If you do not mind me asking, what made you move on from the Silverado? I had a late 2014 Silverado that made me dump it because of interior rattle and fitment issues.
Not at all. I traded for several reasons and didn't go with a ford or Chevy this time.
- i was close to my payload limit on the Chevy with our current camper and we are looking at bigger ones.
- Chevy didn't have trailer tow mirrors, dealer wanted $1200 to put them on and the slip on ones were terrible.
- i really wanted a white 3/4 ton truck from the beginning a year and a half ago, but convinced myself i didn't really need a 3/4 ton truck.
- Chevy had crappy goodyear P rated tires, would have costed me $900 to upgrade the tires.
I looked at Chevy 2500hd, but from crawling around under all 3, ford and dodge were built the heaviest, Chevy uses front cv joints like a car and a steering rack. Plus all Chevy 4x4s are such low riders, that always bothered me how the ford and dodge towered over my Chevy.
Then some other more minor issues
- the 5.3 sounds like an erector set when you start it cold.
- trans shifting is complete garbage, very often clunked loudly on downshifts, way worse than the ram. Of course, the dealer told me both of those issued were "normal " what a joke.
- Chevys have a ton of torque management and a very lazy, laggy throttle, which i found very annoying
- the Silverado felt more like a car than a truck, yes it was 1500 series, but even at that it didn't feel very rugged like the 14 F150 i test drove did.
- the Chevy has a stupid wax coated frame which i hated.
- Chevy had stupid carpeted inner fender wells that caught every piece of dirt, leaves, etc you can imagine.
- at 10,800 miles, it already had some the typical Chevy interior rattles that i have always remembered GM products having over the years.
- ford and Chevy were a lot more money, and no nicer than the dodge. but even if they were all equal, I'd still have probably gone with the dodge. I love that big rig styling dodge made famous in 1994. The under rear seat and in floor storage bins are great ideas i really like, but dodge has always been very innovative. The 17 Super Duty was very nice, but again, way too much money and the front end is hedious, imo.
I'm not trying to trash it, it wss a good truck, and had heated leather seats, remote start, navigation, power driver seat (that already had a recall), etc.
Granted, i only have 110 miles on this ram, but compared to that Chevy , this ram is a piece of equipment. Period. Yes, any 2500 will feel that way compared to a 1500, but still.
So far, i really love this ram, yes I'd have liked to get the 4.10s, but for what I'm towing now, or the bigger camper were looking at (7 or 7500 gvwr) i can tell already the 3.73s in my truck will have plenty of pull. It's a great truck
