Dodge Ram 2500 vs 3500...and SRW vs DRW
OK, so I've done the obligatory searches here and elsewhere, and yet some questions still linger. Many of the posts I've read prefer a 3500 over the 2500 for various reasons and DRW over SRW. Mu...
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Thom02099, personal experience, we currently have a 2001 Ram 2500 Laramie SLT, bought used at 234,000 almost six years ago, currently at 296,000 and doing great. When we were looking this came across as the best looking and best condition.
We bought on first sight and broke all the rules, at night in the rain. Ran great, interior in very good shape well equipped one owner, traded for a 2011 with four real doors. I would have liked to have gotten a 3500, but this is a 2500 Camper package, basically the 3500 SRW that were not available in the 94 to 02 range.
We to a 12,360# GVWR 5er at about 11,200# or so. The purchase of the 5er once the price was settled was determined by hooking up if the TV had excessive squat the deal was off. Well no issues so we took the rig home 250 miles. The real surprise was fist trip to the scales and the TV GVW was near 9,800#, now we run right at 10,000# on the TV and a 19,500# GCVW. We are still well within rear and front axle ratings, and the camper package has 3500 rear springs, be watching for those on 2500's lower overload, and a double upper overload.
We bought on first sight and broke all the rules, at night in the rain. Ran great, interior in very good shape well equipped one owner, traded for a 2011 with four real doors. I would have liked to have gotten a 3500, but this is a 2500 Camper package, basically the 3500 SRW that were not available in the 94 to 02 range.
We to a 12,360# GVWR 5er at about 11,200# or so. The purchase of the 5er once the price was settled was determined by hooking up if the TV had excessive squat the deal was off. Well no issues so we took the rig home 250 miles. The real surprise was fist trip to the scales and the TV GVW was near 9,800#, now we run right at 10,000# on the TV and a 19,500# GCVW. We are still well within rear and front axle ratings, and the camper package has 3500 rear springs, be watching for those on 2500's lower overload, and a double upper overload.
