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Grit dog wrote:
This has been discussed......about 1000x on here and usually starts an argument.
But here's the facts.
Aside from an Aisin trans, you have the heaviest duty, most capable drivetrain offered. Same as offered in a 3500drw configured the same way, with tons more payload on paper and much greater towing capacity on paper as well compard to the 2500.
You have the same chassis as the above mentioned truck, minus the extra back tires and different rear suspension design.
You have the same rear axle that is rated from 6500 to up close to 10klbs depending on what class of truck it's in.
And most importantly, you have the truck sitting in your driveway.

The short answer, is with some rear suspension help, it will pull a 14k 5ver as well and as safely as anything on the road save for a drw truck (which is nice, but not necessary for your pin weight). You will also be under the real world ratings of all the important components (axle, tires/wheels, chassis, drivetrain), but over weight on paper on almost all of those criteria due to the truck being marketed as a class 2 truck.

Few things above are not quite true. The 2500's have coil springs verses leafs on the 3500's. The factory pucks are mounted differently on the 2500 vs the 3500's, so there appears to be some frame differences. 2500's pucks bolted to the side of the rails and the 3500 pucks sit on top of the frame with plates on both sides that are welded to the frame, requiring the bed to be raise to install them after the fact.

Chris