Ditched the 1/2 ton.

[hellfirehydra]

Well after a few thousand miles towing with my Tundra I decided a 3/4 ton truck was in order. The Tundra did well, but at almost 9000 lbs trailer weight, I was about 200 lbs over the Tundra's GVWR and had to be very careful not to exceed the RAWR.

The Tundra pulled the camper fine, especially with the Hensley Arrow, but you could tell it was working the truck especially hard. Kansas winds are no joke, and the regular 30+mph crosswind or headwind had the Tundra downshifting at every opportunity and ending up with 7-8mpg.

I ended up trading the 2014 Tundra in for 32k and got my new Ram 2500 Cummins for 41k. All in all, I can't be more pleased with how the financial situation turned out.

I will be towing the camper this weekend with my Hensley Arrow and I'm absolutely certain this combination will last me many years to come.


Here is the truck after its first wash/wax.

[eDUBz]

Nice trade.congrats

[TomG2]

"Ditched the 1/2 ton"

It better not be a trend of these forums will lose all the, "Can I tow this?" or "Why can't I tow this?" type of questions.

[bbaker2001]

been there done that, you wont be disappointed
but before I even got the trailer on the new Ram the wife found a 5er she fell in love with. we are really happy. just finished a 1100 mile trip to Oregon and back, no 5er. 23.1 mpg running 67mph

[jerem0621]

Congrats!

Tundra is on my short list for my next truck... Good to see two positive reviews on this thread.

The Ram is a beast and you got a great deal.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

[brirene]

You done good. Congrats!

[Bionic_Man]

Very nice!

[RoyB]

When I traded a few years back I got real big rebate... I was happy with what I got haha... My 2004 just blew a cyclinder that made me trade... I got the new truck and great rebate and they came and towed away the old trade a couple of weeks later. Let me move all my radios and stuff the new truck...

Roy Ken

[IdaD]

Huge upgrade, congratulations! These new diesels are just awesome. Another cummins owner joins the fold. :B

[rrev]

You'll be very pleased. I'll never go back to a gasser to pull ever again

[MFL]

Good choice, that's a nice looking truck!!

That is always the problem with the 1/2 tons. When you run out of payload rating, the RAWR is about done too.

With the new truck you will have plenty of RAWR to spare, after running out of payload rating.

Jerry

[spoon059]

Nice, I had to trade in my Tundra last year when I got my new trailer. I was over my rear axle rating when we factored in all the *stuff* that the wife mandated needed to come with the new rig. The Tundra pulled it and stopped it with no problem on the first couple of trips, but I didn't like being over my ratings and 7mpg with a 24 gallon tank was brutal.

I was looking for a gas 3/4 ton rig when I stumbled across a used 2015 Ram with the CTD with 10K miles on it for the same price as a gas. I bought it and haven't looked back.

2500 mile round trip to Florida earlier this year I got about 11.5 towing at almost 70 mph... WAY better than the Tundra. 32 gallon tank also allowed us to drive a LOT further between refilling stops. Exhaust brake does a great job of slowing the rig down... looking forward to towing in the mountains later this summer!

I'm going to warn you, the CTD doesn't have the get-up-and-go that the Tundra had. Even pulling 8500 lbs, that 5.7 engine felt great! The Ram feels slower, but feels much stronger.

My Tundra had the TRD sway bar and air bags with the Equal-I-Zer hitch, and always felt solid. The Ram doesn't feel overwhelmingly more stable so far. Thankfully I have never had, and hopefully never will have, an emergency maneuver while towing. I assume the Ram will handle it better with an additional 2000 lbs of base weight though.

Enjoy the new truck, I like that red!!!

[fla-gypsy]

Nice trade, you won't regret it.