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This was a cool test, but sort of the same old thing. I would really like to see some sort of durability test. One thing I've learned is that you can't buy a truck based on the tests such as this because they give you no idea as to the long term durability, which is by far the most important thing to me in a truck. Howard Clayton's Dodge Ram 3500 is heading for the record books. Purchased new in 2000, people tell him it looks like it might have 80,000 miles on it. When FARM SHOW caught up to him, he had just passed 1,688,676 miles. "The book says change the oil every 3,000 miles, but if I did that, I would be stopping every other day," says Clayton. "I change the oil and filter every 10,000 miles. Clayton lives in Iowa, but he tows trailers for an Indiana company, putting on more than 160,000 miles a year. The 70-year-old has been trucking for the past 20 years. The first 10 years were in a semi, and the last 10 in the Dodge 3500. Forest Cunningham is ClaytonÕs mechanic, though he lives in Missouri. "That one is just a baby compared to HowardÕs," says Cunningham, who gives credit to Clayton for taking good care of his rig. Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
