# Death is a Cummins Turbo Diesel **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680 "2002-12-18T23:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/21 "2002-12-19T18:13:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*What I want to do when I get home is attach the end of a winch way up in a tree and turn it on. Then I can park the truck in a tree. \*\* I think that only works in the movies and if the truck in question is a Land Rover. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/22 "2002-12-19T18:16:22Z")
Still, it is almost Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/23 "2002-12-19T18:19:25Z")
If I leave the blinkers on, it would make a hell of an ornament. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/24 "2002-12-19T18:35:10Z")
Actually, **Scylla** , it sounds like you’d be more likely to pull down the tree. Or are we talking sequoia, here? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/25 "2002-12-19T19:08:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*If I leave the blinkers on, it would make a hell of an ornament. \*\* Little bit of tinsel, family singing hymns around the tree, why it’s the stuff of magic. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/26 "2002-12-19T19:43:10Z")
So when you Dad get’s back, he’ll be Cummins around the mountain? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/27 "2002-12-19T20:34:58Z")
I’m not much of a pickup truck lover. I’m not much of a large vehicle person. But holy fuck, the Dodge Ram is a motherfucker of a car. Add to it the Cummins diesel engine, and oh mama! That’s a goddamn dream mobile!!! I love pulling up next to one and hearing the rattle of the engine. It puts my Golf diesel to shame. **ScyllaDad** drives a bad ass truck, man! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/28 "2002-12-20T06:17:27Z")
**Jeff Olsen** , that is my absolute _favorite_ movie of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/29 "2002-12-20T15:10:12Z")
One of my faves too, and one of two that I saw in a theater more than once. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/30 "2002-12-20T21:25:39Z")
So, does this thread pull Scylla even with Fenris for the year? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680/31 "2002-12-20T22:55:40Z")
Now we know where **Scylla** gets his Mandingo Warrior roots… 😃 A truck like that sprays testosterone all over everything in a two-block radius. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-a-cummins-turbo-diesel/143680.md?page=1)