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Old 03-02-2019, 04:36 PM   #1
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New TV

Ordered a 19 Ram 3500 crew cab 4x4 diesel today. Will be a huge upgrade from my current f150 pulling the travel trailer. At least 1, maybe 2 more trips before it comes in though.

The wait is going to be difficult!
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Old 03-02-2019, 05:43 PM   #2
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Whoa, that’s a huge jump!

Is there a camper upgrade planned, too?
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Old 03-02-2019, 07:11 PM   #3
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Nice! You’ll really feel that difference. Congrats. I just made the jump to a dually! F350 diesel. Went from F350 SRW due to need for more payload. Now have 5200 lbs!
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Old 03-02-2019, 07:29 PM   #4
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You won't hardly feel the camper back there at all, compared to your F150!!


Congrats on the new mule!!
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Old 03-02-2019, 07:35 PM   #5
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Ordered a 19 Ram 3500 crew cab 4x4 diesel today. Will be a huge upgrade from my current f150 pulling the travel trailer. At least 1, maybe 2 more trips before it comes in though.

The wait is going to be difficult!

Little over kill for the size and weight of tt. Guess you will be upgrading later to a bigger camper. Post pics of the new TV. Later RJD
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Old 03-02-2019, 07:42 PM   #6
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Little over kill for the size and weight of tt. Guess you will be upgrading later to a bigger camper. Post pics of the new TV. Later RJD

Nah... You can't hardly ever have "too much" truck. Well, you can, I guess... but you have to go waaaay past a 1 ton dually LOL... Mack, Kenworth, Peterbuilt...


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Old 03-02-2019, 08:03 PM   #7
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Haha, single rear wheel, didn't go too crazy. The 2500 only has about 2k of payload, feel like I already made that mistake once, so, I wanted to get something big enough to not have to worry about it.

We do plan to upgrade to a fiver in the next few years and the Mrs said I can't have a new truck again for a while. Only had this one 2 years, I think "a while" is quite a bit longer than that.

Thought about the 6.4 with new 8 speed, but, I think want outweighed need on that front. I also worry about longer term resale value on the gasser. Probably a non issue, just helped justify it to myself.
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I justified myself into 2018 Ram Dually in October went from SRW F350 went from high 3k payload to 5830 still need the airless bags but love the Ram
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Old 05-01-2019, 09:34 PM   #9
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New truck arrived at dealer yesterday. I picked it up today... Got a side by side with the outgoing F150. Loving my new Ram.
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Old 05-02-2019, 06:35 AM   #10
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New truck arrived at dealer yesterday. I picked it up today... Got a side by side with the outgoing F150. Loving my new Ram.
Thats a Sharp Truck! I went from a f 150 ECoboost (GREAT truck BTW) to a new 2500 long bed crew cab 4x4 with the 6.4 Hemi.. Kept that for a little over a year and went to a new 2018 3500 CTD of the same Configuration about 8 months ago I think...I Love my truck! Just did my first decent trip with the camper last week. Almost 5 hours to the beach.. Ran 6th gear at about 1700 RPMS and 65 MPH towing near 10K. Had no problem accelerating in 6th, even on some of the minor hills.Was an eye opener.
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Beauty. That truck will do a lot of work
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Old 05-02-2019, 10:28 AM   #12
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Ordered a 19 Ram 3500 crew cab 4x4 diesel today. Will be a huge upgrade from my current f150 pulling the travel trailer. [...]
I recently did the same thing. My F-150 can't get my trailer up the mountain and left me on the side of the road a few times due to overheating on flat-ish terrain. Good truck, but it just doesn't tow well.

I haven't hooked my new 6.7 PSD up to my trailer yet and it's killing me. We just got a bunch of snow this week. Ugh. I think I may get out the trailer this weekend and set up the WDH.

I love knowing that I'll never have to worry about weights, payloads, and such again ... until I start shopping for a 5er some day in the distant future. Going from 1,300 lb payload to 3,600 lb payload makes me giddy.

Hope you enjoy the big step-up.
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Congrats on your Big Boy Truck and Welcome to the RAM Family
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