How many are using this truck to tow there 5th wheel campers? Don't like Long bed trucks or DWR turck. But thinking I could live with the Dodge 3500 Mega Cab short bed DWR plus my wife likes it also. It will be 2 years or so before we upgrade, and will be a 2013 or 2014 3500 Mega Cab 4x4 Short bed DWR truck. Pete
2022 Ram Big Horn DRW 2016 Eagle Cap 1200 2012 Landmark Key Largo 2005 Chevy Kodiak c5500 Cummins 5.9/Allison Trans
2013 Fleetwood Discovery 40G TOADS: 12 Jeep JKUR Wrangler, 16 Cherokee Trailhawk, 15 Grand Cherokee, 13 RAM 1500 Longhorn (not a toad) American STEEL = American profits RET USAF MSGT (26yrs) and still DoD ATC. DW,DS,DD in the MH w/Westley the killer PUG!
Been there Done that with a short bed srw. Changed up to a long bed dwr and will never go back now. It handles so much better and is so much more stable I couldnt believe it. TRY IT YOU'LL LIKE IT. :B
2012 Dodge 3500 DRW/2012 Heartland Landmark San Antonio.
ependydad wrote: The Ram Body Builder Guide shows much more respectable numbers for 2013 for the Megacab.
When I did the math - if you're going to stay within all of your ratings, the 2012 ratings were way to low for most fifth wheels.
True in that the MY 2013 they really upped the ratings. The previous years had some soft rear spring paks thus the lower numbers. Having said that I see a ton of MC pulling big campers just fine.
True - that's all a matter of personal choice. Some use the axle/tire weights; some (like me) use all ratings as gospel.
We really wanted a MegaCab for the backseat comforts. I could almost (gasp) tolerate the short bed because of it. I sure do like my long bed...
It's almost enough to get me back out to looking at trucks this year - which I always thought people were insane to trade after a year.
Dodge has always been conservative with their numbers. I have towed with Dodge Ram pick ups both SRW and DRW and they are capable. Not to start a war here but GM and Ford kept raising their numbers the last two or three years without changing much on the trucks. It is done for marketing. That being said you need to know your limits.
2015 Mobile Suites 38 RSSA. 2014 Ram CC DRW 4x4 60 gal RDS Aisin 4:10. DW, Shadow, Remington and Ron. Living the good life till the next one arrives.
azdryheat wrote: 2013 or 2014 should be fine. I almost bought a 2012 Mega Cab DRW with 3.73 gears...until I found it only had 10,500 GVWR and 2600# payload. Pretty weak for a 3500 dually. But Dodge says the towing numbers for the 2013 should be substantially more than 2012.
The Ram Body Builder Guide shows much more respectable numbers for 2013 for the Megacab.
When I did the math - if you're going to stay within all of your ratings, the 2012 ratings were way to low for most fifth wheels.
True in that the MY 2013 they really upped the ratings. The previous years had some soft rear spring paks thus the lower numbers. Having said that I see a ton of MC pulling big campers just fine.
2015 Tiffin Phaeton Cummins ISL, Allison 3000, 45K GCWR 10KW Onan, Magnum Pure Sine Wave Inverter 2015 GMC Canyon Toad
Previous camping rig 06 Ram 3500 CC LB Laramie 4x4 Dually 5.9 Cummins Smarty Jr 48RE Jacobs brake 06 Grand Junction 15500 GVWR 3200 pin
azdryheat wrote: 2013 or 2014 should be fine. I almost bought a 2012 Mega Cab DRW with 3.73 gears...until I found it only had 10,500 GVWR and 2600# payload. Pretty weak for a 3500 dually. But Dodge says the towing numbers for the 2013 should be substantially more than 2012.
The Ram Body Builder Guide shows much more respectable numbers for 2013 for the Megacab.
When I did the math - if you're going to stay within all of your ratings, the 2012 ratings were way to low for most fifth wheels.
