This is a towing forum and yet people overlooked that the Ram 2500 came in dead last in towing up the Eisenhower Pass. It took the Ram truck 20% longer than the GM to make it up the grade.
The Ram truck was also dead last in the braking test segment whether the bed was empty or with its rated payload. And this test should have been done with a trailer in tow as well.
Even the towing test was truncated and not done in the same manner as the 3500 testing which is quite stupid. 1-ton trucks have more payload thanks to more leaf springs and the DRW option with two more tires but in general towing both the 3/4 and 1 ton trucks can haul 13,000 lbs. with a ball mount so why test with anything less than that?
Who would pick as "best" the truck that came in last in towing and last in braking and last in MPG when towing, for use as a tow vehicle? How does this make any sense at all? How does coming in first place for chrome and cup holders equate with the use of these vehicles as "work trucks" - answer is that it does not. Nor does 0-60 MPH times or 1/4 mile drag times and top speeds which are irrelevant to towing.
The only two well done tests on heavy duty pickups were done by the people at Car and Driver and eTrailer.com. Odd that even late in 2014 the people at pickuptrucks.com are unaware of the existence of the SAE J2807 testing standard.
