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FishOnOne wrote:
There's no question the RAM 3500 has better torsional rigidity. Having said that I'm starting to wonder if RAM's new stiffer frame is the reason some are complaining about highway speed vibrations.
Those are all tire balance related. Guess the Mexican plant never heard of a " Road force Balance Machine".
Either that or a flat out bad tire Company. My OEM tires were trash also although the spare is still holding air with like zero miles on it :WPerrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
You should probably go take a pill and relax after saying something good about a Ford. I know it had to be a first for you.Golden_HVAC wrote:
An unfair Dodge test probably set up by someone sore about this Ford test of a trailer going down a hill..
Clicky It is a commercial produced by Ford back in 2012, with a GM and Dodge truck towing a trailer down a hill, with -400 pounds hitch weight, something disastrous is about to happen, but the Ford's new factory installed trailer braking system will prevent sway, while the Dodge and GM back in 2012 did not. Current Federal regulations might have required Dodge and GM to put this sort of braking controls on their 2014 and later model year trucks, but Ford had it first.
Fred.
Sorry Fred but both Ram and Ford came out with it in 2009
Form PUT.COM"In 2009, Dodge and Ford introduced trailer sway control on their new light-duty pickups. In the Dodge Ram 1500, its stability control system was enhanced to automatically counteract unintended trailer motion by using the truck’s antilock braking and traction control systems to apply individual wheel brakes and/or reduce engine power. It works by asymmetrically applying brake pressure on the tow vehicle’s opposite side to counteract sway.
The Ford F-150 uses a more sophisticated trailer sway control system. By taking advantage of its integrated trailer-brake controller and roll stability control, the F-150 can apply both its own brakes and a trailer’s electric brakes without the driver's intervention to stop sway when the vehicle senses excessive rear yaw input from the trailer."
Albeit Ford's system was better at the time, score one for Ford. Damn that hurt. :W
Don- There's no question the RAM 3500 has better torsional rigidity. Having said that I'm starting to wonder if RAM's new stiffer frame is the reason some are complaining about highway speed vibrations.
45Ricochet wrote:
Wow response to an almost 2 month dead thread. Slow Saturday night anyone? :B
Yeah, just got back from a week at Fort Desoto campground camping, fishing, grilling and beer. No sway, bent tailgate, spit spark plugs or anything. It was a pretty boring week! :B- Here is a Dually with a 5000+ lb camper on it lifting a front tire offroad. Body lines stayed pretty straight considering.... Scroll down to the 12th picture where the fun begins.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26168392.cfm - Wow response to an almost 2 month dead thread. Slow Saturday night anyone? :B
Golden_HVAC wrote:
An unfair Dodge test probably set up by someone sore about this Ford test of a trailer going down a hill..
Clicky It is a commercial produced by Ford back in 2012, with a GM and Dodge truck towing a trailer down a hill, with -400 pounds hitch weight, something disastrous is about to happen, but the Ford's new factory installed trailer braking system will prevent sway, while the Dodge and GM back in 2012 did not. Current Federal regulations might have required Dodge and GM to put this sort of braking controls on their 2014 and later model year trucks, but Ford had it first.
Fred.
Sorry Fred but both Ram and Ford came out with it in 2009
Form PUT.COM"In 2009, Dodge and Ford introduced trailer sway control on their new light-duty pickups. In the Dodge Ram 1500, its stability control system was enhanced to automatically counteract unintended trailer motion by using the truck’s antilock braking and traction control systems to apply individual wheel brakes and/or reduce engine power. It works by asymmetrically applying brake pressure on the tow vehicle’s opposite side to counteract sway.
The Ford F-150 uses a more sophisticated trailer sway control system. By taking advantage of its integrated trailer-brake controller and roll stability control, the F-150 can apply both its own brakes and a trailer’s electric brakes without the driver's intervention to stop sway when the vehicle senses excessive rear yaw input from the trailer."
Albeit Ford's system was better at the time, score one for Ford. Damn that hurt. :W
Don- I have a Superduty but, it sure looks like the drivers of the GM and Ram are steering the front wheels in a way to make the trailer sway for the video. I believe the offset ramp test to be real but, it's not a scenario we're likely to encounter in the real world. Trailer sway is. In other words, they're each reaching pretty far to find something to make the others look inadequate. That says a lot for all three brands.
- An unfair Dodge test probably set up by someone sore about this Ford test of a trailer going down a hill..
Clicky It is a commercial produced by Ford back in 2012, with a GM and Dodge truck towing a trailer down a hill, with -400 pounds hitch weight, something disastrous is about to happen, but the Ford's new factory installed trailer braking system will prevent sway, while the Dodge and GM back in 2012 did not. Current Federal regulations might have required Dodge and GM to put this sort of braking controls on their 2014 and later model year trucks, but Ford had it first.
Fred. ACDNate wrote:
This has got to be one of the most retarded "tests" i've ever seen. Who in their right mind will be taking a dually off roading through terrain that would put one wheel in the air.
I used to do it to my F150 fairly regularly. If I could have afforded a 35 series, it would have gotten the same treatment. Some of the best camping spots are hard to get to.
