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- 2015
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- 5.7L Hemi
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I'd be curious if you're anywhere near being okay on weights. And 80mph is crazy speed.2016 ram 1500 4x4 crew cab 5'7"bed 5.7 hemi. Towed my 33ft travel trailer 10600 dry weight. Longest pull was from northwest Florida to gaitlinburg. Pulled it just fine in left lane a lot, cruise 7
set 78-80mph. 7.4mpg lol
Well, depending on what cab, how long your bed is and if all four wheels or just two have power, your max trailer tow is only 4100 to 4700 pounds so I guess as long as you’re not trying to set land speed records, you’ll be fine. Definitely use your tow/haul mode.I tow a 6200 lbs boat and trailer on a 60 mile round trip to the boat ramp and back a few times a month without any issues. I have a 2016 Ram 1500 with a 3.6 with 3.21 gears. Might try a 500 mile trip to the keys. Hoping the truck will not have any issues.
he has the 3.6You should be fine. The majority of trucks that have those 3.21 rear end gears have a trailer towing capacity of about 7,800 to 8,000 pounds.
yep didn’t see that the first timehe has the 3.6
What mileage do you get? Shoot, if I drove my 5.7 a little bit more conservatively, I’d probably get close to 20 mpg.Thanks for the feed back.
I was hoping a safe cruise at 60 miles an hour on I-95. It will be a 9 hour drive.
I was considering paying 1500. to have my 3.21 swapped out for 3.55 gears for peace of mind. I also looked at newer Rams today.
I love my truck because of the ride and great fuel economy, I would hate to give it for a 5.7 Ram.
I forgot to mention it but that’s also with 3:92 diffs and 4-wheel drive.That’s pretty good economy for the HEMI.
I’ve logged every fill up ever since l’ve owned the truck. I average between 20 and 21 mpg mixed driving. 24 was the best I ever got on the expressway. If I take it easy on mixed driving I can get over 500 miles out of a fill up. I did a Jacksonville to key west trip after a stop in marathon for a day. I topped off in key west but probably could have made it back to marathon without filling up.
Here's some of the bigger things I have towed with my truck. These all traveled over 1,000 miles.Just for the heck of it, I was wondering what the biggest/heaviest things you've towed with your Ram 1500?
I'll start with trailering my Jeep behind the truck. Anywhere more then 100~ miles, I'll trailer the Jeep incase I break something.
P.S. U-haul car haulers don't distribute the weight very well on shorter wheel base vehicles.