I have a new 2016 Dodge 3500 cc lb drw 6.4 Hemi. What are you folks towing with yours? Do you have a 2500 or 3500 and what gear ratio 3:73 or 4:10. Thanks

Towing a 3500 lb 20 ft trailer. Just bought the 6.4 (4.10 rear), can't say that I'm impressed by it yet, trading up from similar spec'd 5.7 (3.92 rear). My little trailer never held back the 5.7, even in the Canadian rockies and steeper hills North / West of there.What I am happy with is I load the bed with as much gear as I want, hitch up the trailer, and the rear end's not dragging on the ground, the 5.7 was in a 1500 truck with only 1200lbs rating. New 2500 truck is rated over 3000lbs.I think the extra horses from the 6.4 is offset by the additional ~2000 lbs the truck itself weighs?

Had a 2014 srw 3500. Heaviest I towed was my enclosed. About 6-6500 lbs loaded. Had the 3.73 but I think the 4.10 would have been better.

I have a 34' 3 axle hauler. With my 15 3500 drw with 3.73 at 14,000 lbstrailer weight. It just fine. Have ben from Maryland to NC,Maryland to Tenn, and plenty of trips to pa. I will turn more rpm than my 08 6.4that I traded in. I have no problem on the big hills on I-81 keep up with traffic just fine. So far have towed about 9,000 miles fuel hand figered, about 9.6 mpg.

bluefishgary wrote:I have a 34' 3 axle hauler. With my 15 3500 drw with 3.73 at 14,000 lbstrailer weight. It just fine. Have ben from Maryland to NC,Maryland to Tenn, and plenty of trips to pa. I will turn more rpm than my 08 6.4that I traded in. I have no problem on the big hills on I-81 keep up with traffic just fine. So far have towed about 9,000 miles fuel hand figered, about 9.6 mpg.I TT weighs 8500 loaded and my golfcart weighs between 1000-1500 lbs. The golfcart goes in the bed of the truck. If I get 9-10 mpg I will be happy.

Mine is in a Challenger SRT so the only thing I haul is ars! :B

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GordonThree
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Dec 04, 2016
Towing a 3500 lb 20 ft trailer. Just bought the 6.4 (4.10 rear), can't say that I'm impressed by it yet, trading up from similar spec'd 5.7 (3.92 rear). My little trailer never held back the 5.7, even in the Canadian rockies and steeper hills North / West of there.

What I am happy with is I load the bed with as much gear as I want, hitch up the trailer, and the rear end's not dragging on the ground, the 5.7 was in a 1500 truck with only 1200lbs rating. New 2500 truck is rated over 3000lbs.

I think the extra horses from the 6.4 is offset by the additional ~2000 lbs the truck itself weighs?

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