Diesel Ram 1500 terrible Payload

About 10,000 pounds for a 1500 sounds pretty good to me. Maybe in 10 years I will look at one.

I don't see how a recreational tower can justify that kind of money for something that is used so few times every year. The depreciation alone would dwarf any fuel savings.

I`de be more upset with the $55k price tag!

Do they even go out and question people in the market about what is actually needed?

I know I am going to get Rammed for this by the Weight Police, but I am going to purchase one, knowing that I am probably going to be a bit over payload/GVW. Yes, the numbers are disappointing, but I am NOT going to go with the super duper high end pickups. No reason to. This is what I want...



By the way, the payloads look like they have gone down. I swear, the last time I checked, they were closer to 1400. But apparently, that is only the gassers.

1300 LB PAYLOAD IN A 1500 SERIES PICK UP IS ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD!

downtheroad wrote:
Maybe should be re-badged to Ram Little Horn.

ROTFLMAO, now I don't care who you are or what brand of truck you make love to; that was funny right there!

Maybe it was planned to haul insulation or pillows?

It shouldnt be a surprise as the Ram 1500 with Hemi in the higher end trims (Laramie and Laramie Longhorn) have terrible payload numbers..I should know..mine is 1061 lbs:(

Maybe should be re-badged to Ram Little Horn.

Wow that is disappointing !

The payload is disappointing for sure. If I do go with one of these, a quad cab configuration would still work though.

I'm eager to hear about towing mileage.

downtheroad wrote:
Wow...not catering to the RV crowd. That's for sure.
Can you say Honda Ridgeline.....

The Honda Ridgeline has significantly more payload than the RAM.