mtofell
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I poked around the Ram tow charts a bit and have an idea about this but wanted to throw it out to my fellow Ram-aholics.
My 2500 Hemi 6.4 w/3.73 gears has a tow capacity of 12,500# - jumping up the to 4.10s bumps that rating up to 15,500#. So, what does/would going up to 4.56 gears do? Keep in mind I'm not talking payload here at all. That remains at 3000#. I'm just talking about what the truck can tow.
Could one conclude that the 4.56s would give an even higher rating? At what point is the transmission overworked? Or, what's the next weak link in the system? I'm going to guess it's the transmission as the 4500 and up start to come with the Aisin but I'm really just guessing.
And before you cranky weight Nazis jump on me I know nothing changes the sticker on the truck from it's original rating from the factory (fwiw, the door sticker on a 3/4 ton privately used truck is pretty much irrelevant anyway). I'm more thinking theoretical here.
My 2500 Hemi 6.4 w/3.73 gears has a tow capacity of 12,500# - jumping up the to 4.10s bumps that rating up to 15,500#. So, what does/would going up to 4.56 gears do? Keep in mind I'm not talking payload here at all. That remains at 3000#. I'm just talking about what the truck can tow.
Could one conclude that the 4.56s would give an even higher rating? At what point is the transmission overworked? Or, what's the next weak link in the system? I'm going to guess it's the transmission as the 4500 and up start to come with the Aisin but I'm really just guessing.
And before you cranky weight Nazis jump on me I know nothing changes the sticker on the truck from it's original rating from the factory (fwiw, the door sticker on a 3/4 ton privately used truck is pretty much irrelevant anyway). I'm more thinking theoretical here.