the1adman wrote:
We have a 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 quad cab 4x4 Hemi automatic 3.73. The truck only has 58k miles and well maintained but towing 5500 lbs the truck struggles, on hills it's in 2nd gear and on long steep hills will shift between 1st and 2nd and be down to 35 mph.. I am looking for advice on how to improve the towing performance. I am not looking for buy a diesel truck advice as I had a diesel and much larger trailer but down sized because of economy. I am not usually a fan of programmers or performance chips but do want better towing results. Any advice appreciated.
I have no advice for your problem, just an observation. I had a '76 Dodge maxi-van with a 360 and 3.23 gears towing a 7k plus tt in the Black Hills and did better than you are talking about. So I would think yours should be doing a hole lot better. I think like some others there is something wrong with your setup. JMHO.
