Ram 3500 SRW daily driver?
Anybody using a Ram 3500 diesel that can shed some light on driving it as a daily driver? I have a 2500 hemi now that drives comfortably enough. As far as I know the only difference is the extra overl...
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Me Again wrote:
Again, if the coils are so effective at a good ride and load carrying why did RAM not use it on the 3500 SRW.
I have an answer that would apply for many. Lets see if you can come up with the same answer?
Chris
I'm not advocating one side or the other here, just throwing this out there for you to consider Chris... Ram could EASILY make a coil spring that could hold that additional 500 lbs if they wanted too. Isn't it *possible* that Ram figured that there is a large segment of 1 ton truck buyers that simply wouldn't buy a 1 ton truck with coil springs simply because their last truck didn't have coil springs. Therefore, even though they could make coil springs rated to 7000 lbs, a decent segment of their market wouldn't buy it because they resist change?
Also, can someone educate me on the difference in suspension between the SRW and DRW 3500 trucks? I am not an expert and didn't spend much time looking under DRW trucks... but it appeared to me that the 3500 frame is identical between SRW and DRW, to include the suspension mounts. If that is the case (again, I'm not sure), then it would make economic sense to keep leaf springs on the SRW 3500 as well, so as to not have an additional frame.
Again... not taking sides, just throwing out suggestions.
Now, back off topic...
