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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Bionic Man wrote: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.
2013 brought substantial changes to the RAM HDs. It is not just the same truck with different rear springs and upgraded cooling. That is why the tow rating went up so much.
I was referring to 2500's. In 2013 it had the same frame as the 12. The 2500 got the new frame and suspension upgrades in 2014. The 3500 got the new frame in 2013. Same everything except rear springs. the 13 2500 also got the engine/tranny improvements that the 3500 got. That along with stiffer rear springs is what gave the 13 2500 a higher payload and tow rating.
The 2013 3500 got everything new from the ground up.
