The 2016 Ram 3500 breaks the towing record previously held by the old Ram 3500 (at 30,000 pounds) by moving up to 31,210 pounds,more than two tons beyond its closest rival. To get there, Ram went from 12 to 16 hardened bolts on the rear axle ring gear (for all trucks with the 11.8-inch axle), and used stronger materials in the differential case.LINK

Good grief 900 ft lbs. I made a living with the old 5.9 at 400 ft lbs pulling 25k-28k combined. Hmmm.. a 11.8" rear axle ?? Is that a typo ?? Ram was using the AAM 11.5" rear axle however at 9700-9800 RAWR it was getting closer to AAM max. Wonder what the 11.8" axle is or when did they change ?? Truck makers know how much their average commercial customer pulls with these trucks and how much load they carry. Good for Ram for moving factory OEM numbers closer to what is actually used out here.

Most of which is completely unneccessary but hey, they proved it could be done.

Big egos everywhere are now soothed. Otherwise pretty much pointless for the typical user.

Ram Goes to Stunning 900 lb-ft of torque | Good Sam Community

ib516
Explorer II
Jun 22, 2015
Wow.
dodge_guy
Explorer II
Jun 22, 2015
Amazing!
JIMNLIN
Explorer III
Jun 22, 2015
Good grief 900 ft lbs. I made a living with the old 5.9 at 400 ft lbs pulling 25k-28k combined.
Hmmm.. a 11.8" rear axle ?? Is that a typo ??
Ram was using the AAM 11.5" rear axle however at 9700-9800 RAWR it was getting closer to AAM max. Wonder what the 11.8" axle is or when did they change ??
Truck makers know how much their average commercial customer pulls with these trucks and how much load they carry.
Good for Ram for moving factory OEM numbers closer to what is actually used out here.
fla-gypsy
Explorer
Jun 22, 2015
Most of which is completely unneccessary but hey, they proved it could be done.
valhalla360
Navigator
Jun 22, 2015
Big egos everywhere are now soothed. Otherwise pretty much pointless for the typical user.
azrving
Explorer
Jun 22, 2015
It's not stunning, it's just normal.....It's a Dodge. Sorry I couldn't help it. :)
ShinerBock
Explorer
Jun 22, 2015
Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
more than two tons beyond its closest rival.

Even though I think this is just a pissing match, don't believe everything you read in Allpar because I have proven them wrong many times. Just like how this statement is false since there is a Ford pickup that is also rated at 31,200 lbs towing. I own trucks from both of these manufacturers and I still think it is stupid and pointless to rate these trucks that high just for marketing purposes.
Greentreena
Explorer
Jun 22, 2015
this is such a competitive market for truck manufacturers- clearly Chrysler wants to hang in there. Cool bragging rights - but I'd rather see a truck that gets better mileage.
IdaD
Explorer
Jun 22, 2015
Greentreena wrote:
this is such a competitive market for truck manufacturers- clearly Chrysler wants to hang in there. Cool bragging rights - but I'd rather see a truck that gets better mileage.

Ditto. When I recently looked at these trucks the power and torque output was a complete non-factor in the decision. All three of the big diesels are stupid powerful at this point. I think all three ought to put more focus on mileage going forward.
ib516
Explorer II
Jun 22, 2015
JIMNLIN wrote:

Hmmm.. a 11.8" rear axle ?? Is that a typo ??
Ram was using the AAM 11.5" rear axle however at 9700-9800 RAWR it was getting closer to AAM max. Wonder what the 11.8" axle is or when did they change ??

No typo. Been using the 11.8" diff since 2013 models IIRC.