Texas .5 Ton Truck Showdown
Found it interesting that the 2.7 Eco Boost put down more torque to the rear wheels than the Eco Diesel. Link
Forum Discussion
tinner12002 wrote:
Just my personal opinion but I don't understand why if someone knows they will be pulling an RV quite a bit why they would even consider a 1/2 ton truck especially over the long haul...too many light duty parts there to get that great mileage for me.
It all depends what you want/need to tow. There's a guy over on the Ram Ecodiesel forum who uses an Ecodiesel 1500 to deliver Airstream trailers. IIRC he's got close to 150,000 miles with no major issues. Airstreams are typically no more than 8000 pounds and have good aerodynamics. Guys use trucks like yours to deliver trailers in the 15,000 pound range, that's no different than using a 1500 to pull a trailer half that weight.
