Ram 6.4L Hemi vs good ol' 8.1L
Had the flu this week so spent a lot of time sitting around watching TV and Googling stuff....I got to thinking that my next truck will probably be a well-equipped Ram 2500, crew cab, 6'4" bed, with t...
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Spent some time this morning looking at the numbers, and the Power Wagon has a max GVWR of 8510, which is a non-starter considering the burb has 8600 now. Oh well, that winch in the front is cool!
Looking at the tow ratings (they are SAE J-whatever compliant) it looks like I pick up about 2000 lbs capacity all around. Ram's GVWR is 10000 vs 8600 for the burb, and for the 2500 crew cab short bed, the curb weight is 6700, identical to the burb. So that means Ram's payload would go up from burb's 1900 to 3300 lbs.
Max trailer weight is 15620 vs 12000 for the burb and Ram's GCWR is 22800 vs 19000 for the burb.
So if you subtract GVWR from GCWR, the effective max trailer weight for the Ram is 12800 and for the burb 10600.
Now to try and navigate the absurd number of trim levels, between SLT, laramie, Big Horn, etc. Pretty sure I'm not getting the Lone Star LOL....
Looking at the tow ratings (they are SAE J-whatever compliant) it looks like I pick up about 2000 lbs capacity all around. Ram's GVWR is 10000 vs 8600 for the burb, and for the 2500 crew cab short bed, the curb weight is 6700, identical to the burb. So that means Ram's payload would go up from burb's 1900 to 3300 lbs.
Max trailer weight is 15620 vs 12000 for the burb and Ram's GCWR is 22800 vs 19000 for the burb.
So if you subtract GVWR from GCWR, the effective max trailer weight for the Ram is 12800 and for the burb 10600.
Now to try and navigate the absurd number of trim levels, between SLT, laramie, Big Horn, etc. Pretty sure I'm not getting the Lone Star LOL....
