John Shiels

Ram 3500's gross combined weight rating — the maximum combined weight of the truck, payload and trailer — has been raised to a best-in-class 37,600 pounds.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz2HW6o1KfH.

850 ft lb torque insane.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...ity-Ram-pickup

people will be selling their tractor rigs soon.

Timz06

My denali HD has almost 800 ft lbs stock

John Shiels

what is the towing capacity?


Where does it stop? Seems nuts.

TMyers

John, that is the 5500 that can pull that big. The 3500 is 30K. I sure hope they upped the brakes big time. I have pull that much weight with my 1 ton Duramax. Plenty of power to pull it but stopping is another question.

1991Z07

The 3500 series Ram brakes are huge...insane. We have an older one and have had a brake controller fail while pulling a trailer with a 20k# tractor on it. Stopped it without issue...no warped rotors, just slowed it down quickly in a straight line.

It's getting pretty insane what the 1-ton trucks can do now. The turbo diesels in them can pull the world. We would take our tractor to north Texas to do work on the hunting ranch and just set the cruise at 65 mph and it never slowed down...

Crazy...

JeremyGSU

Wow. That is a lot of torque but it may not always "feel" like that much more. My buddy has an '07 2500 with 660 lb/tq and drove a newer F-150 with the 760 tq? Said he couldn't tell a difference and the truck actually felt slower because of the weight. Still, that is an insane number.

And agreed on the comment about the brakes. They need a lot bigger brakes to catch up to the commercial world. My friend's 2500 with a 20 ft car hauler weighing around 6,000 lbs doesn't feel like it would stop in a mile.

John Shiels

me no think so? Yes no?

going to look what the 550 can tow.

looked it's listed for 26,000 GCWR crazy the dooley is more.

Werks

I just picked up a '12 Ram 2500 turbo diesel a few months ago that comes with the 800 ft/lb engine and it loves towing stuff lol. Was pulling a heavy steel 20ft enclosed with vette, spare wheels, 10x full fuel jugs and a bunch of other stuff (probably close to 10k) and could hardly tell that it was back there. Set cruise control at 70 and it would not even down shift going up the mountains. Brakes are awesome even in the bumper to bumper traffic that we have here in N. Cal!

trackboss

The 1 ton truck wars have been pretty impressive the last few years, but at what point is it just plain less expensive to purchase a real big rig? These pickups are getting crazy expensive. Main reason I have an HD diesel is because I got an amazing deal on it.

John Shiels

yet but you can't drive a big rig everywhere. And as you said it's a war like sports cars. Wonder how bad the mileage is compared to mine if you just cruise? Mine gets decent mileage even 21 at 55 mph and weighing at least 10,000 lb. 10 grand for a diesel option

ukrbmw

Another problem for folks like me in NC is the actual truck weight. All pickups sold here have to wear a weighted plate and if we are over 26,000 pounds you have to get a CDL. I'm sure this truck is rated at least 13k leaving little room for a trailer before you need a new license.

Nonetheless, capacity is nothing short of amazing for a 1 ton truck. Makes me think harder about how long I want to keep driving my 08.

RedLS1GTO

Curious about this as well. The 5.9 Cummins Rams got fantastic mileage. The more recent 6.7... not so much. I'm no expert on Ram trucks, not even close, but from what I understand they have had a lot of problems meeting exhaust regulations and ironically have had to kill the fuel mileage to get it where it needs to be. Thanks EPA.

When I was looking for a new truck last year, the 2 things that steered me away from the Ram were the mileage of the 6.7 and the interior. The seats in the Ram were flat out terrible. If they fix those things I might very well make the jump next time around.

Kubs

I was going to say that too. Anything over 26K requires a CDL so what is the point of making a non-commercial vehicle be able to handle that much weight.

TMyers

Most people get this wrong. You only need a CDL if you are towing commercially. In NC a Class A, none CDL will cover you:

"Required to operate any combination of vehicles exempt from CDL requirements with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more, provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is greater than 10,000 pounds."

JeremyGSU

This.

ScaryFast

The gas mileage sucks due to the 2011 EPA regulations, not the engine. People removing the extra filters (once warranty runs out, of course) are seeing 20+ mpg empty.

My 2010 6.7L gets about 18 hwy (empty, of course) at 75 mph. 10 - 12 mph towing 10,000 lbs.

It is so idiotic that we choke the emissions down to nothing, but cut the mileage in 1/2. Sure, treehugger, I'm emitting less sulfur, but using twice the gas. Is that really better for the environment?

Idoits.

John Shiels

Just like motor homes I guess?

JeremyGSU

Motorhomes have no CDL requirements at ANY level. Makes absolutely no sense but they probably wouldn't sell otherwise.

John Shiels

correct call it lobbying.

dvandentop

the current gmc and chevys will have some firesale pricing on old models once the new ones start hitting the lots.

might have to pick up a new dually then my 02 with 249k is getting kind tired LOL