Holy Moly the new trucks are TALL
:( So my beloved brother offered to lend me his 2012 F350 to haul our new to us 2008 Fleetwood Regal from Red Deer, Alberta to Osoyoos, BC. Today we tried to hook it up to his Reese hitch and we were ...
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vankids wrote:
To OP, if you are looking at a used Ram 3500 make sure you do your diligence on the 2011. Factory supplied trailer brake controller is not useful for anything over 4000 lbs. I bought the truck new and bought my fiver 6 months later. First two years of pulling(just short trips with limited hill) I was blaming fiver. Had trailer brakes adjusted, changed controller settings and still not stopping power unless you applied manually. Brought it to dealer to check out controller, they said all was fine.
This past summer had to make panic stop at 50 mph and fortunate that I was quick with manual otherwise I would have been on top of cars in front.
Did a google search. 2011 Rams with factory supplied controller are only good for light towing. Subsequent years have three settings(light, medium and heavy) which you can select thru your EVIC. Brought truck to dealer, they did not believe me but one day later they acknowledged that only has one setting and they can't flash an update. Solution is an aftermarket. Great, I bought a truck capable of towing 15,000 lbs but don't try and stop it. Other than that great truck, great exhaust brake and average fuel economy
Thank you for this very useful piece of information! It's doubtful that I can quite afford to move up to a 2011 model, will probably run out of funds around that 2005 or 2006 mark. You never know though, thanks for posting!
Cheers!
MIke
