Took the plunge - Cummins to Hemi 6.4

blderman wrote:

mowin wrote:
How often are you planning on running those 7%+ hills and at those altitudes? So the Ram took a little longer. I would never run my rig with my foot to the floor for that long anyway.

Coming from a 2011 gmc 6.0 with 3:73's, I can safely say my 6.4 Ram with 3:73's easily out tow's my GMC 6.0.

I won't be very often and I am not saying its a bad truck; I am still seriously considering buying one. I just think it was a really bad move on Ram's part to not address the gear spacing. Even the F150 has better gear ratios.

In Oregon you'll deal with those kind of grades reasonably regularly. I'm over in Idaho and will deal with them even more regularly. But in general if you're in the northwest or really the west in general, handling these grades (up and down) is a pretty big factor to consider.

I'm a prospective buyer as well, and all of these 6.4 threads the last few days have really moved my needle back over to the CTD. I really like the current Ram 2500/3500 quite a bit better than the comparable offerings from GM or Ford for various reasons, so I've discarded those options (unless I waited on the 2016 Super Duty, but I don't want to wait that long). I guess that leaves me with the feeling that the CTD is really the best choice for me, even though it costs a little more and might not work quite as well as a short hop daily driver. I had previously decided I'd probably go that way but seeing gas prices drop the last couple of weeks while diesel continues to linger high had made me reconsider it a bit.