# Bad Ass - Dodge Ram 5500 BFT **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596 "2008-04-04T09:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/1 "2008-04-04T09:34:48Z")
> **[2008 Dodge Ram 5500 BFT - Muscle Truck - Diesel Power Magazine](http://www.trucktrend.com/cool-trucks/0804dp-2008-dodge-ram-5500-bft/)** > > Read about Mopar Underground Design Team's 2008 Dodge Ram 5500 BFT with a 3500 Mega Cab, 10 foot bed extension, 22.5 Alacoa wheels, 6 inch superlift kit, and a 6.7L Cummins diesel engine at dieselpowermag.com the official website for Diesel Power... ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/2 "2008-04-04T09:44:56Z")
thats insane. the sterling trucks are nice also that are based off of the dodges. ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/3 "2008-04-04T09:50:24Z")
Commercial Sterling was Ford bought out by Freightliner. Crazy company switching. The Sterling pickups/stakebeds/whatever are nice though. ---
**Author:** ![DTMVENG24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DTMVENG24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTMVENG24)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/4 "2008-04-04T09:55:44Z")
Reminds me of the ford f650’s ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/5 "2008-04-04T09:58:37Z")
wow… :eek2: ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/6 "2008-04-04T10:00:38Z")
> [@CALLOUT: CKY89](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/callout-cky89/35770/66): > > Reminds me of the ford f650’s x2 ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/7 "2008-04-04T10:12:08Z")
now thats wtf is up bihotches ---
**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/8 "2008-04-04T10:14:45Z")
I was hoping the “bft” stood for “big freaking turbo”… ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/9 "2008-04-04T10:18:42Z")
> [@FS: T-Mobile Sidekick 3 (used)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-t-mobile-sidekick-3-used/35710/5): > > I was hoping the “bft” stood for “big freaking turbo”… it could if smokin deisel got ahold of it ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/10 "2008-04-04T10:53:11Z")
That is one BFT ---
**Author:** ![VictorSmalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/victorsmalls/32/5944_2.png) [@VictorSmalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VictorSmalls)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/11 "2008-04-04T10:54:00Z")
WOW, thats just huge. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/12 "2008-04-04T10:55:42Z")
> [@Zack01GC"](#): > > Commercial Sterling was Ford bought out by Freightliner. Crazy company switching. The Sterling pickups/stakebeds/whatever are nice though. Didn’t know freighshaker bought them. when was this ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/13 "2008-04-04T10:57:45Z")
![http://www.sterlingtrucks.com/_Assets/Images/Trucks/Bullet/BulletTowingRecovery01.jpg](http://www.sterlingtrucks.com/_Assets/Images/Trucks/Bullet/BulletTowingRecovery01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/14 "2008-04-04T11:00:51Z")
Sick truck, but it will no doubt lead to douches who have absolutely no use for a towing truck like that to run out and inflate thier ego’s with one. ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/15 "2008-04-04T12:31:55Z")
> [@Redoing the Front End.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/redoing-the-front-end/35635/31): > > it could if smokin diesel got ahold of it Damn right!! … I could do some tricks with that > [@CATURDAY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caturday/17848/237): > > Sick truck, but it will no doubt lead to douches who have absolutely no use for a towing truck like that to run out and inflate thier ego’s with one. So whats wrong with this? … I so absoultly NO towing with my truck, and I dont ever have the ambition too. So whats wrong with buying a diesel for the fact of having one, of building one, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/16 "2008-04-04T14:27:15Z")
> [@JoesTypeS LOL!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/joestypes-lol/35809/9): > > Didn’t know freighshaker bought them. > when was this 1. That’s why there aren’t any fullsize Ford tractors anymore. > **[Sterling Trucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Trucks)** > > Sterling Trucks Corporation (commonly designated Sterling) was an American truck manufacturer. Founded in 1998, Sterling was created following the 1997 acquisition of the heavy-truck product lines of Ford Motor Company by Freightliner. Taking its nameplate from a long-defunct truck manufacturer, Sterling was slotted between Freightliner and Western Star within the Daimler product range (later Daimler Trucks North America). > Introduced as a rebadged version of Ford Louisville/Aeromax product lin... ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Turbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@JC\_Turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JC_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/17 "2008-04-04T21:58:35Z")
Nice! BFT = Big Fucking Truck ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/18 "2008-04-04T23:45:00Z")
70k truck when all said and done ??? ---
**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/19 "2008-04-06T19:04:02Z")
6.7FTL 5.9FTW It makes me sick how much speed my truck is capable of. With just a chip alone. Diesel are wicked. ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596/20 "2008-04-06T20:13:45Z")
> [@Happy Bday Chris N.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-bday-chris-n/35780/32): > > 6.7FTL > > 5.9FTW > > It makes me sick how much speed my truck is capable of. With just a chip alone. > > Diesel are wicked. i want to see your truck…the pics look awesome…my truck surprises everyone how quick it is [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-ass-dodge-ram-5500-bft/196596.md?page=2)