Ram Goes to Stunning 900 lb-ft of torque
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...
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transferred wrote:dreeder wrote:
To the Ram guys, Perrysburg Dodgeboy in particular, do you know if they are going to continue with the derated torque output on the manual transmission? Heck, are they even going to continue to offer the 6-speed manual? Thanks, Darrin.
They are keeping it, but yes it's at 660lb/ft.
That's what my truck is rated at but it pulls extremely well. It pulls our new to us 15,500 lb fifth wheel much better than our 6.0L Ford pulled our former 12,000 lb fifth wheel. In my experience, manual transmissions are typically much better at putting power to the ground than autos so the difference between the manual and auto Rams isn't as much as one might think.
The Cummins/manual transmission combo is a match made in heaven!
