2016 RAM Super Ike Gauntlet

ShinerBock wrote:
If it was able to hold 20k+ lbs with its exhaust brake going down a grade seven, then I wonder what happened to the Ram in the comparison GM did a few years back where they showed that it could not even slow down half that amount of weight. I guess I was right in the fact that they were purposely not using it correctly to make it look worse than theirs.

Not too bad of a time. I personally would not want to tow anything that heavy, but nice to know it will get it up the mountain if one needed it to. I kind of don't want Cummins to continue this perpetual e-peen competition of more power with Ford as was stated in the video, and would rather see the big three start focusing on better fuel mileage from these rigs along with reliability. Reliability/dependability and fuel economy were higher on my lists of wants over more power (since all three had more than enough to easily move what I tow) which is why I chose what I did.

I believe the difference in the exhaust brake performance is Mr. Truck manually down shifted the truck whereas in the past test they let the truck decide when to shift.

I agree with Patriotgrunt that they should be consistent with the test methodology.