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Pretty anxious to hit the road with her soon.
 
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So, what's the back story?

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I thought you had a white2500 with 6.4 already. *scratch my head*

What are the new truck specs?



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drittal said:
I thought you had a white2500 with 6.4 already. *scratch my head*

What are the new truck specs?



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Oh man, you missed a saga. I'll give you the coles notes version:

Had a white 2500 that was a problem child. Non stop CELs, weird ****, noise, no starts. Ended with a blown transmission after about a month and a half ownership. Dealer swapped me into a new one to end my (and their) suffering. Same specs.
 
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Congrats. And good to know the dealer worked with you. I'm sure it was long and drawn out for you, but in the end made it right?

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Looking to make the same switch soon. My 27' TT is a beast to pull my with 1500. I'm not overloaded, but I'm right at the capacity limits.
 
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Good man, towing with a Ram! We only tow a 25' 5000lb Forest River Surveyor travel trailer so our Ram 1500 tows it just great. Anything larger and I'd get a 2500 or 3500. Our last trailer was a Jayco, enjoyed it for a couple of years until we went to an RV show and well, you know how that goes!
 

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glad the dealer got you into a new truck. I didn't know the entire back story either. the 2500 is so much nicer to tow with. I spent a good portion of my younger years over loading 1/2 ton trucks. I'm just happy to be alive.

Now I've finally ponied up for a 3/4, I'll probably never buy a 1/2 ton again. enjoy the ride, err... the tow!
 
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Love hauling my TT now that I have the right truck for the job :happy107: Have fun!
 
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report back with your opinion on how that truck performs for you. we'd love to hear it:)
 
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You'll have fun towing with your new rig vs the old one!
 
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I'm glad to see your new(est) beast attached to the trailer!
She'll pull like a dream and treat you well for years, I know it :favorites13:
 
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report back with your opinion on how that truck performs for you. we'd love to hear it:)
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Here's the trip report. About 300 kms with the trailer hitched, 5 people in the cab and a bed full of baseball to basketball sized stones we picked from the field for my wifes garden. Defintely banging on the door of GVWR if not over.

Ran like a champ. There was one grade that I figured might give us trouble like it did with the 1500 but I am happy to report she just trudged right up at 100km/h without drama. I used to rein the 1500 back to 80km/h otherwise the tach was pinned and screaming. It wasn't hurting it, I just hated the noise.

I really saw no difference in power other than that. The biggest difference I noticed was the 6.4L liked to settle in a higher gear so the tach typically read around 2100 in 5th and 2500 or so in 4th. It likes 4th gear and really stuck there unless I was on a long flat stretch.

Temps- barely budged from the usual DD temps. Coolant always stayed around 98 deg celcius, trans stayed at 76 deg celcius even after the climb and oil only jumped 5 degress to 107 deg celcius during our climb.

EVIC average fuel economy was 20.5l/100km. Take that for what it's worth.

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smurfs_of_war said:
Here's the trip report. About 300 kms with the trailer hitched, 5 people in the cab and a bed full of baseball to basketball sized stones we picked from the field for my wifes garden. Defintely banging on the door of GVWR if not over.

Ran like a champ. There was one grade that I figured might give us trouble like it did with the 1500 but I am happy to report she just trudged right up at 100km/h without drama. I used to rein the 1500 back to 80km/h otherwise the tach was pinned and screaming. It wasn't hurting it, I just hated the noise.

I really saw no difference in power other than that. The biggest difference I noticed was the 6.4L liked to settle in a higher gear so the tach typically read around 2100 in 5th and 2500 or so in 4th. It likes 4th gear and really stuck there unless I was on a long flat stretch.

Temps- barely budged from the usual DD temps. Coolant always stayed around 98 deg celcius, trans stayed at 76 deg celcius even after the climb and oil only jumped 5 degress to 107 deg celcius during our climb.

EVIC average fuel economy was 20.5l/100km. Take that for what it's worth.

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Glad all went well for you. Hope you have a bed liner for all thouse rocks LOL. Ill be posting my towing opinions tommarow on the "whats the most you towed with your..." Thread.
 
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