Dodge 2500 or 3500 for a Travel Trailer
Trying to decide on a Dodge 2500 or 3500 truck for a 25' travel trailer. I sure like the stability of the one-ton trucks, but getting around town might be easier in a 3/4 ton. What's your opinion,...
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valhalla360 wrote:Downwindtracker2 wrote:
Believe me if you live in the west or plan travelling here, it's not massive overkill. There are these things called hills, we go up then down them. When it comes to mountains we go through them on passes. These are like very long hills. Again, up and down. With a 1/2ton,after a few of these, you think camping on flat lands is for you. That Cummins flattens the highway, and it does it with 1/3 less fuel.
Around town, the length of the wheelbase not the capacity limits you. I don't know about the latest Rams, but my leaf sprung 1ton used overloads and was softer riding than some 1/2tons.
The guy is talking about a little 25' travel trailer. If it was a 35' 5th wheel trailer coming in north of 15k lbs, I would buy your argument.
Modern 1/2 ton trucks will handle the mountains no problem and unless you are pulling 50,000 miles per year, you will never make up the upfront cost difference with fuel savings.
But if he wants overkill, no one is stopping him, just can't justify it by anything logical.
You probably wouldn't make up the upfront cost in fuel savings,but I bet on the back end the 2500/3500 diesel retains more of their value so it's not a total loss. Not only that, you don't have to pull with a half ton of gutless wonder every time you want to go camping.
