Need advise on tow vehicle 3500 or 3500 dually

retispcsi wrote:
on 09/15/14 09:05pm



retispcsi wrote:

So I am sitting under the awning reading this post and I look over at my 2014 Ram Longhorn I got a couple of weeks ago. It has a 29,000 lb tow rate not counting the truck and almost 5500 on the payload. I have towed with a 3/4 ton Ram ctd and a dually ram ctd before this one. All are 4x4 also. I don't worry I know I can tow it. You can never have too much truck.


So why didn't you get a 2014 5500 if you can't have too much truck?


2005 RAM 2500 Cummins/2011 Sandpiper 345 RET/2008 Nitro Z9 Mecury 250 PRO XS




Posted By: ol Bombero-JC on 09/15/14 09:32pm

All I can say is go drive a 3500 Longhorn with the max tow aka 4:10 and a 5500 and you will see the difference also look at the specs for towing. The 3500 will handle my MS38RSSA without any issue at a comfort level that is really sweet. This is my third Ram. My previous 2012 would have handled my fiver but this one will do it so much better. I am sure the 2015 will be great also so I will probably wait for the 2017's they will be even better then the 2015's and so it goes on.

All I'm saying is you could have gotten a 2014 5500 loaded with everything you have now with 4.88:1 rears and have the same trailer tow rating and almost doubled the payload you have. Remember, you said you could never have too much truck so why not get the 5500? Just think how much your 2014 3500 handles your trailer better than a little ole wippy 3500 SRW, You could have gotten a 5500 and it would have handled it that much better. ;)

The point I'm trying to make is that if a SRW is rated to handle a load then why do people think that someone needs to get a DRW anyway.