2015 Dodge 2500 6.7L diesel 6spd Auto 8ft bed
Thinking about getting a new tow vehicle. Anybody driving one of these? What kind of fuel mileage are you getting? Looking at a 2015 Dodge Ram 2500 SRW 6.7L Diesel with the 6spd Auto tranny, 3.42 rear...
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goducks10 wrote:
With todays HP/TQ, tranny gearing and better cooling I don't think rear gears are as important as they used to be. Manufactures aren't going to gear a truck to tow a lot and have it break down. It's pretty evident when Ram made upgrades to the 6.7 and 68RF tranny in 2013 that the gearing doesn't matter. My 12 2500 with 3.73's has a max tow of 12,400 while a 2013 3.42 has a max tow of 17,300. Same truck with different rear springs and upgraded cooling. I wouldn't sweat the gears personally.
Gearing gives you higher GCWR, and helps you tow heavier in the mountains is, more or less, my take on it...With 4:10 and Aisin, my truck has a GCWR of 35,500#.. will never get there, but definitely have room to grow.:)
