HEY!!! Towed with my truck for the FIRST time today, towed my 39' 9", 4 slide 5er, weighing 16,050# with 3300# pin weight from WV to home in NC, 255 miles....Truck did an AWESOME job. I was impressed to say the least....It's the first time I ever used Cruise control in the mountains. Normally, too much down shifting, but thought I'd try it again and almost entire time I was on the interstate, I ran in cruise...I've tried before and it was a pain, but today, I was pleased with the way the truck towed and handled. I usually run 55-62 mph, but ran @ 65 mph in the 70 and 65 speed zones. Other times ran speed limits...50 miles of the trip was on some steep, curvy mountainous secondary roads, running 40-55 mph, or lower...rest was interstate..Got 9.9 mpg, hand calc..which wasn't bad I didn't think, seeing as how this truck is heavier than my 10 or 12 was and the trip from WV to NC is "mostly uphill". I alway's get better mpg when driving from my home to WV...Could really tell a difference with take off, really got you going quickly and the Aisin with the EB was great in the mountains slowing the truck down...all in all I was rather pleased with the way the truck towed, handled and rode....Feeling better and better about this purchase:).

With the price of these new trucks, we have to expect them to meet our needs. It's good to hear yours is meeting your expectations!Dodge has really stepped up their game, power and payload. It should be an awesome truck, glad you like it!Jerry

Hey Jim.I never did read if you ever posted why you traded the 12 for this one?

donn0128 wrote:Hey Jim.I never did read if you ever posted why you traded the 12 for this one?I'm an idiot:)....I ordered this 2013 Dec. 5th, to be my "retirement" truck.....couldn't find out what they were going to charge for the truck and a month into the order, had no clue as to when it was even going to be built....Ended up getting an awesome deal on a 12'...THEN, in May, the truck I ordered came in...."they gave me a deal I couldn't refuse":B I've been with the dealership since 96 and between family and friends have sent them a LOT of business, so when the 13' came in, they gave me what they charged me for the 12'.....anyway, long story short...I got the 13' that I ordered as my retirement truck, even got a Chrysler Max Care extended warranty out of it, 7yr/100,000 mile zero deductible that Chrysler/the Dealership gave me in June due to the fiasco with the picture frame adapter that was to go with the GN/5er prep package I had ordered...I cancelled all of my planned camping trips due to not being able to tow...thus the reason, two months after I bought the truck, I was given the extended warranty....works for me:)anyway, that's pretty much the reason I traded the 12' after only 5 months. I had ordered the 13' with new frame, new suspension, the Aisin and ended up with it May 9th..yep, I'm a 63 yr old idiot.

NC Hauler wrote:HEY!!! Towed with my truck for the FIRST time today, towed my 39' 9", 4 slide 5er, weighing 16,050# with 3300# pin weight from WV to home in NC, 255 miles....Truck did an AWESOME job. I was impressed to say the least....It's the first time I ever used Cruise control in the mountains. Normally, too much down shifting, but thought I'd try it again and almost entire time I was on the interstate, I ran in cruise...I've tried before and it was a pain, but today, I was pleased with the way the truck towed and handled. I usually run 55-62 mph, but ran @ 65 mph in the 70 and 65 speed zones. Other times ran speed limits...50 miles of the trip was on some steep, curvy mountainous secondary roads, running 40-55 mph, or lower...rest was interstate..Got 9.9 mpg, hand calc..which wasn't bad I didn't think, seeing as how this truck is heavier than my 10 or 12 was and the trip from WV to NC is "mostly uphill". I alway's get better mpg when driving from my home to WV...Could really tell a difference with take off, really got you going quickly and the Aisin with the EB was great in the mountains slowing the truck down...all in all I was rather pleased with the way the truck towed, handled and rode....Feeling better and better about this purchase:).Good to hear. I figured the new RM would be quite an improvement over even your '12. Now you have an idea what a Ford is like. :D

I test drove a 2013 Ford 3500 DRW King Ranch....it was more expensive and, once again, Ford wanted no part of my money....I have no clue as to how the Ford would have done towing my 5er through the mountains, as you have no idea how my 2013 Ram would do:)

Finally, First tow with my 2013 Ram3500 Dually

NC_Hauler
Explorer
Dec 08, 2013
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Moose10 wrote:
So to you guys with the new trucks pulling those hills at 60mph, just curious if any of you have an EGT guage and what the new trucks are reading under a load?
As much as I love the new (2010+) crew cab long bed Ram's I just can't accept a new truck payment right now and my 5.9 has lots of life left in it at only 97k miles.
Enjoy those sweet rigs guys!

No gages, don't need or want them. Per head Chrysler warranty rep the truck can't hurt it's self.

New trucks are so heavily monitored gages are not needed.

Now my 98 Cummins has boost and EGT gages and if i did not have them #6 would have beed a puddle of aluminum long ago.

X28:)
NC_Hauler
Explorer
Dec 08, 2013
jus2shy wrote:
Heck, if you get the 7" center monitor in the dash pod, you get all the gauges you'd typically buy minus the pyrometer. You can have Boost, Exhaust brake HP, Engine Coolant Temp, Engine oil temp, trans temp, engine oil psi. All at your fingertips. And you can add a few more gauges/readouts in the corners of your screen and on the left side of the screen as well. I love it.

Granted this is a 1500, so you won't see boost and exhaust brake but it shows the gist of what you can do with RAM's new gauge pod (please pardon the music, this is someone else's youtube post): RAM Gauge Pod walk through

Exactly...and with the 3500 you see turbo boost, trailer brake setting and voltage applied, the two different EB settings.

Don't need no stinking gages, I got two radiators....temp. hardly moved when I towed up that mountain on I26...never heard the fan kick on....As stated above, you have gages and you can show in center of dash 6 different readings...more info than one would ever need, and no, there is go Exhaust temp gage, but that's the only one missing and with everything else and the way HP and TQ are managed, along with cooling system, I'm really not in the least bit concerned about exhaust temps.
jus2shy
Explorer
Dec 08, 2013
Heck, if you get the 7" center monitor in the dash pod, you get all the gauges you'd typically buy minus the pyrometer. You can have Boost, Exhaust brake HP, Engine Coolant Temp, Engine oil temp, trans temp, engine oil psi. All at your fingertips. And you can add a few more gauges/readouts in the corners of your screen and on the left side of the screen as well. I love it.

Granted this is a 1500, so you won't see boost and exhaust brake but it shows the gist of what you can do with RAM's new gauge pod (please pardon the music, this is someone else's youtube post): RAM Gauge Pod walk through
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Dec 07, 2013
Moose10 wrote:
So to you guys with the new trucks pulling those hills at 60mph, just curious if any of you have an EGT guage and what the new trucks are reading under a load?
As much as I love the new (2010+) crew cab long bed Ram's I just can't accept a new truck payment right now and my 5.9 has lots of life left in it at only 97k miles.
Enjoy those sweet rigs guys!

No gages, don't need or want them. Per head Chrysler warranty rep the truck can't hurt it's self.

New trucks are so heavily monitored gages are not needed.

Now my 98 Cummins has boost and EGT gages and if i did not have them #6 would have beed a puddle of aluminum long ago.
Moose10
Explorer
Dec 06, 2013
So to you guys with the new trucks pulling those hills at 60mph, just curious if any of you have an EGT guage and what the new trucks are reading under a load?
As much as I love the new (2010+) crew cab long bed Ram's I just can't accept a new truck payment right now and my 5.9 has lots of life left in it at only 97k miles.
Enjoy those sweet rigs guys!
transamz9
Explorer
Dec 05, 2013
Cummins12V98 wrote:
45Ricochet wrote:
LOL Jim,
Everbody knows things shrink when it's cold :B Woke this morning to 6F and I shrunk an inch also.

Photo was a spy shot over on the Cummins forum from about May or June.

I want one!

You just want the Diff cover so you can have more towing capacity.....LOL
NC_Hauler
Explorer
Dec 05, 2013
mpierce wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
NC Hauler wrote:
transamz9, I saw mpierce in here and I had just seen him post on the cummins forums, thus the reason I said something to him:) Was ragging him about the "airbag" topic...

:W 10-4 good buddy. I thought so just didn't know for sure cuz we was both making sarcastic remarks.

Just giving me jazz!

Yep:B
mpierce
Explorer
Dec 05, 2013
transamz9 wrote:
NC Hauler wrote:
transamz9, I saw mpierce in here and I had just seen him post on the cummins forums, thus the reason I said something to him:) Was ragging him about the "airbag" topic...

:W 10-4 good buddy. I thought so just didn't know for sure cuz we was both making sarcastic remarks.

Just giving me jazz!
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Dec 05, 2013
45Ricochet wrote:
LOL Jim,
Everbody knows things shrink when it's cold :B Woke this morning to 6F and I shrunk an inch also.

Photo was a spy shot over on the Cummins forum from about May or June.

I want one!
NC_Hauler
Explorer
Dec 04, 2013
transamz9 wrote:
NC Hauler wrote:
transamz9, I saw mpierce in here and I had just seen him post on the cummins forums, thus the reason I said something to him:) Was ragging him about the "airbag" topic...

:W 10-4 good buddy. I thought so just didn't know for sure cuz we was both making sarcastic remarks.

sorry bout that buddy,.....you know there is a LOT to be said about sarcasm though:B