Pulled the Trigger on New Ram 3500!
Hello all. We have been looking at trucks for a while now. We were looking mostly at used trucks to reduce our cost, but saw a lot of used and abused junk and anything that wasn't was very expensive...
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Well the truck was finally ready last Friday so the deal is done! We officially love this truck; it is so smooth, quiet and powerful. The interior comfort is awesome and the options are really easy to use, including the Uconnect system.
I had the Ram 20k sliding fifth wheel hitch included as part of the deal and it is a heavy duty unit! I believe this is actually manufactured by Curt from what I have read. I have hitched up my trailer and all seems fine, but I am a bit nervous with the jaw set up on this hitch because my last hitch was a Hijacker with a sliding bar which was much more simple.
A couple of issues I have include my trailer is sitting a little nose high while hitched to this truck (the hitch is a good 6" higher than the one in my Ford was even in the lowest position). I have the pin box in the highest position and the adjustable trailer suspension is on the highest setting as well so I have done all I can without further modifications. The rear of the truck goes down about 4" when lowering the pin weight on the hitch but it is still a bit high. Has anyone ever put smaller blocks in the rear suspension of the truck to cure this issue? I am a bit concerned the truck may squat afterwards, though.
One thing that the Ford definitely had over the Ram is the towing mirrors. On the Ford, I simply pulled the mirrors outward to tow and there was no adjustment of the glass required. I find with this Ram that the mirror adjustment is completely different (even for the convex portions) when they are flipped up to tow. Now I understand why so many people drive around with the mirrors in the flipped up position!
Overall, though the truck is awesome and we can't wait to tow with it. I am just waiting for my new mud flaps to come in, will pick up my Retrax tonneau cover on Thursday and install and it will be completely ready.
I had the Ram 20k sliding fifth wheel hitch included as part of the deal and it is a heavy duty unit! I believe this is actually manufactured by Curt from what I have read. I have hitched up my trailer and all seems fine, but I am a bit nervous with the jaw set up on this hitch because my last hitch was a Hijacker with a sliding bar which was much more simple.
A couple of issues I have include my trailer is sitting a little nose high while hitched to this truck (the hitch is a good 6" higher than the one in my Ford was even in the lowest position). I have the pin box in the highest position and the adjustable trailer suspension is on the highest setting as well so I have done all I can without further modifications. The rear of the truck goes down about 4" when lowering the pin weight on the hitch but it is still a bit high. Has anyone ever put smaller blocks in the rear suspension of the truck to cure this issue? I am a bit concerned the truck may squat afterwards, though.
One thing that the Ford definitely had over the Ram is the towing mirrors. On the Ford, I simply pulled the mirrors outward to tow and there was no adjustment of the glass required. I find with this Ram that the mirror adjustment is completely different (even for the convex portions) when they are flipped up to tow. Now I understand why so many people drive around with the mirrors in the flipped up position!
Overall, though the truck is awesome and we can't wait to tow with it. I am just waiting for my new mud flaps to come in, will pick up my Retrax tonneau cover on Thursday and install and it will be completely ready.
