Spearsy
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So today I completed my first real tow with my 17 Ram express QC pentastar with 3.55. I'm mainly typing this out because i have found there's not a lot of towing information out there for the pentastar.
I towed my father in laws 18ft ski/fish boat about 70 miles round trip. The boat weighs about 2200 pounds dry and with fuel gear and trailer I'm guessing we were in the 3k to 3100 range. I have a two inch level on my truck so I still have a little less than a half inch of take. Hooked up it seemed to sit perfectly level. The road to the lake consisted of some highway but mainly rolling hills and twisty roads. The truck pulled it with ease and it was easy to forget it was back there most of time. There was one large hill that is a real ***** (unsure of the grade) and it's easily 3/4 of a mile long and that was the only real "test" on the trip. The truck got to about 4K rpms and I had no trouble maintaining 45 mph (the posted speed limit). Truck pulled really well and the 8 speed never seemed to hunt for a gear. I averaged 17.4mpg (according to evic which is usually about 1mpg optimistic). I realize it was a pretty lightweight pull but I don't anticipate towing much more than that weight though I feel a lot more confident that I could pull in the 5 to 6k range after today (obviously aerodynamically it was much less stress because there was little drag like If I was pulling an enclosed trailer. We got on the lake at dark and pulled out at dark so I only have one picture of the setup from a gas station at about 5am.
Anyways just wanted to post this up for pentastar owners who are curious about towing smaller trailers or boats. In all honesty I was really impressed!!
I towed my father in laws 18ft ski/fish boat about 70 miles round trip. The boat weighs about 2200 pounds dry and with fuel gear and trailer I'm guessing we were in the 3k to 3100 range. I have a two inch level on my truck so I still have a little less than a half inch of take. Hooked up it seemed to sit perfectly level. The road to the lake consisted of some highway but mainly rolling hills and twisty roads. The truck pulled it with ease and it was easy to forget it was back there most of time. There was one large hill that is a real ***** (unsure of the grade) and it's easily 3/4 of a mile long and that was the only real "test" on the trip. The truck got to about 4K rpms and I had no trouble maintaining 45 mph (the posted speed limit). Truck pulled really well and the 8 speed never seemed to hunt for a gear. I averaged 17.4mpg (according to evic which is usually about 1mpg optimistic). I realize it was a pretty lightweight pull but I don't anticipate towing much more than that weight though I feel a lot more confident that I could pull in the 5 to 6k range after today (obviously aerodynamically it was much less stress because there was little drag like If I was pulling an enclosed trailer. We got on the lake at dark and pulled out at dark so I only have one picture of the setup from a gas station at about 5am.
Anyways just wanted to post this up for pentastar owners who are curious about towing smaller trailers or boats. In all honesty I was really impressed!!