How heavy are you towing with your Ram 6.4
I currently have a V10 excursion with 4.30's that we may be replacing. The X tows my 10,500 TT quite well. I' m wondering how the 6.4 Dodge would do towing this setup. I have come across a couple ...
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Yep, the 1-2 gap can seem like a mile when I pull up a curvy mountain road. With my 3.73 gears I see the shift at around 25-30 during heavy pulls. Even higher if I really push it. I usually just live with it and stick to 25 rather than just letting it go back and forth. Keep mind this is a super curvy steep road. Just everyday uphill trying to get up to speed is no problem.
2nd gear is a great puller for highways/freeways. I can't remember exactly but I think I'm at around 4,000RPM @ 55-60mph. So, I can pretty much maintain a nice highway speed and even pass slower trucks heading up some pretty good hills.
The 4.10s would have been better but are hard to find. I'd imagine the 1-2 shift would be closer to 25 and the 2-3 closer to 50.
I've been hauling an 8500# loaded TT but just bought a 5th wheel. It's 9K dry so I'm thinking about 10,500-11,000# all loaded up. Puts me pretty close to the truck's max numbers (payload and total towing). Haven't picked it up yet but I will report here after I've got a few miles under my belt. At some point I may end up with a Cummins or I'm even entertaining the idea of a gear swap. I may look into skipping the 4.10s and going right to 4.30 or whatever the next step up is.
2nd gear is a great puller for highways/freeways. I can't remember exactly but I think I'm at around 4,000RPM @ 55-60mph. So, I can pretty much maintain a nice highway speed and even pass slower trucks heading up some pretty good hills.
The 4.10s would have been better but are hard to find. I'd imagine the 1-2 shift would be closer to 25 and the 2-3 closer to 50.
I've been hauling an 8500# loaded TT but just bought a 5th wheel. It's 9K dry so I'm thinking about 10,500-11,000# all loaded up. Puts me pretty close to the truck's max numbers (payload and total towing). Haven't picked it up yet but I will report here after I've got a few miles under my belt. At some point I may end up with a Cummins or I'm even entertaining the idea of a gear swap. I may look into skipping the 4.10s and going right to 4.30 or whatever the next step up is.
