2015 Ram 3500 TFL Ike Gauntlet

45Ricochet wrote:

No threat whatsoever meant, I apologize if it came out that way. Your post just seemed to me anyway to imply that this truck in this video wasn't equipped to handle this amount of weight.

My post of me thinking that this 30k lb tow rating pissing contest that Ford and Ram are in right now just to say the are "best in class" is ridiculous is my opinion. Am I not allowed to have that here?

45Ricochet wrote:
That's where your false information came into effect.

How is my opinion false? It is my opinion.

45Ricochet wrote:
That Ram was J2807 compliant to the weights being towed.

I do not totally agree with the J2807 as I think it should be more strict than it is like raising the speed limit, time, and braking requirements. The J2807 has nothing to do with safety like most think it does and I think Pickuptrucks.com said it best when they said "Following J2807 standards means that the truck maker followed a certain set of testing procedures, not whether higher or lower numbers are more or less safe." - http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2013/10/not-so-fast-toyota-j2807-is-not-about-safety.html

Also, just because a manufacturers DRW passed the J2807 test of being able to tow a certain weight up a 5% grade hill at 35 mph(yes that is the minimum speed for duallies) does not mean said manufacturer has to rate it that high. They can rate it for less which I think they should(<--- again, my opinion). Although I think it is funny that many used to cry foul on manufacturers tow rating before J2807, but now that they are done by the j2807 standard and are higher than before, not one complaint.

I also don't get why some are against a more strict tow standard. Would it really affect you in a bad way if the 30k lb tow ratings were lowered to say 25k lbs because a new standard is set to being able to tow up a 5% grade at 45 mph instead of 35 mph for DRW trucks? Or having the 0-30 mph time for DRW lowered to 12 seconds instead of 14 seconds? Seriously, what will it hurt anyone to raise the standards besides having lower and more reasonable tow ratings. How many of you guys actually tow 30k lbs in your 350/3500 anyways to even care for it being that high?

45Ricochet wrote:
My eat you up alive comment had more to do with the 250/2500 crowd towing way over their ratings and tell everyone their truck is the same as a 350/3500 dually :W

I will agree with you that a SRW 250/2500 is no DRW 350/3500, but I will debate that the payload ratings on the 250/2500 are the way they are more because it is being limited by it's DOT class than its actual handling ability.

45Ricochet wrote:
So again welcome to the site, like your interest but better stay straight with info or F250/2500 guy will call you out.

Thank you. Although I welcome a good debate.