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HEMIJAKE

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Hello all. My name is Jake from North Central Pa, and I picked up my white night edition crew yesterday. Not my first truck by a long shot, but my first ram. I will admit I have been a Ford guy most of my life. Last year, I picked up a new leftover 2019 Ford Ranger with their 0% covid deals. Great little truck. Did some upgrades. Enjoyed it. Since then, we picked up a modest travel trailer (23' box, 4k # dry). The ranger handled it okay (7,500 # towing capacity), but it could have been better. Recently, my wife picked up a new Jeep cherokee to replace her lemon lawed Kia (long story there) from the dealership where my buddy is the business manager at. He called me a few days ago to see if I wanted to sell my ranger. I had run it through carvanna and vroom and he was able to offer 3k more than what they already offered, so I took it. I had planned on stepping up into another f150 ( I previously had a 2015). He had me look at the Rams with better incentives. I test drove a basic bighorn and loved the interior. When we got back I spied a white, night edition and absolutley loved it. Only problem was it was a quad, and I needed a crew. Couple days later he found one in Ohio, and the rest is history. I plan on keeping this one relatively modest. Maybe just some side steps for the Mrs. I'm on the fence on debadging. I usually do it, but these black emblems are growing on me. I love the hemi, but it's way too quiet. I'm going to have to remedy that situation as well. Anyway, thanks for having me and I'm looking forward to learning a ton from this platform. I've attached some pictures. When I'm not messing with trucks, I have an e30 tuned eco mustang I play with, a bobbed suzuki motorycyle, and a 1968 Jeep cj-5 that I completely rebuilt in high school with my dad and grandfather. Don't mind all the junk in the background, my neighbor collects as many vehicles as I do :LOL:
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h4zegrey

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Potter County? You in/around the Coudy area or elsewhere? I did a stint there working for Adelphia in the early 2000s
 

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I used to live off 672. I think a few people from the old Adelphia crowd are still bouncing around up there, not sure if they work for Level3 or Lumen or whatever it's called now. Man oh man, the stories I could tell about the financial shenanigans...
 

HEMIJAKE

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I used to live off 672. I think a few people from the old Adelphia crowd are still bouncing around up there, not sure if they work for Level3 or Lumen or whatever it's called now. Man oh man, the stories I could tell about the financial shenanigans...
Ha! I believe it. I was born and raised here. Sadly, that is what this area is remembered for. I was young at the time ( I'm 31 now), so some of the specifics are hazy to me, but it was quite a crazy time, that's for sure. Some people here work for Zito phone and internet ( re-branded adelphia, essentially ). Level 3, etc. are all but moved out.
 

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Yeah, Zito Media is what's left over from the family enterprises. Nice people, even though the one son used to run through the women in town like nothing. I will say though, if you like outdoors/hunting/fishing, Potter is the place to be.

Random trivia: the old PA longbow festival when it was at Denton hill, you could see all kinds of celebs there. Nugent made an appearance one year and brought Kurt Russell with him.
 

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Hello all. My name is Jake from North Central Pa, and I picked up my white night edition crew yesterday. Not my first truck by a long shot, but my first ram. I will admit I have been a Ford guy most of my life. Last year, I picked up a new leftover 2019 Ford Ranger with their 0% covid deals. Great little truck. Did some upgrades. Enjoyed it. Since then, we picked up a modest travel trailer (23' box, 4k # dry). The ranger handled it okay (7,500 # towing capacity), but it could have been better. Recently, my wife picked up a new Jeep cherokee to replace her lemon lawed Kia (long story there) from the dealership where my buddy is the business manager at. He called me a few days ago to see if I wanted to sell my ranger. I had run it through carvanna and vroom and he was able to offer 3k more than what they already offered, so I took it. I had planned on stepping up into another f150 ( I previously had a 2015). He had me look at the Rams with better incentives. I test drove a basic bighorn and loved the interior. When we got back I spied a white, night edition and absolutley loved it. Only problem was it was a quad, and I needed a crew. Couple days later he found one in Ohio, and the rest is history. I plan on keeping this one relatively modest. Maybe just some side steps for the Mrs. I'm on the fence on debadging. I usually do it, but these black emblems are growing on me. I love the hemi, but it's way too quiet. I'm going to have to remedy that situation as well. Anyway, thanks for having me and I'm looking forward to learning a ton from this platform. I've attached some pictures. When I'm not messing with trucks, I have an e30 tuned eco mustang I play with, a bobbed suzuki motorycyle, and a 1968 Jeep cj-5 that I completely rebuilt in high school with my dad and grandfather. Don't mind all the junk in the background, my neighbor collects as many vehicles as I do :LOL:
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Welcome! Gotta admit I'm drooling over that CJ-5... 😁
 

HEMIJAKE

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Welcome! Gotta admit I'm drooling over that CJ-5... 😁
Thanks! I'll be honest, I've only had it out a couple times this year. It's been damn cold this spring ha. No top, and it does not see winter salt. It's my daughter's favorite ice cream retrieval vehicle though. I can't blame her.
 

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