Axle Ratio and tow rating
I was looking at a 2014 Ram 2500 with 6.4 Hemi the other day as a possible tow vehicle for my 5th wheel (9100lbs dry) so I looked up the tow ratings. With the standard axle ratio (3.73) the truck is ...
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Sport45 wrote:Denny & Jami wrote:
You can talk this to the death but it all comes down to the HP/torque at the pavement and the lower the gears the more HP/torque you have at the pavement.
Denny
Leave the HP part out and I agree with you.
Whether the lower gear ratio is in the axle, transmission or auxiliary transmission (transfer case, underdrive, etc) makes no difference.
Call it whatever you want it's still the amount of power applied to the pavement and lower gears will give you more power to the pavement were it counts. Flywheel HP is a good for advertising but it's the final numbers at the ground that matter.
Denny
