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ACDNate
Explorer
Apr 01, 2014

Anyone towing with Ram1500 w/air ride?

Looking at picking up a new truck this year, specifically a Ram 1500 Ecodiesel. Ram offers an air ride suspension that gets great reviews. THe system lowers the truck an inch or so at cruising speeds for fuel economy improvements. It also lowers in park (or maybe when shut off) for easier entry/exit.

Anyone pulling a trailer with an air ride equipped Ram? Are you using a WD hitch? How is the raising/lowering effecting the WD hitch?
  • ChooChooMan74's avatar
    ChooChooMan74
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2014
    I am looking at the Ram 1500 with the VM Motori Diesel, too. I did a search, and the air suspension looks nice, and people have severely overloaded it without it going into protection mode. I will not be getting it as it is just more weight and more to go wrong.
  • ACDNate's avatar
    ACDNate
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2014
    camp-n-family wrote:
    Don't know about the air ride but make sure you do the math before you buy. The 1500 diesels have very low payloads, some under 900lbs which makes them pretty useless to tow anything.


    Thanks for your input. I'm aware of the capacity of the 1500 and it suits my needs.
  • camp-n-family's avatar
    camp-n-family
    Explorer
    Apr 01, 2014
    Don't know about the air ride but make sure you do the math before you buy. The 1500 diesels have very low payloads, some under 900lbs which makes them pretty useless to tow anything.

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