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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APT wrote:
RoyJ, the exception to your analysts is first gear and top gear. Otherwise, yes, they will be very similar if what you said is true.
Yes. Other than that the two trucks overlaps 7 out of 8 gears.
So if you tow all the time - get the 3.92, as the tall 8th would be no benefit. But those buyers are likely to go HD.
Otherwise, for someone like me that tows less than 10% (have an RV), the 3.21 can do 99% of the 3.92 trucks.
For that 1% I'll simply use 4Lo :P
