Cudapower
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2018
- Posts
- 13
- Reaction score
- 12
- Location
- Macedonia Iowa
- Ram Year
- 2019
- Engine
- 5.7 Hemi
I just finished a trip with my camper which is a 28 foot high profile trailer that weighs around 7500 lbs. I had a 2013 1500 Ram Big Horn, hemi, air ride, 8 speed 3.92 that I pulled with and now have a 2019 Laramie hemi, air ride, 8 speed 3.92. Here are a few differences I have noticed. Note: people tend to over react on the internet. I am not upset or mad or suicidal. I am just talking about the differences I see in the trucks. I like Rams very much. I have noticed that both empty and loaded the new truck gets about 1 mile per gallon better mileage than my old truck. Empty it will run 19 to 21 depending on the hills, and dragging my open car trailer with a 4500 lb car it got 13. Dragging my camper it did 9 to 9.4. This is on the computer with a tank of gas burnt each reading. I noticed that the 2019 when it pulls to 3000 rpm there is a definite change in the engine sound that my old truck did not have. It almost sounds like the turbo kicks in but nothing happens. Its just a strange something kicks in sound that I wonder if anyone else has noticed. Next observation is I am pretty disappointed with the navigation system. it is very hard to program and the map runs at about 900 feet which does not show the road ahead much at all. Yes it has a plus and minus zoom on it but it automatically switches back to about 1 block range to see the road. It could be me being inexperienced with it but my wifes Murano has a Nav that works much easier and more efficient. Another observation that I don't care for is they have changed the hitch receiver so that there is hardly no place to hook the safety chains for the trailers. They used to have standard loops on each side same for all trucks but not now. The sides have a slot, a small round hole and a small square hole. I have no idea what some engineer was thinking. The air ride I have always liked works faster and is more responsive I really enjoy it. The trucks interior is beautiful although I have the bench seat with folding center and the storage in the arm rest is about half of what the 2013 had. Just some observations, I love the truck.