Deciding on new tow vehicle

Engineer9860 wrote:

MM49 wrote:

Engineer9860 wrote:

MM49 wrote:
The Ram will pull a TT much better that the Chevy. The Ram's coil spring suspension uses both sway bar and a pan hard bar. These components limit the lateral movement in the rear suspension. The coil spring suspension will eliminate or greatly reduce sway.
MM49

Are you for real?

Yes I am!
I pull 9500lb TT with a 2014 2500 coil spring suspended RAM. I experience Zero sway,passing vehicle push or any disturbance. The coil spring suspension preforms much better in every way than the leaf spring suspension.
MM49

The OP isn't asking about a RAM 2500 now is he?

And since you brought up 2500 series trucks how many people on here complain about towing stability with their leaf spring 2500/250 trucks?

I think the point he was trying to make is that the Ram 1500 is set up the same way his 2500 is set up (coil 5 link). I have had the pleasure of going from leaf spring suspension to 5 link suspension in the same truck pulling the same load and there is a big stability increase with my 5 link.

IMHO though, the increase was due more to the fact that my 2500 did not have a sway bar factory and now that I have air springs instead of steel springs the side to side stiffness is greatly improved. Most people that go from a srw to a drw think that the stability increase is due to the two extra tires but in fact most of the time it's because the drw will have an added sway bar or one that is bigger. ;)