Anyone care to place their bet?
I would imagine once the new Ram hits the lot there will be two races going on. Who is going to be first to put the trucks head to head lugging a 20,000 lb RV up the mountain and secondly who's going ...
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Engineer9860 wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
Real world opinions the Ram does have the best EB and will again in 2013.
28K 6% grades around Flagstaff, AZ yesterday cruise set at 62 it held 65 in 4th. On 7% 5 mile grade I let it get to 70 and it held there then I touched brakes once and easily brought it down to 62. With 3:42 gears to boot, 4:10 would be much bether.
On a side note I did hit a new low climbing, going north on 17 from Cotttonwood to Flagstaff. I was able to hold 55 climbing except for a short section I hit 51.
Is this real world opinion based on the fact that you had all three trucks (C/G,F,&D/R) to compare side by side at the same time under the same conditions?
Nope just what I have read from different articles and knowing how to make the brake work to the fullest extent. Like going down the pass in the same gear as you go up. That takes operator input. If I were to have put the trans in 3rd instead of letting the computer do the work I would not have needed to touch the brakes at all as I mentioned earlier.
If you test all three with the same load the same rear axle ratio and hold a specific gear the Cummins will hold a slower speed.
