Picked up new truck - 2016 Ram 3500
I got my new truck last night! I picked it up after work, and was more than pleased to return the little Jeep Renagade rental car I was given. A few first impressions: Brake pedal effort to br...
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Searching_Ut wrote:
The new Rams are towing beasts. Unfortunately the Ram trucks have had crummy brakes for years. Besides the the hard pressure required the proportioning is way to front brake heavy, especially when loaded, and it gets even worse with the factory rear air bags. You get the historically loose/vauge Dodge Ram steering thrown in as a free bonus. They've got a lot of flaws but the engine/drivetrain combo just make it all worthwhile towing through the mountains. That said I'd want more power if I had to put an overweight B&W hitch in the bed....:D
I'm going to disagree to a point..last spring towing my 39' 9" HR with CAT scale weight 0f 16,300#, going toward TN on I40 through "The Gorge", Coming around a corner at about 50mph, an idiot pulled right in front one, (IO was in the left lane, and the idiot had to immediately had to brake..I had to SLAM on the brakes and hollered at my wife that we were going to hit him, I could feel the ABS in the pedal....How in the world we stopped and missed the fool was a miracle..I've been doing almost 50 years, towing for 40+ yrs and that's the only time, I KNEW I was going to wreck, but those brakes stooped us....So, I'm a bit more impresses with these brakes since I had to use them HARD in an emergency stop..from a real life experience..the wife and I feel pretty doggone good about the trucks breaking system
I actually stopped so hard that I thought it might dislodge the hitch from the puck lock down system....ended up feeling better about THAT set up also.
Just because you don't like people talking about The B&W hitch, no reason in making up reasons to not have it...The hitch weighs no more than the picture frame adapter PLUS the Reese 20K Signature hitch I had before this one..
I've owned these trucks since mid 2010, owning only Chevy trucks before that, last 4 being D/A, and I've NEVER had the first issue with the steering, and I spend 99% of my towing on curvy mountainous roads...I haven't seen any of the issues you are telling us about.
There are people out there with same weight hitches, maybe lighter that have added extra fuel tank...how much more power you going to need for that:h...
I think the Andersen is a very good hitch, have recommended it,,,never cut on it...and won't start now. But cut away on others if it makes you feel better
