Rob any updates on the towing with your Ram.
We have 3,000 on ours with a towing mpg of 9.7 and 17mpg on the open road unhitched. Tows smoother and the Curt hitch is smoother and easier to hitch up, just the darn height is to high need a step ladder to work the hitch handle.

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I have the Hitch Mate (1st photo) & works great.

Our RAM has a little over 2000 miles on it now, love the truck but still getting used to driving it as it is quite different from the GM Duramax trucks we have had in the past. The combination of the Aisin Transmission and the 4:10 axle ratio make our RAM a towing beast, it shifts and tows different than the GM Duramax / Allison package.
Towing with our RAM has been great, the ride with the RAM's "Air Assist" Rear Suspension Option has been great. It is very smooth over bridges and road joints on the interstate.
Our RAM is a little easier to access the bed and hitch due to the fact we ordered a 2x4 model this time instead of a 4x4 so our truck sits about 4 inches lower than a RAM 4x4.
I bought the RAM Puck mount hardware from Curt and used our current Q24 Hitch Head and installed it in the RAM. The hitch is very solid now with none of the clunking and movement we had with the Rail Mount system in our previous trucks.
The RAM's trailer brake system works great with our Disc Brakes, very smooth and stops well.
I was worried about the fuel mileage penalty with ordering the 4:10 axle ratio but have been very pleased with our fuel mileage, average non towing has been 16 to 18 mpg depending on how much city stop and go driving and towing has been 10 to 11 mpg depending on how hard I push it.

Just the low end torque of that straight 6 Cummins has to feel different than the V8. That was the first think I noticed when I drove my buddies Dodge.

Just the low end torque of that straight 6 Cummins has to feel different than the V8. That was the first think I noticed when I drove my buddies Dodge.

Yep AA, my 2012 GMC was a great truck and I really enjoyed it, it pulled my Redwood coast to coast many times but it would have some minor drive line shutter when starting off from a standstill on a steep hill with the Redwood hitched up, the RAM is defiantly much stronger and smoother from a standstill on a steep hill.
You do not need to get on the throttle near as much for the RAM to get all the weight moving, of course the 4:10 Axle Ratio helps too 🙂

Just the low end torque of that straight 6 Cummins has to feel different than the V8. That was the first think I noticed when I drove my buddies Dodge.

Yep AA, my 2012 GMC was a great truck and I really enjoyed it, it pulled my Redwood coast to coast many times but it would have some minor drive line shutter when starting off from a standstill on a steep hill with the Redwood hitched up, the RAM is defiantly much stronger and smoother from a standstill on a steep hill.
You do not need to get on the throttle near as much for the RAM to get all the weight moving, of course the 4:10 Axle Ratio helps too 🙂

You're going to have to get your drone out again and get a new aerial pic 🙂

Not wanting to be negative or starting a brand war, but I will make a comment made by a neighbour back home in "snow country" (and for us, that means "salt country")

He just traded his Ram pickup (SRW crew cab diesel) as the body was completely rusted out after about 7 years, and he commented about the good condition of my Ford Super Duty. And, he works for Chrysler in the local plant that builds cars!
I hope that Chrysler has improved their truck bodies to resist rust!

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I plan on staying far far away from SNOW !!!!!

I really like the RAM, never owned a Chrysler product, I hope it stands the test of time and I made the right choice.

Not wanting to be negative or starting a brand war, but I will make a comment made by a neighbour back home in "snow country" (and for us, that means "salt country")

He just traded his Ram pickup (SRW crew cab diesel) as the body was completely rusted out after about 7 years, and he commented about the good condition of my Ford Super Duty. And, he works for Chrysler in the local plant that builds cars!
I hope that Chrysler has improved their truck bodies to resist rust!

We lived up North for a long time....EVERYTHING rusts there. I think even the rust rusted...Salt and metal just don't seem to play nice together. One would have to take it vehicle by vehicle. Some drive more than others in the winter and therefore cars rust faster. Some never wash their vehicles regularly. Another cause for rust. It's more or less about how you take care of your vehicle.

I agree that some manufacturers can scrimp on paint. But look at some earlier Ford's and Chevy's with the peel coat completely coming off. You see a LOT of that. It just takes time.

GipC, it's getting harder to wash out that salt as time goes on, many municipalities are now using a brine solution sprayed onto the roads, I used to cringe when I followed a salt truck, but that brine solution will get into the nooks and crannies much better than the rock salt. Rob will be OK away from the snow (and salt!) but up in snow country the older Rams had a reputation of rusting out well before their owners got the mileage out of their Cummins.

As the older Fords would ALL rot at the tailgate, fenders, and quarter panels ..

When I got my 2015, my buddy from he body shop told me that ever since they started using brine, the reports of under carriage rusting has exploded.. He suggested that I have it sprayed when new with an anti rust liquid, he did it at no charge, they use a long wand that has a rotary end on it, it goes in all the nooks and crannies to get the pinch points.
He also said that any vehicle that is around brine should go to a car wash every week during snow season and get the under carriage rinsed off...

Well, our Colorado Magnesium Chloride doesn't sound so bad now, although I think it is the same thing. We've had it for about 10 years and it surface rusts the heck out of stuff, but I haven't seen any rust through. .