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Twin RAM 1500 Hemi's

Hank_McMauser
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Picked up a new RAM Bighorn in January,my wife liked it so much she decided to get herself one too. Our goal is in the next few years to pick up a used 20-24 ft travel trailer. Both our rigs have the 5.7 hemi, 8 speed with 3.21 rear axle ratio. And limited slip differential. 2015 quad cabs
Twin 2015 1500 RAM bighorns and a 12x12 alaknak tent
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capri180
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markandkim wrote:
Keep your trailer light with that axle ratio though. 3.55 or 3.73 would be better for towing with the 1500.


Ditto on this. I had a 2013 Ram 1500 with the 3:21 and it limited my maximum towing capacity to 8600. I traded it in on a 2015 Ram 1500 with 3:92 which increased my capacity to 10,200 pounds. Since my travel trailer weighs in the mid-9000s when loaded for a typical camping trip, I already traded that truck in for my current 2015 Ram 2500 with the Cummins. What a difference!

Enjoy your Rams! That's awesome that the wife is equally into such a great truck and brand!

markandkim
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2012Coleman wrote:
Hank McMauser wrote:


Very nice - but 8 speed trans?


That's how they achieve that great gas mileage while not towing.
Still around 9 MPG towing.

I had the 2012 with the 6 speed too.
Retired Navy

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cbshoestring
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2012Coleman wrote:


Very nice - but 8 speed trans?


My 2013 has a 6 speed tranny. Ram started using the 8 speed on the 2014 models.

2012Coleman
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Hank McMauser wrote:


Very nice - but 8 speed trans?
Experience without good judgment is worthless; good judgment without experience is still good judgment!

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markandkim
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Great. Had 2 of them myself. just traded for a 2500.

Keep your trailer light with that axle ratio though. 3.55 or 3.73 would be better for towing with the 1500.
Retired Navy

2020 Ram 2500 Bighorn 6.7L
2014 Crossroads Zinger 27RL
2022 Grand Design Reflection 315RLTS

Hank_McMauser
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Yeah luckily the payments fall middle of month/end of month.
Murphsmom I sent you a PM.....neighbor!
Twin 2015 1500 RAM bighorns and a 12x12 alaknak tent

rexlion
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I don't know whether to be happy for you, or sad for your checking account! LOL
Mike G.
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. --Frederick Douglass
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MFL
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Nice trucks, and color coded too, so you don't get in the wrong one. It's great, that your wife enjoys a truck too!

Congrats,
Jerry

Murphsmom
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Congrats! That looks kind of like our neighborhood. We are in Payette County, too.

Hank_McMauser
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Twin 2015 1500 RAM bighorns and a 12x12 alaknak tent

Hank_McMauser
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I've got the picture, just need to get it posted.
Twin 2015 1500 RAM bighorns and a 12x12 alaknak tent

downtheroad
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Didn't happen with out a side by side picture....
but, congrats anyway.
"If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane."

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gbopp
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Congrats on having twins. ๐Ÿ™‚