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IDman
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Jan 01, 2015

Towing with Ram 2500, either 5.7 or 6.4 engine

We are going from diesel back to gasser and I will stick with a Ram 2500. We tow all over the West which, of course, means lots of mountains to climb so I would like the power and payload of the 6.4...
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gtsum
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Jan 02, 2015
I had a 2013 ram 1500 with 5.7 and used it to tow atvs and trailers to and from the west va mountains...I cant imagine using the 5.7 hemi in a 2500 towing heavy loads. Yes it has power (above 4000 rpms), but the mileage towing is terrible (I got about 11.5 on 700 mile round trips towing 4000lbs). My 2013 5.7 DID have the MDS also (could get 19 hwy and about 14-15 city over 20k miles that I owned it).

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