Non 5'er----yet
I am fairly new to the RV scene. I have a 2008 Keystone pull behind but am looking at getting a newer and larger 5th wheel unit. I have a Ram 2500 Mega Cab 6'4" bed 4X4 with the 6.4 Hemi. It is rat...
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dapperdan wrote:
Yeah you might. lol It's too bad you got such a good "deal" on your truck, now you're pretty limited to what you'll be able to pull. Kinda of hard to look into the future when buying a truck sometimes.
We started out with (buying) a one ton dually then looking at trailers so we could avoid the very situation you're facing now. You can't have too much truck IMHO. :B
Dan
I'm not worried about it at all. We started looking at trailers a long time before we bought the truck. I was thinking about a 3500 srw unit but they are the same as the 2500's in that you can only get the 3.42 gear ratio. Towing is at 17,150 and the payload is 4,030 lbs on those configured similar to mine. That would tow a bigger trailer for sure. We aren't looking for a full time monster trailer. We are looking for something for two people for weekends and the occasional week long trip.
BTW, the Hemi 6.4 will suck down fuel a lot heavier than the CTD engine, but between the 6-7K more $$$ and the cost of diesel and DEF I couldn't see getting one in a 2500. If the CTD rig came with as much or more load capacity I may of looked at them closer. Probably if you towed a huge amount of miles the CTD would be a better choice.
And I never thought a $45K truck would look cheap until I saw all the $55-$60K units on the lot. I have a Big Horn Mega and the only options it don't have is the bed liner, Ram Box (which I did not want)and a few other things like 20" wheels. The rear air suspension is really cool. I would of never ordered one with it but now that I have it I really like it.
