Looking for new tow vehicle
Question for everyone. I have a 33ft sunset creek travel trailer that I pull with my 2013 f150. The camper`s dry weight is 6700 pounds but with 4 kids we most likely come in around 8200 with everythi...
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wintersun wrote:
For the most comfortable ride the best class 1500 pickups are the ones from Ram which have coil springs on all four wheels. Advantage of a crew cab pickup is havingt the rear bed for cargo. Add a fiberglass cap and you can use the space for gear, like firewood or a dog, that you do not want inside the cab or the trailer. Also adding a roof rack makes it relatively easy to transport kayaks.
Order the truck with the larger fuel tank and the electronic locking rear differential and the 3.92 rear axle ratio and the truck can tow up to 12,000 lbs safely. Add the Trailer-Tow Group to get the trailer brake controller, trailer TPMS, and trailer reverse steering control.
Save for Ecoboosts and 6.2L LS powered 1/2 tons, a 3.92 Hemi will dust the rest of the 1/2 ton engine/gearing combos out there and will be mostly on par with a new Eco boost or 6.2.
And the 8 speed trans is spectacular in a Ram 1500. Clear winner over GM/Ford 6 speed variants and just as handy as the new 10 speed GM/Ford slush boxes.
But the OE coil springs are the worst for load carrying and towing, by a country mile. Unless you shore them up with bags or timbrens or sumos.
Or to put it simply, I'd give up the fire breathing Hemi, class leading 8 speed and the ability to get factory 3.92s simply because of the coil springs, if given the choice.
And to that, if any of the new half tons ride too stiff for you with OE leafs, you're in the wrong vehicle and probably should be confined to your Lazyboy.
