nickthehunter wrote:
That Turbo Diesel option you paid $8,000 extra for just chewed up about 800 lbs of your payload. You should have gotten the gasser and you would have had 800 lbs more payload and you'd be good to go.
Yep, the catch 22 of owing a 250/2500 diesel compared to gas.
Diesel can't carry what it can pull easily within the numbers.
Gas may struggle to pull what it can easily carry within the numbers!! :S
The reason you see many 250/2500's hauling bigger 5er is that many ignore the Class Limited GVWR of 10,000# or less and go by the rear axle GAWR. While I do this myself, but I don't recommend it, to others as it is a personal choice to exceed GVWR.
In truth I didn't do the calculations when I bought our current 5er, I used the highly non-technical method of hooking up the 5er to my TV too see how much squat I ended up with. Well about 1.5" or so, done deal on the 5er. This is on stock suspension. :)
I think you find that while new Ram 2500's have very close or at 10,000# GVWR, the first couple inches of travel is softer than mine so the same pin weight will induce more squat, this why you see so many post about air bags.
Well once scaled yes, over the listed 8,800# GVWR of the 2001 Ram, but still well under the rear axle of 6,084, which the optional tire far exceed. My pin is around 2,200#.
