wintersun wrote:
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 came in 3rd in the Eisenhower tunnel test because it had much more weight than the other two during that test.
Always have to read the fine print! :BFrom the article:"We knew we wanted to do something special here, so we opted to run each truck as close to its manufacturer-stated GCWR — meaning all it can carry and tow. Simply put, we wanted to see how well or poorly they performed at their limits. We know most people aren't likely to do this kind of towing (and if they did, they'd probably buy a one-ton dualie turbo-diesel), but how well a pickup does near its limits is likely to say a lot about how well it will do when things aren't so tough.
Our trailer for this event, when empty weighs, about 6,000 pounds but we had two 330-gallon water tanks (each weighing 2,800 pounds) wedged inside, bringing the total weight close to 12,000 pounds, near but not over each truck's stated maximum conventional tow ratings.
The F-250's GCWR is 19,000 pounds; the Chevy's is just more than 20,000 pounds, and the Ram 2500's is just more than 22,000** pounds. We attempted to adjust each max trailer weight by dumping a certain amount of water from each truck or trailer, getting as close as possible to 90 percent of the vehicle's GCWR number."{** The Ram's GCWR is actually 22,500#)
So the Ram had more weight than the Ford, and more than the Chevy during that test.Dumb test I know, but that explains the difference.
Also, the Ram's tow ratings are SAE J2807 compliant in 2015 models, and none decreased from the 2014s, in fact, some increased slightly.
