Help! Confused by Tow Numbers
I just purchased a 2015 Ram 1500 crew cab with 5.7 hemi Big Horn with tow package and 3.92 axle. 20 inch tires. Of course they said, "this will tow anything." Then I start trying to decipher all t...
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riven1950 wrote:
I feel your pain. When we were looking for a new TT last fall all the dealers ( except one who was honest ) kept saying " you can tow a 9000 lb trailer with that ecoboost".
You can tow a 9000 trailer with an Ecoboost. We did/do.
We was pulling a 9600# TT with an '04 6.0 F250, it pulled it ok but was starting to spend more time at the dealer (infamous 6.0) than with us. So the research started for new truck, Spent well over a year researching. Decided on the Ecoboost (see sig). The Eco pulled the TT for a year, (was way way better pulling TT than that wussie 250), then DW decided we needed to go shorter to better fit into the FSCG's we liked to frequent. Was a pain trying to get that TT into our favorite spot. So we started our research on a new trailer, took almost another year crunching the numbers & looking at different RV's with the floor plan we liked, both TT's & 5er's and decided on (see sig). Our Ecoboost & this 5er are a perfect match.
So, the moral of my tale is......if you take the time to do the research, crunch "ALL" the numbers & talk to as many knowledgeable people as you can, to find out what will work & what won't work, you'll have no problem with matching up the two.
