William L
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I found a truck I am interested in and it has the off road package... Will that affect the towing? Wish it didn't have it, but want to make sure it won't affect me towing anything?? Thanks and appreciate it you all!!
Off road package on the 2021 2500 ram.. any issues with towing?
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I have a 2018 with Off-Road package. My max towing is 15,600ish and my payload is 2973lbs. I have the 6.4 with 4.10's. Not sure why the Off-Road package would affect towing? I have towed 9000lbs quite a bit and no issues at all.
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Good question. I don't know if Ram just throws an off-road decal on it and calls it good or if they actually set up the suspension more for off road. If they do, it would be a little softer and could reduce payload capacity. I'm pretty curious myself and anxious to hear what they say.
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AFAIK the off-road package adds skid plates and some A/T tires. You could always remove the skid plates and add their weight to your payload.
That's about it.
That's about it.
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Off-Road still comes with the factory Firestones but does add skid plates. My payload is 2973lbs so it does seem to take a few hundred pounds off payload but my truck is pretty loaded up too. Also comes with the blue and yellow Bilstein shocks. Here is my window sticker>
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Bilstein shocks too. My current off road package truck also sits 1" higher than my regular 4x4 did. No adverse effects towing whatsoever.
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Last thing I need is a taller truck. lol Pretty soon we'll need 12" drop hitches just to tow.
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I just got a 2020 2500 with off road package. Coming from an 18 2500 without off road package and it’s a night and day difference in ride quality. That is the only thing I can think that smoothed out the ride between the two. I towed only once with the new truck it was a short distance but still felt rock solid. Go with off road package you won’t regret it. Plus I like the decal that comes with it haha
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So what does hill descent do? I have it but it doesn't seem to do anything unless I'm using it wrong
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If you're off road and going down a hill you can use this feature to let the truck going slowly down the hill on it's own. Just press the button and take your foot off the brake/gas.
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Vehicle has to be in 4LO for hill descent control to work. I can't imagine using 4LO is any situation other than off road.
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Good to know. I will probably never have it in 4 lo but at least I know now
woops..I guess something other than hill descent is in play when I am going down a steep mountain road and tap the brakes. I just thought that was hill descent. will have to check that out..probably engine braking..
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Engine brake and trailer tow mode will downshift the transmission sooner while braking to help hold you back on the hill.
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Going down an unplowed steep road in about 2' of snow. A long time ago, in a land far, far away, we had a snow storm and the cops closed off the hill by the gas station I worked at. Put my F-150 in 4H drove around the cops and went right up the hill. They knew me and they stopped by the next day & we had a little conversation. LOL.... They weren't impressed!!!!
