Building a Dodge, oops, Ford TV

Congrats! You will enjoy it. We've towed over 20k miles with ours already, and it does the job well. 1800 pounds of payload here. We've been to a scale and it is easy to go over on the rear axle. We put only light items in the truck bed. That works for us, as the trailer has plenty (2500) of CCC.

Give us a picture of the rig when you get them together.

Congrats OP! Sounds like you will have a really nice truck soon. I'm glad you're getting what you want and I hope it lasts a long time with no issues. Post some pics once you take delivery.

Cograts on your new truck, had I seen this sooner I would have given you a Friends and Family number for a Ram.

To answer your question,
3.5l EcoBoost V6....Well nope that is a Ford thing.
10 speed transmission....Rams have an 8 speed
Blind Spot Information System with Cross Traffic Alert.... yes but only on the upper trim levels.
Pro Trailer Assist...LOL Nope most Ram drivers know how to back up a trailer. :W Also if you put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel you get the same effect as that little knob Ford has.
Reverse Sensing System....Not sure what that is.
Tailgate Step....Nope the man step is a Ford thing. GMC/Chevy has a cut out in the bumper and Ram has a pull out corner step (dealer installed option).
Power Movable Pedals....yep and has had them since 2002.
Hill Start Assist....Yep.

If any of this is available on the RAM, they didn't tell me about it.

As for the paylaod comments, Ram will be playing the "HD half ton" game coming 2018. Never understood why anyone would buy a want-to-be 2500 for more or the same money? But the manufactures love selling sub par trucks to people that have too much money.

Don

IdaD wrote:
A guy I work with has a 2016 3.5 Ecoboost and he can't get the trailer backup deal to work with his Airstream - something to do with not being able to mount the sticker on the tongue with the way the tanks and etc. are configured. I can't remember the details. I believe his Airstream is a 2015 model, also a Flying Cloud (but longer). Anyway just a heads up that you might run into some issues. He just decided to learn to back it up the old fashioned way which you ought to know how to do anyway, imo.

Never even put my stickers on to calibrate mine. Never had a problem backing up to ever need this slick feature. You start using it, then you can't back up without it.

People who have skills need to exercise them, to keep them. People that don't, need these vehicles to drive themselves.

I've been reading about those problems. The Pro Trailer Assist is for DW, I won't need it. We will see.

A guy I work with has a 2016 3.5 Ecoboost and he can't get the trailer backup deal to work with his Airstream - something to do with not being able to mount the sticker on the tongue with the way the tanks and etc. are configured. I can't remember the details. I believe his Airstream is a 2015 model, also a Flying Cloud (but longer). Anyway just a heads up that you might run into some issues. He just decided to learn to back it up the old fashioned way which you ought to know how to do anyway, imo.

transamz9 wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what features did you order that you couldn't on the Ram?

3.5l EcoBoost V6
10 speed transmission
Blind Spot Information System with Cross Traffic Alert
Pro Trailer Assist
Reverse Sensing System
Tailgate Step
Power Movable Pedals
Hill Start Assist

If any of this is available on the RAM, they didn't tell me about it.

"I have created a spreadsheet to estimate the available payload. This is what I am guessing.

1850 - capacity (thanks Mike Up)
-200 - topper
-400 - us (we are fluffy)
-900 - max pin weight
-150 - a PortaBote that we take sometimes

200 - available for stuff."

Don't forget that the load distributing hitch will put some of that weight back on the trailer so you should be able to get a good percentage increase in the 200lbs for other stuff.

Bobbo wrote:

MNGeeks61 wrote:
OP - Out of curiosity mainly - since I'm not looking but enjoy dreaming - did you get your price down to around what the RAM was?

Price? No

Value? Yes

The Ford is still significantly more expensive than the RAM, but it has a lot of nice features that the RAM doesn't. That makes it a better value for us.

Groover wrote:
It is a shame that you can't get all of those options with the max payload package, at least I couldn't at the time that I ordered my truck.

I would have jumped at the max payload package. It was not offered on the truck I bought.

I have created a spreadsheet to estimate the available payload. This is what I am guessing.

1850 - capacity (thanks Mike Up)
-200 - topper
-400 - us (we are fluffy)
-900 - max pin weight
-150 - a PortaBote that we take sometimes

200 - available for stuff.

Just out of curiosity, what features did you order that you couldn't on the Ram?

I have discovered that I can track the progress in the building of my new Ford truck at the factory. This link Building a Ford and the VIN of the truck is all you need. The paperwork they gave me when I ordered the truck has the VIN printed on it.