Need advice on Ram 1500 5.7 to Ram 2500 6.4
Hello everyone The issue I am having is pulling my 8.5x18" enclosed trailer with tools, two bikes and other stuff. My trailer is always loaded to 6000# to 7000# and pulls ok with my 2014 Ram 1500 ...
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Interesting.... Nearly 400 hp and 8 speeds and it struggles up hills?
I think you need to relax and enjoy the ride... Let it rev and learn to enjoy your fantastic truck. I would lock out 7th gear while towing and set the cruise... The computer will suprise you with how well it will control speed.
I had a 1997 5.4 F150 with 235 hp and 335 lb ft of tq, 3.55 rear axle ratio and it was the highest rated F150 you could get in 97 with an 8,000 lb tow rating... I pulled a 7,700 lb travel trailer with that truck for two years. Rig rode stable, the motor pulled hard all they way up to 5,000 RPM's
Moved up to a 99 F350 CC dually and was looking forward to that quantum leap in truckness... While the truck rode well under load, I still felt passing vehicles (tractor trailers pass duallies like they are sitting still) and the motor still revved to 5,000 RPM's as I had a V10...thing handled like a whale, my F150 was a much more nimble vehicle.
Now I am pulling 3,000 lbs with 283 HP V6, motor still revs to 5,000 RPM (well, 6,000 RPM Actually) on hills but it holds speed. I just sit back and enjoy the ride.
My Dad has a 2500 Cummins... He had his Cummins at RedLine pulling Monteagle Mountain in Tennessee with his fiver... diesels are great but they redline too, you have to rev them as well, the numbers on the tach are just smaller as they don't spin as high as a gasser. Just wanted to mention that because we gasser folks can get this idea that diesels just idle around and the only controls the operator has to use are the brake, gearshift, and the steering wheel...fact is the diesel have to REV to make power too, they just do it at lower RPM.
Ultimately, a 2500 is designed to carry and haul more load than the 1500....but the 1500 is very powerful, comfortable, and capable when used in its capabilities, something you seem to be doing.
I think you made a good decision to keep the truck you have.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
I think you need to relax and enjoy the ride... Let it rev and learn to enjoy your fantastic truck. I would lock out 7th gear while towing and set the cruise... The computer will suprise you with how well it will control speed.
I had a 1997 5.4 F150 with 235 hp and 335 lb ft of tq, 3.55 rear axle ratio and it was the highest rated F150 you could get in 97 with an 8,000 lb tow rating... I pulled a 7,700 lb travel trailer with that truck for two years. Rig rode stable, the motor pulled hard all they way up to 5,000 RPM's
Moved up to a 99 F350 CC dually and was looking forward to that quantum leap in truckness... While the truck rode well under load, I still felt passing vehicles (tractor trailers pass duallies like they are sitting still) and the motor still revved to 5,000 RPM's as I had a V10...thing handled like a whale, my F150 was a much more nimble vehicle.
Now I am pulling 3,000 lbs with 283 HP V6, motor still revs to 5,000 RPM (well, 6,000 RPM Actually) on hills but it holds speed. I just sit back and enjoy the ride.
My Dad has a 2500 Cummins... He had his Cummins at RedLine pulling Monteagle Mountain in Tennessee with his fiver... diesels are great but they redline too, you have to rev them as well, the numbers on the tach are just smaller as they don't spin as high as a gasser. Just wanted to mention that because we gasser folks can get this idea that diesels just idle around and the only controls the operator has to use are the brake, gearshift, and the steering wheel...fact is the diesel have to REV to make power too, they just do it at lower RPM.
Ultimately, a 2500 is designed to carry and haul more load than the 1500....but the 1500 is very powerful, comfortable, and capable when used in its capabilities, something you seem to be doing.
I think you made a good decision to keep the truck you have.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
