โMar-29-2014 04:08 PM
โApr-06-2014 05:34 PM
e-light wrote:transamz9 wrote:e-light wrote:
Just made it home...drove from Ashville to Louisville today. I need to update my tow report based on my latest adjustments. Someone asked how the new Ram compares to the Tundra. After getting my hitch tweeked just right, there is no comparison. The Ram could prob tow my trailer without weight dist with little issue. I had to adjust the chains so that most of the weight is on the truck. Wow what a difference. People say you cant tell its back there, and while u always know its back there, after getting everything setup right...yeah its like u cant tell its back there. Through Smokey mountain nat park I set the cruise on 60 and got 10.2 on the 1st tank.
What i learned is that the truck will manage speed with tranny. Just set the cruise and let it do its thing. Fuel milage was much better this way as well. Tranny downshifts automatically to maintain speed down hills. Never had hit the brakes.
After knoxville I kicked it up and ran speed limit +5. Power was not an issue. The Hemi roars to life and climbed hills with ease. The truck runs like a swiss watch. I am completely amazed. Wife loves the truck now. Its a frickin pullin machine!
Great report E. Wait until you get you a Cummins before you say it's a towin' machine though...LOL! BTW, how 'bout dem CATS!
Hope they bring that title back to the Bluegrass where it belongs!
โApr-06-2014 05:06 PM
transamz9 wrote:e-light wrote:
Just made it home...drove from Ashville to Louisville today. I need to update my tow report based on my latest adjustments. Someone asked how the new Ram compares to the Tundra. After getting my hitch tweeked just right, there is no comparison. The Ram could prob tow my trailer without weight dist with little issue. I had to adjust the chains so that most of the weight is on the truck. Wow what a difference. People say you cant tell its back there, and while u always know its back there, after getting everything setup right...yeah its like u cant tell its back there. Through Smokey mountain nat park I set the cruise on 60 and got 10.2 on the 1st tank.
What i learned is that the truck will manage speed with tranny. Just set the cruise and let it do its thing. Fuel milage was much better this way as well. Tranny downshifts automatically to maintain speed down hills. Never had hit the brakes.
After knoxville I kicked it up and ran speed limit +5. Power was not an issue. The Hemi roars to life and climbed hills with ease. The truck runs like a swiss watch. I am completely amazed. Wife loves the truck now. Its a frickin pullin machine!
Great report E. Wait until you get you a Cummins before you say it's a towin' machine though...LOL! BTW, how 'bout dem CATS!
โApr-06-2014 05:01 PM
e-light wrote:
Just made it home...drove from Ashville to Louisville today. I need to update my tow report based on my latest adjustments. Someone asked how the new Ram compares to the Tundra. After getting my hitch tweeked just right, there is no comparison. The Ram could prob tow my trailer without weight dist with little issue. I had to adjust the chains so that most of the weight is on the truck. Wow what a difference. People say you cant tell its back there, and while u always know its back there, after getting everything setup right...yeah its like u cant tell its back there. Through Smokey mountain nat park I set the cruise on 60 and got 10.2 on the 1st tank.
What i learned is that the truck will manage speed with tranny. Just set the cruise and let it do its thing. Fuel milage was much better this way as well. Tranny downshifts automatically to maintain speed down hills. Never had hit the brakes.
After knoxville I kicked it up and ran speed limit +5. Power was not an issue. The Hemi roars to life and climbed hills with ease. The truck runs like a swiss watch. I am completely amazed. Wife loves the truck now. Its a frickin pullin machine!
โApr-06-2014 05:01 PM
BurbMan wrote:'
Usually any 4WD vehicle is flat-towable by shifting the transfer case into neutral, I know my Suburban is. Maybe e-light will check his owners manual when he gets back from vacation.
2014 Ram Owners Manual wrote:
N
Neutral - This range disengages the front and rear
driveshafts from the powertrain. To be used for flat
towing behind another vehicle. Refer to โRecreational
Towingโ in โStarting and Operatingโ for further information.
โApr-06-2014 02:15 PM
โApr-06-2014 01:30 PM
e-light wrote:RR24 wrote:
e-light, Looks nice, is that a Tradesman or SLT model? also what would be a ball park figure out the door on a nice truck like that be?
Thanks
Hi thanks, not sure what total with taxes was. Its a tradesman model, sticker was $42k and change, got it for $30k and change. It has 6.4, 4.10, 4x4, power windows, remote locks, uconnect 3, chrome package, 10,000 gvw, trailer brake, carpet delete...prob some other stuff too. Pretty much every thing i needed and nothing I didnt. Love the vinyl floors. The wife didnt like at first. After a few days on the road she is a big fan. Two children cause no harm :). Cleanup with a broom...
Dont get me wrong, id love to have a decked out Ram! Just couldnt afford it right now. When this one is paid off I promise a loaded Cummins is coming home with me ๐
โApr-06-2014 09:34 AM
โApr-06-2014 08:33 AM
โApr-06-2014 06:16 AM
โApr-06-2014 04:08 AM
โApr-05-2014 06:52 PM
45Ricochet wrote:
Your parked crooked and real Pizza don't have meat :W
Not touching the brakes down a 7% grade is interesting for a gasser, what weight again? I know even with my Jacobs I need to stab them once in awhile.
Where is all the snow? Thought you guys got blasted this year? Early spring here but we still have snow.
Have a great time!
โApr-04-2014 06:55 PM
โApr-04-2014 05:41 PM
โApr-02-2014 06:31 PM
RR24 wrote:e-light wrote:RR24 wrote:
e-light, Looks nice, is that a Tradesman or SLT model? also what would be a ball park figure out the door on a nice truck like that be?
Thanks
Hi thanks, not sure what total with taxes was. Its a tradesman model, sticker was $42k and change, got it for $30k and change. It has 6.4, 4.10, 4x4, power windows, remote locks, uconnect 3, chrome package, 10,000 gvw, trailer brake, carpet delete...prob some other stuff too. Pretty much every thing i needed and nothing I didnt. Love the vinyl floors. The wife didnt like at first. After a few days on the road she is a big fan. Two children cause no harm :). Cleanup with a broom...
Dont get me wrong, id love to have a decked out Ram! Just couldnt afford it right now. When this one is paid off I promise a loaded Cummins is coming home with me ๐
Wow thats about a 28% discount, sounds like a heck of a deal to me.:B
โApr-02-2014 06:29 PM