Quote Originally Posted by Percidae_Papermouth View Post
Dang CF, I guess the proof is in the pudding... Sounds like youve had real good experience with the Cummins....Their still loud as heck, Do you have to turn your truck off to order a cheeseburger at the drive thru?
Percidae, My old truck (the 99) You had to turn it off at the drive through but the 6.7 liter engines are quieter and not much louder than a gas motor. NOW, My Son got the 99 and first thing he did was cut the muffler off, slap some 35 inch mud tires on it, added some custom gauges, I had new paint put on it, and She looks right now. I'll try to get some pics of it on here. Not worried about him running too fast cause it has 4.10 gears in the rear and at 75, it sounds like it will blow.

That motor is loud enough with the muffler on. When He took it off, well, best way I can describe it is it sounds like a Peterbuilt with no mufflers and the jake brake on all the time. It was quiet at the shop the other day. No wind at all. I heard him coming to the shop. I could hear him slowing and speeding up for the curves. I counted the curves and checked the odometer and when I first heard him he was 3 and a half frikken miles away. I do not know how he has not gotten a noise ordinance ticket in Edenton yet. Already told him that baby would be his to pay. The only thing they have gotten on him about is window tint. Only bad part about owning all these diesels is the price of the dang fuel. When we first started getting diesels, fuel was 20 cents lower than gas. Now it is 30 cents higher down here. Don't make any since to me since it is a by product of gas. Costing us around 400 dollars a week in fuel right now. farm fuel is 3.60 a gallon. 100 gallon tank on tractors and Your talking 360 bucks that can be burnt a day. Fuel is a major issue.CF