underpowered from all the V8s I have used in my lifetime, but it is very doable for us.
With Tax/Title/License I/we walked out under $40k...Started with Sale price of $36k
I was going to drive 3 hours (6 round trip) to Granger CDJR Orange, TX, I found some good deals there, but the day before the planned drive the prices went down everywhere so I got mine locally, 1 hour drive. What happen was End of Month Sale. Be sure to buy it then, you will get the best deal then. I saved another $3k the day before the last day of the month.
I did the Build & Price to see all the options. The 2025s come with the 8 inch screens (you can get the 12 inch too), no Nav (on the 8) but Apple Carplay/Android Auto which works for us. We have the Adaptive Cruise on our Highlander, really like that on long highway trips. All the other Lane Assist/Forward Collision, etc. are nice to for us, as we get older.
Got to say this truck is a very smooth ride, on our ruff County Road and drive into our property, it rides much better than our Highlander (which is a very smooth ride on the highway). I ended up with a 2500 Diesel loaner that had a country ruff ride, I could barely get into this thing with no side running boards, lol. Anyway, I have always been impressed with the newer trucks and how they ride like cars.
We have a road trip planned to Oklahoma for our grandson's Army Basic Graduation, it is about a 5 hour drive (one way
), depending on Dallas-Fort Worth traffic , so I can report back how the truck did on the long haul...HTH
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Here she is:
Here is the Bed Step, you can barely see it...
Here is the Bed Step, you can barely see it...
Playing with Build & Price found the Hurricane can only do the 3.21 and 3.92 Rear Axle Ratio, not the 3.55, this is with the Lone Star.Brinson CDJR in Corsicana, originally I was looking at the Tradesman but got a Lone Star for a few thousand more. Glad I did, the Tradesman was a Quad Cab, my Crew Cab has a huge back seat area, perfect for toting our dogs in, plus PowerBackWindow, PowerDriverSeat, FoldInMirrors. Was also looking at 4x4s but ended up with a 4x2, which for us will work find, I have already ran it through a pasture with no problems, but a dry pasture
From my research, since no more Hemis (V8s), the Hurricane is it's replacement, I was told it is designed from the Cummins, yes diesel engine, but for towing I was also told 3.55 gear ratio and this Hurricane engine. You can still get a Hemi in the 2024s. This V6 in the Lone Star is a bit underpowered from all the V8s I have used in my lifetime, but it is very doable for us.
With Tax/Title/License I/we walked out under $40k...Started with Sale price of $36k
I was going to drive 3 hours (6 round trip) to Granger CDJR Orange, TX, I found some good deals there, but the day before the planned drive the prices went down everywhere so I got mine locally, 1 hour drive. What happen was End of Month Sale. Be sure to buy it then, you will get the best deal then. I saved another $3k the day before the last day of the month.
I did the Build & Price to see all the options. The 2025s come with the 8 inch screens (you can get the 12 inch too), no Nav (on the 8) but Apple Carplay/Android Auto which works for us. We have the Adaptive Cruise on our Highlander, really like that on long highway trips. All the other Lane Assist/Forward Collision, etc. are nice to for us, as we get older.
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Got to say this truck is a very smooth ride, on our ruff County Road and drive into our property, it rides much better than our Highlander (which is a very smooth ride on the highway). I ended up with a 2500 Diesel loaner that had a country ruff ride, I could barely get into this thing with no side running boards, lol. Anyway, I have always been impressed with the newer trucks and how they ride like cars.
We have a road trip planned to Oklahoma for our grandson's Army Basic Graduation, it is about a 5 hour drive (one way
HTH
