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backwater83
Explorer
Mar 26, 2019

Towing capacities aren't realistic, completely unachievable

New to this forum, but looking for advice. My truck is a 2014 F350 SRW. Stated fifth wheel capacity is 15,900. I'm looking to buy a 39 foot 5er that weighs in at 14,400 with a pin weight of 2900. ...
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JIMNLIN
Explorer III
Mar 31, 2019
We got a nice 2001 Ram 2500 CTD 5 speed manual with 3.55's, this was in 2010. Dodge/Ram only gave this truck a 8,800# GVWR,...
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Well bought a 2016 Ram CTD, Aisin, 3.73's DRW the difference is night and day! No issues getting going, stopping. I thought the 2001 Ram was solid towing, .....

yeah I'm sure moving from a 2001 3/4 ton truck up to the new gen 2016 3500 DRW would be a huge improvement.

However a better comparo would be a 2016 3500 SRW truck vs 2016 3500 DRW.

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