Will Ram 2500 be enough?
Hi, everybody. Don't have a 5er yet, but will soon. My question is this: I will more than likely be buying ( new or used) an Arctic Fox 27-5. I keep hearing of people pulling that basic size with 3/4 ...
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wilber1 wrote:IdaD wrote:wilber1 wrote:
Considering the trucks have completely different rear suspensions, leafs vs coils, it is a bit of a presumption to assume the only difference is "paper".
That's not what I said and don't put words in my mouth. The paper limitation I mentioned is because a class 2 truck by definition has a max 10k GVWR. Apply that to heavy diesel truck and that's your on-paper limitation. Nothing more than simple math.
In comparing the tucks, Ram rates the 2500 rear axle at 6500 lbs and the 3500 at 7000 lbs. I never said or implied that this difference exists only on paper.
Then what did thisThat's easily remedied with aftermarket options if need be, effectively creating the same truck.mean? How do you make them the same truck when they have completely different rear suspensions?
There may only be a RAWR difference of 500 lbs but there is a GVWR difference of 1400 lbs. Some of that difference may be on paper but neither of us are Ram engineers so neither of us is qualified to say how much is due to regulations and how much is due to structure.
I'm simply saying you can effectively eliminate the 500 lb difference in rear axle carrying capacity between the two with aftermarket solutions. That doesn't mean they're the same truck, but if you don't think a set of bags or timbrens rated to carry upwards of 8000 lbs can get the 2500 up an extra 500 lbs on the rear axle, when everything other than the rear suspensions on the two trucks is the same, I'm just not sure what else there is to say in this discussion.
Edit - to be clear I'm not saying OP should necessarily buy a 2500. If you look back I clearly said to to buy the 3500 if he was concerned about this payload issue or found the ride to be good enough. But if he wasn't concerned by it and found the ride overly harsh, a current model 2500 would do the job just fine. There's a distinct but certainly not dramatic difference in the empty ride and handling between the coil and leaf Rams. On the GM and Ford I'm not sure there's any difference.
