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Brad Billingsley

Miracle CDJR Podcast

The Feast Over Famine Podcast

Tony Chen

David Miller

Ben Higgins

Nick Morgan

Mike Woodruff

Bob Bell

Mark Phillips

Joe Smith

Jeff Haanen

Aimee Minnich

Mark Fisher

Kim Baker

Ben Harvey

Adam Taylor

Ryan Fee

OwlTail

When we think of food insecurity, we often think of foreign countries around the world. Yet the reality is that right in our own backyard here in Metro-Denver, there is food insecurity all around us. On this episode, we hear the story of Food For Thought, where business leaders from around Denver are bringing their teams and coming together every week to help solve the food insecurity problems for thousands of students. Learn more or sign up to volunteer at https://foodforthoughtdenver.org   Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

When we think of food insecurity, we often think of foreign countries around the world. Yet the reality is that right in our own backyard here in Metro-Denver, there is food insecurity all around us. On this episode, we hear the story of Food For Thought, where business leaders from around Denver are bringing their teams and coming together every week to help solve the food insecurity problems for thousands of students. Learn more or sign up to volunteer at <a href="https://foodforthoughtdenver.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://foodforthoughtdenver.org</a> Feast Over Famine does not provide legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. You should consult professional advisors concerning the legal, tax, or accounting consequences of your activities. Feast Over Famine does not consult, advise, or assist with (i) the offer or sale of securities in any capital-raising transaction, or (ii) the direct or indirect promotion or maintenance of a market for any securities. Feast Over Famine does not engage in any activities for which an investment advisor’s registration or license is required under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, or under any other applicable federal or state law; or for which a “broker’s” or “dealer’s” registration or license is required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under any other applicable federal or state law.

Ep 41 - Food For Thought: Bringing Business Leaders Together To Solve Food Insecurity in Denver Public Schools w/ Bob Bell and Brad Billingsley

You will be entertained with this episode of the Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram podcast. Host John Haggard talks to Brad Billingsley about the new and award-winning 2020 Jeep Gladiator. In this episode: Brad’s Foolproof Hunting TipsJeep Gladiator AwardsWhat Sets the 2020 Jeep Gladiator Apart From Its CompetitionThe “Jeepers”, “Jeople”, and the Jeep LifestyleThe Jeep Owners Club in TennesseeUpcoming EventsHow to Reach Brad Transcript John Haggard 0:02 Welcome to the Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Podcast where in each episode, you’ll be able to learn the best ways to purchase, lease, service, maintain, accessorize, and sell your vehicle for the highest resale value possible when you’re ready to do that. We do also discuss vehicle model details, also the latest technology. The cool things that you would want to know that make driving a new vehicle, just a great experience compared to just a few years ago. I’m your host, John Haggard. As always, you can find show notes and a transcript along with the links to content that we talked about right on our website MiracleCDJ.com, and also on Apple Podcast, Google Play Podcast and on Spotify. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review on any of those platforms and share we would really appreciate that. Alright, today’s episode we have the honor of bringing back Brandon Billingsley with us. Brad is from Miracle CDJR commercial and fleet sales department. Brad, excited to have you back. Brad Billingsley 1:04 Absolutely. I’m glad to be back on. John Haggard 1:06 When we talked late last year, I know that you do love to hunt, so assuming you got some hunting done in December? Brad Billingsley 1:14 I definitely went out in the field quite a bit, but more on the guide role. I did not personally take any animals this year but I was on successful hunts, one with my cousin and another with a niece, another first time honors. So that was a bunch of fun. John Haggard 1:32 Alright, so you are a trainer as well then? Brad Billingsley 1:35 Yes, absolutely. John Haggard 1:37 So if you were going to give a hunting tip to someone who’s always wanted to hunt, but has never really had a guide like you, would there be one or two things you would say “Hey, if you don’t get anything else, right and you want to hunt, you need to know this.” Brad Billingsley 1:52 Yeah, play the wind right. Always keep the wind in your face. John Haggard 1:56 Always keep the wind in your face. That’s interesting. So for a non-hunter, why is that? Brad Billingsley 2:04 The human scent. So it’s tough to eliminate human scent and a lot of game animals will spook if they smell humans, keeping the wind in your face allows you not to spook animals as easily by them smelling you. Keep them upwind up here. John Haggard 2:23 That makes total sense. That makes total sense. So today we’d like to talk about the Jeep Gladiator, the new 2020 Jeep Gladiator. A brand new vehicle for Jeep and believe it came out last year, is that right? Brad Billingsley 2:36 It did. They took what they called the launch edition orders early spring, early summer, and then they started rolling in for inventory towards the fall, winter month of last year. John Haggard 2:52 Okay, and I do see that the Gladiator has been making a lot of news recently. Several awards, like Four Wheeler awarded it Truck of the Year and something. Tell us a little bit about the awards and what people were excited about? Brad Billingsley 3:06 Yeah, definitely. So Four Wheeler, in particular, did many, many hours, different tests, from zero to 60. But they focused a lot on the off-road capabilities of this Jeep Gladiator. And compared it to several other models. I don’t have a list of all of those in front of me but I know like the Silverado, the F150 even some full-size trucks of ours were even in the running for that. And the Jeep Gladiator did prevail. It did come out on top as well with the North American Truck of the Year award this year also. So both of those are really huge for the Jeep Gladiator. John Haggard 3:51 Alright, so 2020 North American Truck of the Year. And these people are they call themselves as I understand it, they’re about 50 Expert jurors from print media, television, digital outlets, and radio across the United States and Canada. Right. So how did that come about? Any idea? It’s interesting that those people would say, “Hey, here’s the deal!” Brad Billingsley 4:13 Yeah, it’s you know, they’ve reported coming out, especially within the last few years. All of these third party, these are individuals that are coming out and just doing peer reviews on particular vehicles, which is great, especially when we’re on the winning end of that. But yes, that’s another one that did many, many, many hours test drives in different roles, different anything from off-road to everyday driving, all of that is taking into account with these awards. So it’s a big thing that Jeep Gladiators came out on top, not just once but on two separate occasions. John Haggard 4:57 Now would this be the biggest news for Jeep in, you know, the last three or four years, the Gladiator? Brad Billingsley 5:03 Yeah, the Gladiator is created a lot of hype. It has been longly anticipated. They have waited for this for many years, they had to aftermarket kits that you could do for previous models but that was very pensive. So now coming from the factory-built this way, it is definitely still got quite a bit of hype behind it with these awards being put out that that this is icing on the cake for sure. John Haggard 5:34 All right, so could you give us just an overview of exactly what the Gladiator is, and you know what other vehicles might be similar to it just for people who are not really sure? Brad Billingsley 5:47 Yeah, absolutely. So, obviously, it’s got a lot of similarities to our Wrangler. And a lot of people are mistaken by calling it a Wrangler truck. It is actually a truck, it is on the ramp chassis or the ramp brain. And it does you know, aesthetically it does look a lot like the Wrangler, the doors come off, tops come off, windshield lays flat, gives you that open-air driving experience the Jeep is known for. But in addition to that, in the mid-size truck category, we’re best in class but thought tow capabilities with our max tow package. Of course, all the Gladiators rated, it’s hard to overlook, you know the removable doors removable top. That is something that definitely sets us apart from the others involved in these third party testings as well. John Haggard 6:46 So you don’t find other brands, or do you, wear side doors come off tops come off. Brad Billingsley 6:52 Not any longer, no. We own the market on that. Used to be you know, you had your older internationals scout that, you know, some can take their tops off. The Broncos used to incorporate that as well but again the Broncos not out any longer. But the Wrangler has always been that open-air driving experience. We have not gone anywhere. And it is still very much a Wrangler like the old wheel is used to be, windshields lay flat, doors will come off, tops come off, making sure to have a very fun driving experience. John Haggard 7:33 Pretty cool, really. And do you find it when people come in and they see the Jeep Gladiator are they saying to you, “Well, you know, I’m looking at maybe something over here that Chevrolet’s got.” Or is it so different? I guess so distinct that there’s really I don’t want to say there’s no competition because there’s always competition to something but do people generally if they’re looking at a Gladiator is either that or nothing else? Brad Billingsley 7:57 Yeah, it’s actually pretty much 50/50. It’s got a lot of attention for having the highest rating in the mid-size truck category. But at the same time, it is so different from other trucks in that category, the Tacoma, the Canyon, the Colorado, Rangers, all of those are just your typical you know midsize trucks. But with the Gladiator you can tow 7,600 pounds and have no roof and no doors on headed to you know, a camping trip or to the beach or wherever you may be. So that just again adds to the driving experience as well. John Haggard 8:39 And if we talk about the Jeep brand, itself, the lifestyle, how could you – what about that lifestyle? What is it about the Jeep buyer, the Jeep owner that’s different from people who own trucks other you know, that aren’t that. Brad Billingsley 8:55  Yeah, yeah, we actually call those people Jeepers or Jeople. John Haggard 8:59 Jeepers, did you say Jeepers? Brad Billingsley 9:00 Yeah, Jeepers or Jeople. Yeah, it is definitely a lifestyle you know you got the tradition of the Jeep Wave, anybody in a Wrangler waves to all other Wranglers you know. That’s a big tradition. I mean you’ve got you know, your seven-slot grill lifestyle, the circle lights with the seven-slot grill that Jeep is known for, you know. But Jeepers are a vast community. There’s the off-roaders, there’s the overlanders, and there’s the people that just like to ride on the beach with the doors off, tops off. These jeeps are it gotta fits for just about any type of lifestyle. So the Jeep lifestyle is definitely a real thing for sure. John Haggard 9:47 Brad, we heard a few months ago that Apple Corporation removed the Jeep emoji from its emojis and the Jeep owners seem to be really happy about that. Jeep celebrated they put out the hashtag #ThisIsNotJeep. What was all that about? Brad Billingsley 10:03 Yeah, yeah. So when you would type in Jeep on your iPhone or your Android and then emojis pop up in your predicted there, it would pop up with with a I think the best way to describe that would be like a minivan or something along the lines of a regular SUV which the Jeep, in most cases is the Wrangler, is not that at all, you know? If it was going to pop up with an emoji, Jeep owners want to see that seven-slot grill I was talking about and those circle headlights or even the square headlights, from a Jeep YJ owners for the older body styles there. But that that is kind of the Jeep thing. You know, they don’t want to… they want to save the Jeep brand or the seven-slot grill when you type in an emoji for Jeep. Or at least have it look more like a Jeep Wrangler, rather than a minivan. John Haggard 11:02 I hear you, yes! Is there anything I didn’t ask you about the Jeep Gladiator that you would want people to know? Brad Billingsley 11:11 Hey, you know, definitely just come in get your hands on one out there. Here’s the keys, we can do a test drive, you know? The Jeeps, anything from the Sport S with the max tow, or if you want something fully functional in an off-road setting, the Rubicon is a great fit. If you want something just that looks good and it’s comfortable going down the road then we have Overland. They are very popular and for good reason. You know, every month we’re selling multiple Gladiators every month. The hype has not died on those. People are loving and getting great feedback from Gladiator owners. And that would be my biggest thing. If you’re questioning or looking at that mid-size truck category or just looking for something new and fun in general, then definitely come see me and let’s talk about the Gladiator. John Haggard 12:11 So what would you say as you look out to 2020? What are you most excited about Brad? Brad Billingsley 12:17 I’m excited about the growth of Miracle Chrysler as a whole. We’ve got a lot of exciting things coming up before this year. I’m going to be posting some more Jeep events once the weather gets a little better. I’m going to host our second Mopar event. And we’re talking now about possibly hosting even a Miracle Chrysler trade show this year. So a lot of big things are happening incoming that I can’t wait for that. I’ve got to be patient. We got to make this – make everything fit just right. So definitely be on the lookout for those things. And like I said, we’ve had several of the Jeep events. We have a massive turnout for that with our Jeeps and Wrenches Jeep club that we sponsor as well as other Jeep clubs that kind of come on board with that as well let’s open that up and everybody, donors or not. So that is definitely something I’m going to hammer out and getting, getting a bunch of hype created about for this spring. John Haggard 13:23 Now if somebody wants to connect with Jeep owners, maybe someone who does not yet own a Jeep, are there some websites, user groups, friend groups where people can go? Brad Billingsley 13:36 Yeah! We sponsored a Jeep club called Jeeps and Wrenches and they are on Facebook. They have a Jeeps and Wrenches fan page, where anybody is welcome. I think they’ve got over 5,000 or 6,000 followers on that page, but some lifelong Jeepers as well as some newcomers. And it’s just a large community all through Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, Kentucky. Other states as well have Jeeps and Wrenches, but they are very happy with newcomers. They are happy to answer questions, there’s no judgment there. They just like seeing more and more people getting involved with the Jeep lifestyle. So I would highly recommend Jeeps and Wrenches. John Haggard 14:25 And spell that out, if you will, for the folks just so they can get it. Brad Billingsley 14:28 Yeah, it’s Jeep, J-E-E-P, and Wrenches, W-R-E-N-C-H-E-S. And that is on Facebook. They also have jeepsandwrenches.com, which is their official website. They do have memberships available which gives you some discount here at the dealership as well, as well as other third party companies but they are an absolute God’s standard of a Jeep club that we’ve had the pleasure of doing business with for many years now. John Haggard 15:06 So Brad, if somebody wants to get ahold of you to find out more or, you know, come drive a Gladiator, whatever it might be, what’s the best way to get in touch with you? Brad Billingsley 15:17 So I am very active on Facebook. I have a Facebook market page marketplace page of my own. That is brad@miraclescdj. Also, you can find me on Facebook Brad Billingsley. I’m on Instagram, it’s b_billingsley615. I basically live here at Miracle Chrysler. You can always just swing by and most of the time you can catch me. If I’m not here, they can definitely get you in touch with me without a problem. John Haggard 15:52 Right, man. Great to talk to you again will be looking forward to the Mopar event and the trade show that you said it’s coming up a little bit later on this year. We’ll talk to you some more about that. Brad Billingsley, everybody. He’s the commercial and fleet sales at Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Gallatin. So, remember you can find show notes and a transcript along with links to content that we talked about right on our website. Here it is miraclecdj.com. We’re also on Apple Podcast, Google Play Podcast and on Spotify. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review on any of those platforms and share. I’m your host John Haggard, and we will see you next time!

You will be entertained with this episode of the Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram podcast. Host John Haggard talks to Brad Billingsley about the new and award-winning 2020 Jeep Gladiator. In this episode: <ul><li>Brad’s Foolproof Hunting Tips</li><li>Jeep Gladiator Awards</li><li>What Sets the 2020 Jeep Gladiator Apart From Its Competition</li><li>The “Jeepers”, “Jeople”, and the Jeep Lifestyle</li><li>The Jeep Owners Club in Tennessee</li><li>Upcoming Events</li><li>How to Reach Brad</li></ul> <h2>Transcript</h2> John Haggard 0:02 Welcome to the Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Podcast where in each episode, you’ll be able to learn the best ways to purchase, lease, service, maintain, accessorize, and sell your vehicle for the highest resale value possible when you’re ready to do that. We do also discuss vehicle model details, also the latest technology. The cool things that you would want to know that make driving a new vehicle, just a great experience compared to just a few years ago. I’m your host, John Haggard. As always, you can find show notes and a transcript along with the links to content that we talked about right on our website <a href="http://MiracleCDJ.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MiracleCDJ.com</a>, and also on Apple Podcast, Google Play Podcast and on Spotify. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review on any of those platforms and share we would really appreciate that. Alright, today’s episode we have the honor of bringing back Brandon Billingsley with us. Brad is from Miracle CDJR commercial and fleet sales department. Brad, excited to have you back. Brad Billingsley 1:04 Absolutely. I’m glad to be back on. John Haggard 1:06 When we talked late last year, I know that you do love to hunt, so assuming you got some hunting done in December? Brad Billingsley 1:14 I definitely went out in the field quite a bit, but more on the guide role. I did not personally take any animals this year but I was on successful hunts, one with my cousin and another with a niece, another first time honors. So that was a bunch of fun. John Haggard 1:32 Alright, so you are a trainer as well then? Brad Billingsley 1:35 Yes, absolutely. John Haggard 1:37 So if you were going to give a hunting tip to someone who’s always wanted to hunt, but has never really had a guide like you, would there be one or two things you would say “Hey, if you don’t get anything else, right and you want to hunt, you need to know this.” Brad Billingsley 1:52 Yeah, play the wind right. Always keep the wind in your face. John Haggard 1:56 Always keep the wind in your face. That’s interesting. So for a non-hunter, why is that? Brad Billingsley 2:04 The human scent. So it’s tough to eliminate human scent and a lot of game animals will spook if they smell humans, keeping the wind in your face allows you not to spook animals as easily by them smelling you. Keep them upwind up here. John Haggard 2:23 That makes total sense. That makes total sense. So today we’d like to talk about the Jeep Gladiator, the new <a href="https://www.miraclechryslerdodgejeep.com/2020-jeep-gladiator-gallatin-tn.html" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2020 Jeep Gladiator</a>. A brand new vehicle for Jeep and believe it came out last year, is that right? Brad Billingsley 2:36 It did. They took what they called the launch edition orders early spring, early summer, and then they started rolling in for inventory towards the fall, winter month of last year. John Haggard 2:52 Okay, and I do see that the Gladiator has been making a lot of news recently. Several awards, like <a href="http://www.fourwheeler.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Four Wheeler</a> awarded it <a href="https://www.fourwheeler.com/news/2001-jeep-gladiator-four-wheelers-2020-pickup-truck-year/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Truck of the Year</a> and something. Tell us a little bit about the awards and what people were excited about? Brad Billingsley 3:06 Yeah, definitely. So Four Wheeler, in particular, did many, many hours, different tests, from zero to 60. But they focused a lot on the off-road capabilities of this Jeep Gladiator. And compared it to several other models. I don’t have a list of all of those in front of me but I know like the Silverado, the F150 even some full-size trucks of ours were even in the running for that. And the Jeep Gladiator did prevail. It did come out on top as well with the North American Truck of the Year award this year also. So both of those are really huge for the Jeep Gladiator. John Haggard 3:51 Alright, so 2020 North American Truck of the Year. And these people are they call themselves as I understand it, they’re about 50 Expert jurors from print media, television, digital outlets, and radio across the United States and Canada. Right. So how did that come about? Any idea? It’s interesting that those people would say, “Hey, here’s the deal!” Brad Billingsley 4:13 Yeah, it’s you know, they’ve reported coming out, especially within the last few years. All of these third party, these are individuals that are coming out and just doing peer reviews on particular vehicles, which is great, especially when we’re on the winning end of that. But yes, that’s another one that did many, many, many hours test drives in different roles, different anything from off-road to everyday driving, all of that is taking into account with these awards. So it’s a big thing that Jeep Gladiators came out on top, not just once but on two separate occasions. John Haggard 4:57 Now would this be the biggest news for Jeep in, you know, the last three or four years, the Gladiator? Brad Billingsley 5:03 Yeah, the Gladiator is created a lot of hype. It has been longly anticipated. They have waited for this for many years, they had to aftermarket kits that you could do for previous models but that was very pensive. So now coming from the factory-built this way, it is definitely still got quite a bit of hype behind it with these awards being put out that that this is icing on the cake for sure. John Haggard 5:34 All right, so could you give us just an overview of exactly what the Gladiator is, and you know what other vehicles might be similar to it just for people who are not really sure? Brad Billingsley 5:47 Yeah, absolutely. So, obviously, it’s got a lot of similarities to our Wrangler. And a lot of people are mistaken by calling it a Wrangler truck. It is actually a truck, it is on the ramp chassis or the ramp brain. And it does you know, aesthetically it does look a lot like the Wrangler, the doors come off, tops come off, windshield lays flat, gives you that open-air driving experience the Jeep is known for. But in addition to that, in the mid-size truck category, we’re best in class but thought tow capabilities with our max tow package. Of course, all the Gladiators rated, it’s hard to overlook, you know the removable doors removable top. That is something that definitely sets us apart from the others involved in these third party testings as well. John Haggard 6:46 So you don’t find other brands, or do you, wear side doors come off tops come off. Brad Billingsley 6:52 Not any longer, no. We own the market on that. Used to be you know, you had your older internationals scout that, you know, some can take their tops off. The Broncos used to incorporate that as well but again the Broncos not out any longer. But the Wrangler has always been that open-air driving experience. We have not gone anywhere. And it is still very much a Wrangler like the old wheel is used to be, windshields lay flat, doors will come off, tops come off, making sure to have a very fun driving experience. John Haggard 7:33 Pretty cool, really. And do you find it when people come in and they see the Jeep Gladiator are they saying to you, “Well, you know, I’m looking at maybe something over here that Chevrolet’s got.” Or is it so different? I guess so distinct that there’s really I don’t want to say there’s no competition because there’s always competition to something but do people generally if they’re looking at a Gladiator is either that or nothing else? Brad Billingsley 7:57 Yeah, it’s actually pretty much 50/50. It’s got a lot of attention for having the highest rating in the mid-size truck category. But at the same time, it is so different from other trucks in that category, the Tacoma, the Canyon, the Colorado, Rangers, all of those are just your typical you know midsize trucks. But with the Gladiator you can tow 7,600 pounds and have no roof and no doors on headed to you know, a camping trip or to the beach or wherever you may be. So that just again adds to the driving experience as well. John Haggard 8:39 And if we talk about the Jeep brand, itself, the lifestyle, how could you – what about that lifestyle? What is it about the Jeep buyer, the Jeep owner that’s different from people who own trucks other you know, that aren’t that. Brad Billingsley 8:55 Yeah, yeah, we actually call those people Jeepers or Jeople. John Haggard 8:59 Jeepers, did you say Jeepers? Brad Billingsley 9:00 Yeah, Jeepers or Jeople. Yeah, it is definitely a lifestyle you know you got the tradition of the Jeep Wave, anybody in a Wrangler waves to all other Wranglers you know. That’s a big tradition. I mean you’ve got you know, your seven-slot grill lifestyle, the circle lights with the seven-slot grill that Jeep is known for, you know. But Jeepers are a vast community. There’s the off-roaders, there’s the overlanders, and there’s the people that just like to ride on the beach with the doors off, tops off. These jeeps are it gotta fits for just about any type of lifestyle. So the Jeep lifestyle is definitely a real thing for sure. John Haggard 9:47 Brad, we heard a few months ago that <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/auto/apple-drops-jeep-emoji-search" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Corporation removed the Jeep emoji from its emojis</a> and the Jeep owners seem to be really happy about that. Jeep celebrated they put out the hashtag #ThisIsNotJeep. What was all that about? Brad Billingsley 10:03 Yeah, yeah. So when you would type in Jeep on your iPhone or your Android and then emojis pop up in your predicted there, it would pop up with with a I think the best way to describe that would be like a minivan or something along the lines of a regular SUV which the Jeep, in most cases is the Wrangler, is not that at all, you know? If it was going to pop up with an emoji, Jeep owners want to see that seven-slot grill I was talking about and those circle headlights or even the square headlights, from a Jeep YJ owners for the older body styles there. But that that is kind of the Jeep thing. You know, they don’t want to… they want to save the Jeep brand or the seven-slot grill when you type in an emoji for Jeep. Or at least have it look more like a Jeep Wrangler, rather than a minivan. John Haggard 11:02 I hear you, yes! Is there anything I didn’t ask you about the Jeep Gladiator that you would want people to know? Brad Billingsley 11:11 Hey, you know, definitely just come in get your hands on one out there. Here’s the keys, we can do a test drive, you know? The Jeeps, anything from the Sport S with the max tow, or if you want something fully functional in an off-road setting, the Rubicon is a great fit. If you want something just that looks good and it’s comfortable going down the road then we have Overland. They are very popular and for good reason. You know, every month we’re selling multiple Gladiators every month. The hype has not died on those. People are loving and getting great feedback from Gladiator owners. And that would be my biggest thing. If you’re questioning or looking at that mid-size truck category or just looking for something new and fun in general, then definitely come see me and let’s talk about the Gladiator. John Haggard 12:11 So what would you say as you look out to 2020? What are you most excited about Brad? Brad Billingsley 12:17 I’m excited about the growth of Miracle Chrysler as a whole. We’ve got a lot of exciting things coming up before this year. I’m going to be posting some more Jeep events once the weather gets a little better. I’m going to host our second Mopar event. And we’re talking now about possibly hosting even a Miracle Chrysler trade show this year. So a lot of big things are happening incoming that I can’t wait for that. I’ve got to be patient. We got to make this – make everything fit just right. So definitely be on the lookout for those things. And like I said, we’ve had several of the Jeep events. We have a massive turnout for that with our Jeeps and Wrenches Jeep club that we sponsor as well as other Jeep clubs that kind of come on board with that as well let’s open that up and everybody, donors or not. So that is definitely something I’m going to hammer out and getting, getting a bunch of hype created about for this spring. John Haggard 13:23 Now if somebody wants to connect with Jeep owners, maybe someone who does not yet own a Jeep, are there some websites, user groups, friend groups where people can go? Brad Billingsley 13:36 Yeah! We sponsored a Jeep club called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeepsandwrenches/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jeeps and Wrenches and they are on Facebook</a>. They have a Jeeps and Wrenches fan page, where anybody is welcome. I think they’ve got over 5,000 or 6,000 followers on that page, but some lifelong Jeepers as well as some newcomers. And it’s just a large community all through Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, Kentucky. Other states as well have Jeeps and Wrenches, but they are very happy with newcomers. They are happy to answer questions, there’s no judgment there. They just like seeing more and more people getting involved with the Jeep lifestyle. So I would highly recommend Jeeps and Wrenches. John Haggard 14:25 And spell that out, if you will, for the folks just so they can get it. Brad Billingsley 14:28 Yeah, it’s Jeep, J-E-E-P, and Wrenches, W-R-E-N-C-H-E-S. And that is on Facebook. They also have <a href="http://jeepsandwrenches.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jeepsandwrenches.com</a>, which is their <a href="https://www.jeepsandwrenches.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">official website</a>. They do have memberships available which gives you some discount here at the dealership as well, as well as other third party companies but they are an absolute God’s standard of a Jeep club that we’ve had the pleasure of doing business with for many years now. John Haggard 15:06 So Brad, if somebody wants to get ahold of you to find out more or, you know, come drive a Gladiator, whatever it might be, what’s the best way to get in touch with you? Brad Billingsley 15:17 So I am very active on Facebook. I have a Facebook market page marketplace page of my own. That is brad@miraclescdj. Also, you can find me on Facebook Brad Billingsley. I’m on Instagram, it’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/b_billingsley615/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">b_billingsley615</a>. I basically live here at Miracle Chrysler. You can always just swing by and most of the time you can catch me. If I’m not here, they can definitely get you in touch with me without a problem. John Haggard 15:52 Right, man. Great to talk to you again will be looking forward to the Mopar event and the trade show that you said it’s coming up a little bit later on this year. We’ll talk to you some more about that. Brad Billingsley, everybody. He’s the commercial and fleet sales at Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Gallatin. So, remember you can find show notes and a transcript along with links to content that we talked about right on our website. Here it is <a href="https://www.miraclechryslerdodgejeep.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">miraclecdj.com</a>. We’re also on Apple Podcast, Google Play Podcast and on Spotify. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review on any of those platforms and share. I’m your host John Haggard, and we will see you next time!

Episode #19 – Brad Billingsley on The New Jeep Gladiator

This is going to be a heavy episode of the Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram podcast. By heavy, we mean heavy-duty RAM trucks. For this episode, host John Haggard talks with Brad Billingsley of the Miracle CDJR Commercial and Fleet Sales Department. Together, they talk about all things RAM trucks, which include the following topics: Where Brad Originated FromBrad’s Passion for Outdoors and IdahoHow He Started Working at Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep RamBusinessLink Certified DealerRAM 1500 vs the Ram 2500RAM 2500, 3500, 4500, and 5500 and Their DifferencesWhat Do They Mean About Refined Workhorse?What RAM Trucks Have That Competitor Don’t?Where You Can Find Brad on Social Media Transcript John Haggard 0:01 Welcome to the Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Podcast, where each week you’ll learn the best ways to purchase lease service, maintain, accessorize, and sell your vehicle for the highest resale value possible when you’re ready to do it. I’m your host, John Haggard, and on today’s episode, we have the honor of having Brad Billingsley with us. Now Brad is the commercial and fleet sales department. He’s the guy there at Miracle CDJR in Gallatin. Brad is going to be talking about the ins and outs of the RAM 2500 and all RAM heavy-duty trucks. So, Brad, we’re excited that you’re going to educate us today. Welcome on. Brad Billingsley 0:39 Thank you. Thank you. I’m glad to be on. John Haggard 0:41 Hey, so just to know a little bit about you and your background, where are you originally from? Brad Billingsley 0:48 I was born and raised here in Gallatin and had been with Miracle Chrysler going on 10 years all together now. I did take a little hiatus for about two and a half, almost three years out to Idaho. That was in 2016. And then came back here March of this year. John Haggard 1:10 All right, Idaho, known as the Great Potato State. Idaho, right? Brad Billingsley 1:13 Right. That’s correct. I actually never once saw a potato farm in my time there, but… John Haggard 1:19 Is that right? I would have just thought, you know, rows and fields, kind of like cornfields. But no, it’s all potatoes. Brad Billingsley 1:26 Yeah, yeah, that’s kind of what I was expecting too, was to see a bunch of potato farms. But they’ve got them in the panhandle of Idaho, Oregon- Idaho line there, so. John Haggard 1:37 Gotcha, gotcha. Well, I’ve had a lot of Idaho potatoes and it shows, so you can tell it for sure. So really, how did you actually end up at Miracle in the first place? How did Miracle come about in your life? Brad Billingsley 1:50 Well, I owned a landscaping business at the time, and I was just kind of looking for winter income. So I jumped on board originally in the detail department, and it was more or less just a seasonal job. And just for kind of winter income and the slow months there and before the next season started, they had convinced me to give this sales thing a try. And that all she wrote. So… John Haggard 2:21 And so here you are. Brad Billingsley 2:22 Yeah, yeah, here I am. John Haggard 2:24 Alright, so let’s talk about what is it exactly when you say commercial and fleet sales? What does that mean? Exactly? Brad Billingsley 2:31 Sure. Yeah. So I specialize obviously, in the heavy-duty trucks in the RAM, Promaster and the Promaster City, because those are technically commercial vehicles. So I have done all my training, got certified for all of that. But really, the interesting part of it is I go off-site pretty often and just shake hands, meet new businesses, new companies. A lot of small businesses don’t realize all the benefits they could qualify for when it comes to commercial in fleet and going that route versus buying a vehicle in their personal name. So it has been a learning experience. This is still fairly new to me. Say I’ve been on board about two months now from retail to the commercial side, but that’s what that is. I specialize in the heavy-duty RAMs so 2500 up to the 5500 and then, of course, the Promaster and Promaster City as well. John Haggard 3:32 Yeah, you said benefits you know, because really when people are going to buy or lease something, and really any product no matter what it is, it’s really all about what’s in it for me. We call it WIIFM, what’s in it for me. So you were just mentioning benefits a moment ago that business owners are not aware of, what have you found out so far? What’s out there? Brad Billingsley 3:52 Well, here at Miracle we are actually a BusinessLink certified dealer. And what that means is if you become BusinessLink with us which is free of charge. I actually sign up any business I talked to just once I come back to the dealership after shaking hands. It gives you priority and service. What that means is if you have a vehicle obviously in a business your vehicle is your source of income. So a vehicle being down can cost you, you know $1800 – $2000 a day, depends on what your vehicle is used for. So we want to eliminate that as much as possible. And what BusinessLink allows us to do is we get your vehicle into service and then the next available qualified technician. As soon as his day is open, your vehicle takes priority goes right in and is addressed immediately as soon as that next available qualified technician is open. And so you know big benefits there. We do have loaner vehicles for those commercial vehicles to kind of keep you going on the road while your main vehicle is here being served. So it definitely helps keep income coming and keep generating that income for small businesses and large businesses as well. John Haggard 5:08 All right, yeah. So it’s almost like business interruption insurance. Brad Billingsley 5:14 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that’s a good way to put it. I like that. John Haggard 5:16 Can I come work for you? Brad Billingsley 5:18 Hey, yeah. Absolutely! John Haggard 5:20 You know, I think a lot of people have heard the brand of the RAM 1500. We see a lot of TV ads, we hear radio ads, on our website, of course, all types of emails and specials and pop-ups and links and all these types of things. So the RAM 1500 that would not be classified as a heavy-duty, is that correct? Brad Billingsley 5:43 Correct. That would be a light-duty truck, a half-ton truck. John Haggard 5:46 All right. And that that would be more for someone that’s not using it for, I guess, heavy-duty business. Brad Billingsley 5:52 Correct. You’re not going to get quite the tow rating that you’re going to get in a three-quarter-ton or one-ton 2500, 3500, as well as payload capacities, are limited there. Yeah. So the 2500s and up is where that heavy-duty comes involved. John Haggard 6:10 All right, and what it makes sense to say if there’s a RAM 2500 a 3500, also a 4550 and 5500. Brad Billingsley 6:19 Correct. John Haggard 6:20 And would that be, again, it’s the you know, how big is the engine? How much tow, is that the general difference as you walk up or if you start at 2500 and compare that to the 1500 and then step up? Brad Billingsley 6:33 Yeah, so the big difference is now all you can get the 6.4-liter Hemi gas engine in the 2500 through to 5500. You also can get the same 6.7 Cummins diesel engine and the 2500 up to 5500. So the 2500 would be nice, where you’re towing, you know, 30,000 pounds or more, where you’re not needing, you know, massive payloads, you know, 9000 pounds payload in that 2500 is that sweet spot there. Now going up from there, you definitely want to start looking at the one times, the 3500s and on up from there to the 4500 and 5500. John Haggard 7:16 Now so what are you typically towing with a 2500? And then what would you typically tow say with a 3500? Brad Billingsley 7:23 So 2500 it’s easily going to tow you know, 20,000 pounds and less with the diesel engine, given, you know, just on a general spectrum there. You do have some other factors that can play in. But without getting too technical, a 2500 you’re going to be good at 20,000 pounds or less as far as what you’re towing. John Haggard 7:43 And then if you go up to 3500? Brad Billingsley 7:46 Oh, yeah, the 3500 is over 30,000 pounds tow. John Haggard 7:50 Wow. Okay, you’re almost getting to a diesel truck as you keep going up. Brad Billingsley 7:53 Oh, yeah. Semi Truck. Absolutely. Brad Billingsley 7:55 Yeah. And then the 4500? Brad Billingsley 7:58 4500 is still in that 30,000 lb. The advantage is going to be your payload is where the increases on that. John Haggard 8:07 And then the 5500? Brad Billingsley 8:08 5500, same thing it’s going to be about 35,000 lbs and some change as far as towing. But the major benefit is the strip frame is a lot sturdier. Your suspension and your rear axles a lot sturdier which can hold heavy payloads. And your payload is going to be everything in the truck including passengers and then what’s on the bed because these 4500s and 5500s are cabin chassis. So you put a lot of flatbeds or a service bed, whatever your business needs, it just allows for more weight to be on the frame without bending the frame or causing damage to the frame of the truck. John Haggard 8:49 Okay, and so I look in Consumer Reports and they put out this article that says the 2019 RAM 2500 is a refined workhorse. So if you look The RAM heavy-duty, 2500, when they say refined workhorse and I realize everybody’s got to come up with a name for something but what makes it different say than other, you know, other heavy-duty trucks that are out there? Brad Billingsley 9:14 Absolutely. So the 6.4-liter gas engine is a horsepower monster, whereas the 6.7 Cummins is going to be a torque monster. So again, depending on your needs, those could benefit you one way or the other there. But the big thing too is you know, our ride on these heavy-duty trucks is above and beyond our competitors. That’s the first thing people will mention when they step into a 2500 is Oh, it’s like we’re driving a car. It doesn’t feel like I’m driving a big heavy-duty truck at all. That is a big benefit but also in our higher-end trim levels on the Ram 2500 we use more real leather and actual wood. So it is almost like a luxury truck on those higher trim levels. John Haggard 10:02 You know one of the things we have seen and shared on Facebook numerous videos from RAM’s YouTube channel focused on Long Live Ram. And if you haven’t seen those videos, folks, they’re really incredible. I think. They do share stories about RAM trucks that are getting 600,000 a million even one that had 1,450,212 miles. It’s still going strong. What’s been your impression about the longevity of the RAM? I mean, that’s pretty serious 1,500,000 in mileage almost. Brad Billingsley 10:35 Yes, absolutely. And we’ve actually had, I haven’t seen him lately, but we’ve had a service customer that came in with his Cummins rolling over a million miles. And you know, you take care of these engines, especially the Cummins engine. Obviously diesel is known for its longevity, and you can’t talk diesel engines without talking about the Cummins engine. It just doesn’t happen. I’m not taking anything away from competitors but Cummins ownes the market when it comes to diesel engines. And the big thing is the longevity of those diesel engines. A million miles would not surprise me one bit on these Cummins as long as you’re taking care of them, they will take care of you. John Haggard 11:20 All right, so last question about the RAM, if someone say is looking at the RAM 2500, I’m sure they’re probably looking at some of the other competitors out there like the Chevrolet Silverado. They’ve got the 2500 HD I think it is. GMC Sierra has got a 2500 HD, Nissan Titan’s got an XD and of course the Ford F-250, which is at our sister store in Miracle Ford. Why would somebody want to consider a RAM over the competitors? Brad Billingsley 11:50 Well, one thing that in the 2500s that we have that no other brand can compete with is we have a mega-cab. Who doesn’t like the additional room in their 2500? When you can sit back in the back and be chauffeured around that’s like driving a limousine. But yeah, other than that, it’s just again I go back to our ride because that’s the biggest thing that gets brought up to me is the ride of these trucks is superior to none. And again, if you’re needed to work it’s going to do every bit of work that you need it to do. John Haggard 12:27 Well, like you say, I mean a cab ride almost being like in your living room. You just don’t feel like you’re in a truck, right? John Haggard 12:34 Yeah, absolutely. John Haggard 12:36 So when you’re not all about RAM, Brad, what do you like to do outside of work? Brad Billingsley 12:41 Oh, I am an outdoor nut. That’s kind of what took me out to Idaho. Anything outdoors, hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, you name it. I would prefer to be outside If I had my way so that is definitely what I enjoyed the most, is being in the great outdoors. Brad Billingsley 13:01 So hunting. What do you like to hunt? Brad Billingsley 13:03 Big game. I am an avid Deer Hunter. I’ve cut my teeth here in Tennessee on whitetail you know, Turkey waterfowl. I like the cooler weather hunting. But out in Idaho, I was dead set on mule deer, and elk hunting. That really caught my attention as much that the last week of October and the first week in November I took a two-week vacation to go hunting in Idaho again for elk so. John Haggard 13:31All right and then so if we’re looking for you at that same time next year, you’re probably going to be out there right? Brad Billingsley 13:36 I absolutely I’ll be out Northwest somewhere, that’s for sure. John Haggard 13:40 Well, say if you had your own podcast like the one that we’re on here, Brad, who would you interview and why would you interview that person? Brad Billingsley 13:48 By far Steven Rinella. He is an avid outdoorsman hunting fishing he has his own show on Netflix, has his own podcast, but he brings in to the light eating, cooking and preparing of the wild game is a big aspect of where he goes with his shows and his podcast. Just very very knowledgeable, he’s got a biology degree but he’s an avid outdoorsman that’s what he’s made a living off of. And he is a guy I truly look up to for sure. John Haggard 14:22 Yeah, so Brad, I also know you’re quite active on Facebook. Where can people find you there? Brad Billingsley 14:28 Definitely. My page I have my own marketplace Facebook page there. It’s Brad at Miracle CDJ. That is the best place definitely go follow give that page a like. But also Brad Billingsley, Facebook and then b_billingsley615 is my Instagram. John Haggard 14:50 All right, anyplace else people can find you? Brad Billingsley 14:54I am on LinkedIn. I need to probably update that. Now that I’m thinking about that. But otherwise, you can find me at 1290 National Pike, Miracle Chrysler. John Haggard 15:04 Alrighty, everybody. Brad Billingsley right there. He is in Commercial and Fleet Sales at Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Gallatin. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, or Spotify. And while you’re at it, leave us a review folks if you would. I’m your host, John Haggard, and we will see you next time.

This is going to be a heavy episode of the <a href="https://www.miraclechryslerdodgejeep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram podcast</a>. By heavy, we mean heavy-duty RAM trucks. For this episode, host John Haggard talks with Brad Billingsley of the Miracle CDJR Commercial and Fleet Sales Department. Together, they talk about all things RAM trucks, which include the following topics: <ul><li>Where Brad Originated From</li><li>Brad’s Passion for Outdoors and Idaho</li><li>How He Started Working at Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</li><li>BusinessLink Certified Dealer</li><li>RAM 1500 vs the Ram 2500</li><li>RAM 2500, 3500, 4500, and 5500 and Their Differences</li><li>What Do They Mean About Refined Workhorse?</li><li>What RAM Trucks Have That Competitor Don’t?</li><li>Where You Can Find Brad on Social Media</li></ul> <h2>Transcript</h2> John Haggard 0:01 Welcome to the Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Podcast, where each week you’ll learn the best ways to purchase lease service, maintain, accessorize, and sell your vehicle for the highest resale value possible when you’re ready to do it. I’m your host, John Haggard, and on today’s episode, we have the honor of having Brad Billingsley with us. Now Brad is the commercial and fleet sales department. He’s the guy there at Miracle CDJR in Gallatin. Brad is going to be talking about the ins and outs of the RAM 2500 and all RAM heavy-duty trucks. So, Brad, we’re excited that you’re going to educate us today. Welcome on. Brad Billingsley 0:39 Thank you. Thank you. I’m glad to be on. John Haggard 0:41 Hey, so just to know a little bit about you and your background, where are you originally from? Brad Billingsley 0:48 I was born and raised here in Gallatin and had been with Miracle Chrysler going on 10 years all together now. I did take a little hiatus for about two and a half, almost three years out to Idaho. That was in 2016. And then came back here March of this year. John Haggard 1:10 All right, Idaho, known as the Great Potato State. Idaho, right? Brad Billingsley 1:13 Right. That’s correct. I actually never once saw a potato farm in my time there, but… John Haggard 1:19 Is that right? I would have just thought, you know, rows and fields, kind of like cornfields. But no, it’s all potatoes. Brad Billingsley 1:26 Yeah, yeah, that’s kind of what I was expecting too, was to see a bunch of potato farms. But they’ve got them in the panhandle of Idaho, Oregon- Idaho line there, so. John Haggard 1:37 Gotcha, gotcha. Well, I’ve had a lot of Idaho potatoes and it shows, so you can tell it for sure. So really, how did you actually end up at Miracle in the first place? How did Miracle come about in your life? Brad Billingsley 1:50 Well, I owned a landscaping business at the time, and I was just kind of looking for winter income. So I jumped on board originally in the detail department, and it was more or less just a seasonal job. And just for kind of winter income and the slow months there and before the next season started, they had convinced me to give this sales thing a try. And that all she wrote. So… John Haggard 2:21 And so here you are. Brad Billingsley 2:22 Yeah, yeah, here I am. John Haggard 2:24 Alright, so let’s talk about what is it exactly when you say commercial and fleet sales? What does that mean? Exactly? Brad Billingsley 2:31 Sure. Yeah. So I specialize obviously, in the heavy-duty trucks in the RAM, Promaster and the Promaster City, because those are technically commercial vehicles. So I have done all my training, got certified for all of that. But really, the interesting part of it is I go off-site pretty often and just shake hands, meet new businesses, new companies. A lot of small businesses don’t realize all the benefits they could qualify for when it comes to commercial in fleet and going that route versus buying a vehicle in their personal name. So it has been a learning experience. This is still fairly new to me. Say I’ve been on board about two months now from retail to the commercial side, but that’s what that is. I specialize in the heavy-duty RAMs so 2500 up to the 5500 and then, of course, the Promaster and Promaster City as well. John Haggard 3:32 Yeah, you said benefits you know, because really when people are going to buy or lease something, and really any product no matter what it is, it’s really all about what’s in it for me. We call it WIIFM, what’s in it for me. So you were just mentioning benefits a moment ago that business owners are not aware of, what have you found out so far? What’s out there? Brad Billingsley 3:52 Well, here at Miracle we are actually a BusinessLink certified dealer. And what that means is if you become BusinessLink with us which is free of charge. I actually sign up any business I talked to just once I come back to the dealership after shaking hands. It gives you priority and service. What that means is if you have a vehicle obviously in a business your vehicle is your source of income. So a vehicle being down can cost you, you know $1800 – $2000 a day, depends on what your vehicle is used for. So we want to eliminate that as much as possible. And what BusinessLink allows us to do is we get your vehicle into service and then the next available qualified technician. As soon as his day is open, your vehicle takes priority goes right in and is addressed immediately as soon as that next available qualified technician is open. And so you know big benefits there. We do have loaner vehicles for those commercial vehicles to kind of keep you going on the road while your main vehicle is here being served. So it definitely helps keep income coming and keep generating that income for small businesses and large businesses as well. John Haggard 5:08 All right, yeah. So it’s almost like business interruption insurance. Brad Billingsley 5:14 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that’s a good way to put it. I like that. John Haggard 5:16 Can I come work for you? Brad Billingsley 5:18 Hey, yeah. Absolutely! John Haggard 5:20 You know, I think a lot of people have heard the brand of the RAM 1500. We see a lot of TV ads, we hear radio ads, on our website, of course, all types of emails and specials and pop-ups and links and all these types of things. So the RAM 1500 that would not be classified as a heavy-duty, is that correct? Brad Billingsley 5:43 Correct. That would be a light-duty truck, a half-ton truck. John Haggard 5:46 All right. And that that would be more for someone that’s not using it for, I guess, heavy-duty business. Brad Billingsley 5:52 Correct. You’re not going to get quite the tow rating that you’re going to get in a three-quarter-ton or one-ton 2500, 3500, as well as payload capacities, are limited there. Yeah. So the 2500s and up is where that heavy-duty comes involved. John Haggard 6:10 All right, and what it makes sense to say if there’s a RAM 2500 a 3500, also a 4550 and 5500. Brad Billingsley 6:19 Correct. John Haggard 6:20 And would that be, again, it’s the you know, how big is the engine? How much tow, is that the general difference as you walk up or if you start at 2500 and compare that to the 1500 and then step up? Brad Billingsley 6:33 Yeah, so the big difference is now all you can get the 6.4-liter Hemi gas engine in the 2500 through to 5500. You also can get the same 6.7 Cummins diesel engine and the 2500 up to 5500. So the 2500 would be nice, where you’re towing, you know, 30,000 pounds or more, where you’re not needing, you know, massive payloads, you know, 9000 pounds payload in that 2500 is that sweet spot there. Now going up from there, you definitely want to start looking at the one times, the 3500s and on up from there to the 4500 and 5500. John Haggard 7:16 Now so what are you typically towing with a 2500? And then what would you typically tow say with a 3500? Brad Billingsley 7:23 So 2500 it’s easily going to tow you know, 20,000 pounds and less with the diesel engine, given, you know, just on a general spectrum there. You do have some other factors that can play in. But without getting too technical, a 2500 you’re going to be good at 20,000 pounds or less as far as what you’re towing. John Haggard 7:43 And then if you go up to 3500? Brad Billingsley 7:46 Oh, yeah, the 3500 is over 30,000 pounds tow. John Haggard 7:50 Wow. Okay, you’re almost getting to a diesel truck as you keep going up. Brad Billingsley 7:53 Oh, yeah. Semi Truck. Absolutely. Brad Billingsley 7:55 Yeah. And then the 4500? Brad Billingsley 7:58 4500 is still in that 30,000 lb. The advantage is going to be your payload is where the increases on that. John Haggard 8:07 And then the 5500? Brad Billingsley 8:08 5500, same thing it’s going to be about 35,000 lbs and some change as far as towing. But the major benefit is the strip frame is a lot sturdier. Your suspension and your rear axles a lot sturdier which can hold heavy payloads. And your payload is going to be everything in the truck including passengers and then what’s on the bed because these 4500s and 5500s are cabin chassis. So you put a lot of flatbeds or a service bed, whatever your business needs, it just allows for more weight to be on the frame without bending the frame or causing damage to the frame of the truck. John Haggard 8:49 Okay, and so I look in Consumer Reports and they put out this article that says <a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/pickup-trucks/2019-ram-2500-first-drive-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the 2019 RAM 2500 is a refined workhorse</a>. So if you look The RAM heavy-duty, 2500, when they say refined workhorse and I realize everybody’s got to come up with a name for something but what makes it different say than other, you know, other heavy-duty trucks that are out there? Brad Billingsley 9:14 Absolutely. So the 6.4-liter gas engine is a horsepower monster, whereas the 6.7 Cummins is going to be a torque monster. So again, depending on your needs, those could benefit you one way or the other there. But the big thing too is you know, our ride on these heavy-duty trucks is above and beyond our competitors. That’s the first thing people will mention when they step into a 2500 is Oh, it’s like we’re driving a car. It doesn’t feel like I’m driving a big heavy-duty truck at all. That is a big benefit but also in our higher-end trim levels on the Ram 2500 we use more real leather and actual wood. So it is almost like a luxury truck on those higher trim levels. John Haggard 10:02 You know one of the things we have seen and shared on Facebook numerous videos from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNfZNOb3jq-iWdL0d9OMf9Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RAM’s YouTube channel </a>focused on Long Live Ram. And if you haven’t seen those videos, folks, they’re really incredible. I think. They do share stories about RAM trucks that are getting 600,000 a million even one that had 1,450,212 miles. It’s still going strong. What’s been your impression about the longevity of the RAM? I mean, that’s pretty serious 1,500,000 in mileage almost. Brad Billingsley 10:35 Yes, absolutely. And we’ve actually had, I haven’t seen him lately, but we’ve had a service customer that came in with his Cummins rolling over a million miles. And you know, you take care of these engines, especially the Cummins engine. Obviously diesel is known for its longevity, and you can’t talk diesel engines without talking about the Cummins engine. It just doesn’t happen. I’m not taking anything away from competitors but Cummins ownes the market when it comes to diesel engines. And the big thing is the longevity of those diesel engines. A million miles would not surprise me one bit on these Cummins as long as you’re taking care of them, they will take care of you. John Haggard 11:20 All right, so last question about the RAM, if someone say is looking at the RAM 2500, I’m sure they’re probably looking at some of the other competitors out there like the Chevrolet Silverado. They’ve got the 2500 HD I think it is. GMC Sierra has got a 2500 HD, Nissan Titan’s got an XD and of course the Ford F-250, which is at our sister store in Miracle Ford. Why would somebody want to consider a RAM over the competitors? Brad Billingsley 11:50 Well, one thing that in the 2500s that we have that no other brand can compete with is we have a mega-cab. Who doesn’t like the additional room in their 2500? When you can sit back in the back and be chauffeured around that’s like driving a limousine. But yeah, other than that, it’s just again I go back to our ride because that’s the biggest thing that gets brought up to me is the ride of these trucks is superior to none. And again, if you’re needed to work it’s going to do every bit of work that you need it to do. John Haggard 12:27 Well, like you say, I mean a cab ride almost being like in your living room. You just don’t feel like you’re in a truck, right? John Haggard 12:34 Yeah, absolutely. John Haggard 12:36 So when you’re not all about RAM, Brad, what do you like to do outside of work? Brad Billingsley 12:41 Oh, I am an outdoor nut. That’s kind of what took me out to Idaho. Anything outdoors, hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, you name it. I would prefer to be outside If I had my way so that is definitely what I enjoyed the most, is being in the great outdoors. Brad Billingsley 13:01 So hunting. What do you like to hunt? Brad Billingsley 13:03 Big game. I am an avid Deer Hunter. I’ve cut my teeth here in Tennessee on whitetail you know, Turkey waterfowl. I like the cooler weather hunting. But out in Idaho, I was dead set on mule deer, and elk hunting. That really caught my attention as much that the last week of October and the first week in November I took a two-week vacation to go hunting in Idaho again for elk so. John Haggard 13:31 All right and then so if we’re looking for you at that same time next year, you’re probably going to be out there right? Brad Billingsley 13:36 I absolutely I’ll be out Northwest somewhere, that’s for sure. John Haggard 13:40 Well, say if you had your own podcast like the one that we’re on here, Brad, who would you interview and why would you interview that person? Brad Billingsley 13:48 By far Steven Rinella. He is an avid outdoorsman hunting fishing he has his own show on Netflix, has his own podcast, but he brings in to the light eating, cooking and preparing of the wild game is a big aspect of where he goes with his shows and his podcast. Just very very knowledgeable, he’s got a biology degree but he’s an avid outdoorsman that’s what he’s made a living off of. And he is a guy I truly look up to for sure. John Haggard 14:22 Yeah, so Brad, I also know you’re quite active on Facebook. Where can people find you there? Brad Billingsley 14:28 Definitely. My page I have my own marketplace Facebook page there. It’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Brad-at-Miracle-CDJ-286843118929149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brad at Miracle CDJ</a>. That is the best place definitely go follow give that page a like. But also Brad Billingsley, Facebook and then <a href="https://www.instagram.com/b_billingsley615/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">b_billingsley615</a> is my Instagram. John Haggard 14:50 All right, anyplace else people can find you? Brad Billingsley 14:54 I am on LinkedIn. I need to probably update that. Now that I’m thinking about that. But otherwise, you can find me at 1290 National Pike, Miracle Chrysler. John Haggard 15:04 Alrighty, everybody. Brad Billingsley right there. He is in Commercial and Fleet Sales at Miracle Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Gallatin. Don’t forget to like, share, subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, or Spotify. And while you’re at it, leave us a review folks if you would. I’m your host, John Haggard, and we will see you next time.