Pickup truck tow vehicle stability tests
Always lots of anecdotal statements on rv.net around dual wheel vs single rear wheel "stability". Anyone have any links that point to actual testing results under controlled conditions?
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AH64ID wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:goducks10 wrote:
So it boils down to a wash depending on who you agree with. And add into it that a 2500 is the same as a 3500 sans rear springs. So in that sense a 2500 could tow what a DRW does. That makes sense doesn't it? :)
In the 13 and up RAM trucks the 2500 SRW is not the same as the 3500 SRW.
No it's not, thou the frame is still the same and the axle is still overkill... no real difference for the end user in the AAM 11.5 vs 11.8... so in a way his statement isn't too far off. Springs/Suspension is the biggest different.
No easy way to tell what that 2500 suspension can really handle thou.
per AAM, 11.5 rated for 11,500# for the 11.8 it's 11,800# per AAM, but heck, they may have lied about it...and if one compares the spring pack of a 2500 to a 3500 dually...er WOW, HUGE difference. BIG difference as you stated with front and rear suspension, and enough to MAKE a BIG difference in GVWR difference from a 2500 of 10,000# to a 3500 dually with 14,000#....yeah, I know the dually is heavier, that's "kinda obivious"...and only 3500 SRW and 3500 DRW get the Aisin transmission which means more HP and more TQ., and only dually get's the 3:42, 3:73 and the 4:10, which gives more and more GCWR...mine is rated at GCWR of 37,500#, but it's 2 yrs old...
