2015 F-450 - 19.5 Factory Wheels/Tires
The Feb 2014 4WheelOffRoad mag (pg 17) indicates that the 2015 F-450 will come with commercial 19.5 wheels/tires and a beefed up chasis. Brad
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SoCalDesertRider wrote:
Thier Dodge pickup rating is inflated, due to much less severe service duty expected in pickups, versus commercial use, and of course, the king-of-the-hill needs of the Dodge marketing department.
I recently upgraded from a 2008 RAM 3500 SRW to a 2013 RAM 3500 DRW. Both with 3.73 rear-end gears.
With 3900 miles on the 2013 I hooked my gooseneck trailer up and drove from NW Arkansas to near Baltimore, MD to pickup up a Case 450B Dozer. 21-1/2 hours non-stop there and 23 non-stop hours back. The longest stop was 50 minutes at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Maryland. That was 1,250 miles in 23 hours including stops at a gross weight of just under 25,000 lbs.
The power and torque is phenomenal. We drove through the Shenandoah Valley, mountains of east Tennessee, and then the Ozarks. The truck would run 6th gear on the flats and 5th gear in the hills without ever downshifting.
I came all the way from Alma, AR up I-540 to Fayetteville, AR in 5th gear at 65 mph and never ever down shifted. Try it sometime with any of the diesel pickups.
Inflated? I don't know. But compared to my 2008 the power and torque increase is noticeable.
FYI - 5th and 6th gear in the 68RFE automatic are both overdrive gears.
