Ram Goes to Stunning 900 lb-ft of torque
The 2016 Ram 3500 breaks the towing record previously held by the old Ram 3500 (at 30,000 pounds) by moving up to 31,210 pounds,more than two tons beyond its closest rival. To get there, Ram went from...
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transferred wrote:blt2ski wrote:transferred wrote:valhalla360 wrote:brnzbk wrote:
I was waiting for this, and wondering where it will all stop. Have the big three manufacturers reached a point where the engines are more capable than the trucks they are putting them in?
I think that happened a decade ago.
The engines haven't been a limiting factor regarding what you can tow in a long time.
True, but the newer trucks are far stronger (frame, axles, brakes) than they were a decade ago so payload and towing has been able to increase. The massive power is more of a bonus safety feature.
How is more power a safety feature? Ever here of some one say in a wreck they wished they had more HP? probably not. Usually more braking, could not see around a corner, going too fast for conditions etc. running a red light, not paying attention.........
There are right hand lanes for going slower than the rest of the folks on hills etc. I've run out of low gearing and stalled rigs on too steep of hills. But never had too little HP, including rigs with as little as 105HP std in a C2500 with a BIG 6 cyl. Out pulled a 454 up a steeper grade! Including pulling up the 12k loaded 3500 dually up said hill as it did not have the correct gearing.
Marty
Marty, if you don't think doing 30mph is dangerous when everyone else is doing 65-80mph then I don't know what to tell you. Speed differential is the cause of many fatal accidents. More power and the ability to drive to the speed limit and accelerate is obviously safer provided the driver has a degree of common sense.
If you were ever driving in Montana during the time that they did not have a speed limit, you know this to be true. The traffic in some areas varied from below the old posted speed limit to 100 mph, that left a lot of blood on the road. Had the no speed limit been just on the Interstate it may have worked, similar to the Autobahn, which can be scary in itself, but in Montana with the major secondary roads not having a speed limit was too much, and that is something I would have never thought I would say about not having a speed limit.
