Ram 2500 Hemi tow review - UPDATED
So I finally got to put some miles on towing my 5er. The trip was only about 60 miles, but had some rolling hills, a bit of city towing fighting long weekend traffic too. Set up is as pictured. Gc...
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Mike Up wrote:
How does the 6.4L feel in the heavy 2500? I test drove a F250 with the 6.2L (lower at 385 Hp and 405 lbs torque) and it felt pretty slow. Of course it has a higher 4500 rpm torque peak than the 6.4L 4000 rpms.
After feeling that F250, I'd probably just get a heavy half 5.0L with 2400 lbs payload and save some bucks. Then again, that 6.4L Ram sounds great especially with 4.10 gears. Don't know if I could afford to drive it back and forth to work though. :) Right now I'm getting around 18.5 mpg with mixed driving to work and back, and it's still eating to much out of my wallet!
My next truck will most likely be a Ram 2500 gasser as I won't own a corrosion prone aluminum truck.:D
Honestly, it's downright zippy with the 4.10s. It's not great mpg wise though, so don't expect that to be good. It does about 8-10 towing 11,000#, 12 city and 15-16 hwy unloaded.
