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Originally Posted by XDCX
That's awesome. 
I also saw a program on SPIKE TV a few weeks ago that showed there's an active secondary market for the original 12 Valve 5.9 Cummins. Apparently the early engines are in demand because the don't require any computers or electronics to operate and they're repurposed for marine and industrial use. |
The 12 valve Cummins engines were already used in a wide variety of industrial and marine applications when Dodge started using them. They were in use on construction equipment such as road graders, front end loaders, and very widely used to power irrigation pumps in agriculture.