RAM passes FORD in HD sales.
Reading "Heavy Duty Trucking" Jan 2016 issue. HDT and other trade mags publish sales reports for various classes of trucks sorted by brand and class. For November 2015 in class 3,4,5, 10001-19500 lb...
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Flashman wrote:Bedlam wrote:
The F450 pickup specification do not make sense to me. The F350 DRW uses a Dana 80, while F450 uses the Dana S111. The F350 brake rotors are larger than the F450's...
https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas/topics/2016/16_SD_Pickups_SB_Updates.pdf
Could it be that the 450 follows a SAE standard?
But the 350 does not?
Winner, winner, Chicken dinner! The 14K number is just that! It keeps the trucks from entering the next classification that would mean larger Insurance premiums and licensing. Truly don't understand what would limit the F450's 9,100# RAWR within the SAE tests???
Some will say I am overloaded with over 15K sitting in my 6 tires. Let's say my front axle weighed 5,100# from the factory and add that to the 9,750 rear axle weight rating truck will magically weigh 14,850#. My front weighs 5,460# the rating is 6,000#, rear weighs 9,580# the rating is 9,750#, combined is 32,540# the rating is 37,800#. I am under the SAE ratings.
These are some of the reasons the RAM 3500's are selling very well.
