JIMNLIN wrote:
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.
I will say that going from a 2005 Chevy DRW to a 2018 Chevy DRW was not a big improvement in handling. It's better but it's new, all the parts are tight. The big jump was from the 2004 Chevy 2500HD to the 2005 Chevy DRW. We had a Jayflight 28.5RLS then with a 9200# GVWR and it was right there. Both trucks had plenty of payload capacity, but the 2500 was right at the GCVWR of 16K.
The big improvement with the 18 is the exhaust brake and the IBC, the near 50% boost the HP is nice also. I could have gone with a 3500 SRW with the 18, but would have been as close to GVWR as I was with the 05.
One of the local Chevy dealers told me that a 2500 would pull my trailer just fine, he didn't have any DRW trucks on the lot to sell.
