350 mile round trip tow 6.4 hemi

thoss29 said:

Thanks for the write up, I was looking at the Cougar 5th wheels just yesterday. I have the 3500 but with the 3.73s, haven't decided if I wanna go up (size and $$) yet though. Right now I have a 28' TT, about 7300#. I'm going from New England to SoCal in July, 4.10s and a 5th wheel would be more enjoyable I think though.

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mowin said:

Don't be afraid of the 3:73's with a 5er. I'm in upstate NY, and have a 11# dry wt Laredo I tow with a SRW 3500 with 3:73. And I'm coming from a diesel.

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15BlueStreak said:

Just completed the longest camper pull yet with the 2500 tradesman ccsb 6.4l hemi 4.10 gears. Truck is completely stock. Just did first oil change with amsoil prior to leaving. Truck had 3238 miles before trip. Terrain was ranged from flat from sandusky county in Ohio to Vinton county in southeastern ohio. Which is around 30 minutes north of Athens ohio. Towed our 314bhds Jayco eagle camper. Probably weighing around 9k lbs. I would say the truck did very well. Only a couple hills it needed 3rd gear to easily maintain 65. I did find that truck wanted to stay in 4th rather than 5th gear even though it could easily run 5th. Instead if taking out of tow haul I would set cruise at say 60 then use decel button to 55 quickly then it would shift into 5th. Then I would hit the accel button a few times to bring back up to 60. This is where I wish the ram had a true manual mode like the ford. I do not know why they don't have this feature. All in all truck handled everything well. Averaged 8.5mpg. Running mostly 60-65mph. I am really curious how this truck would do with a 5er. I want to get one some day but I think I will have to wait until a one ton comes around. The 5er we like is the cougar 336bhs which I think would be a wee bit too much pin weight for the truck. Kicking self in butt for not getting the 3500. Oh and also I used my prodigy p3 in lieu of the factory brake controller. Definitely better braking response from trailer with the prodigy. Hope this provides some good info for people. Thanks.

Nathan

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thoss29 said:

That's encouraging, now if you can just give me the motivation to spend the money!! Haha

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15BlueStreak said:

Just completed the longest camper pull yet with the 2500 tradesman ccsb 6.4l hemi 4.10 gears. Truck is completely stock. Just did first oil change with amsoil prior to leaving. Truck had 3238 miles before trip. Terrain was ranged from flat from sandusky county in Ohio to Vinton county in southeastern ohio. Which is around 30 minutes north of Athens ohio. Towed our 314bhds Jayco eagle camper. Probably weighing around 9k lbs. I would say the truck did very well. Only a couple hills it needed 3rd gear to easily maintain 65. I did find that truck wanted to stay in 4th rather than 5th gear even though it could easily run 5th. Instead if taking out of tow haul I would set cruise at say 60 then use decel button to 55 quickly then it would shift into 5th. Then I would hit the accel button a few times to bring back up to 60. This is where I wish the ram had a true manual mode like the ford. I do not know why they don't have this feature. All in all truck handled everything well. Averaged 8.5mpg. Running mostly 60-65mph. I am really curious how this truck would do with a 5er. I want to get one some day but I think I will have to wait until a one ton comes around. The 5er we like is the cougar 336bhs which I think would be a wee bit too much pin weight for the truck. Kicking self in butt for not getting the 3500. Oh and also I used my prodigy p3 in lieu of the factory brake controller. Definitely better braking response from trailer with the prodigy. Hope this provides some good info for people. Thanks.

Nathan

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jbnimble said:

Use the +/- on the column shift for manual gears

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