Rob Rahmlow If I were you bud, I would go with the Ram 3500 with the 6.7L Inline-6 Cummins diesel. Not for the brand, for the engine. Straight cylinder engines (not in a V8 configuration like the Powerstroke and Chevrolet/GMC Duramax) are far more better for towing due to the engine being balanced, not too mention less moving parts in the Cummins (2 less cylinders, 1 less set of valve terrain). Cummins cylinder blocks are made of cast iron, where as Powerstroke is aluminium. Another reason I'd go with Cummins, is a 2014 Ford F-450 (one ton and a quarter) Dually Diesel V8 Powerstrroke max tourqe is 860, where as the 2014 Ram 3500 (one ton) Dually Straight 6 makes 865 (one class of lighter truck, 2 less cylinders and more tourqe then one class up of truck) Hope this helps, bud!

Ty im.looking at the 2012 or the 2013 3500 dualy rams crew cab 4x4 what would u suggestions on the 2012 or 2013 or 2011 just wondering ty for the information but just wondering about the 2011 to 2013 for the price I'm looking at just wondering so are they the same weight or less weight just wondering?compare to the 2011 to 2013 f350 dualy v8 just wondering or are they still around 9k ilbs just wondering man ty for the help and just more questions man

Hey Rob, sorry for the late reply. Been offline the past few days. I would go with the 2012 Ram 3500. 2012 is the last year before Ram added the use of DEF (diesel exauste fluid) in their trucks to comply with the emission laws in diesel trucks. Before they went with DEF, Ram simpley added more Catalitic converters to their exaust systems. The diesel exaust fluid systems, DPF (diesel paticular filters) are what i notice is the cause of why more and more newer trucks are ending up in the shop. And when these systems fail, they can cause tens of thousands of dollars in engine repairs. Ford Powerstrokes seem to be having the most problems with the emmisioon control systems, General Motors emmision systems seem reliable, as well as in the new Ram 2500's and up. Hope this helps with deciding your purchase bro. I know its not a cheap one at all. Any other questions feel free to ask. Hope to hear from you soon!

Yeah I been looking at the pricing and I went with the 6.7 power stoke 2011 for 35k but after everything is said and done the total will be 29k man so and plus it's a v8 more power man but you know I went what I could afford and it's a f350 dually crew cab everything all their for the 5th hook up add a ball and the electric is already their too and it's already have a spray in bed liner to for the price of 29k man for a 2011 lariat package with the center counsel and the navigation system and pack up camera and the in board dash monitor man I'm really exited about the new truck man but it doesn't have 4wd but I went with the great price and the features and what I could afford also man so I didn't lose to much but I never gotten stuck or anything with a 2wd so it doesn't bother me much their but thank you for you information and videos will be coming probably next weekend when I get it man thanks man

Thats not a bad deal, bro! If the state or provence you live in doesnt have emmision laws I would siggest removing the DPF and put a straight pipe on it. and if you donmt like the straight pipe sound put a muffler on it. That way you wont have any problems with the DPF which alot of newer Powerstrokes have. And 2WD isnt bad if you dont taKe your truck offroading or anything like that. Cant wait to see trhe new rig!

thats interesting about the junkers bomber didnt know that, but yea what he said may be true but its all out the window with a turbo on it anyhow, the engine makes its own atmospheric pressure, hopefully he sees this thanks to stupid youtube i cant reply directly to him

Can confirm - I'm from Poland ;( Imagine that they had to make diesel out of pure coal due to impossible import when they were locked from all sides.

its the dually so 4.10

travis8352 Incorrect. The dually has 3.42 as standard. The 4.10 is an option.

your right i just checked. i seem to remember the 4.10 only available on the daully.

travis8352 The thing is that something does not add up for a 4.10. I got a '13 3500 dually with the Aisin and 4.10 rear. During this test, at some point, you see the speedo showing 55 mph and the tach 2500 in 3rd. My truck in that gear at those rpms read about 45. If one does the math on the 3rd gear ratio which is 1.34 it adds up nicely. My speedo is off about 5-6% and my gps shows 43 mph @ 2500 rpm. A truck with a 3.42 should run 52 @ 2500 rpms. My guess is that they are off about the same, so 55 is pretty much dead on for a 3.42 rear. That's a bad comparison between other trucks. The others have had 4.10's and 4.30's. It's bad form doing the test like this. A 3.42 3500 dually has a GCWR which is much lower than the 37000 lbs for the 4.10. I think they are very biased if you ask me.

ABOlsen69666 They actually can come with 3 rear ends, 3.42 is standard. 4.10 is an option along with 3.73. This definitely did NOT have the 4.10. It sounds like mine does pulling a 4 car trailer which is about 19k pounds and I have a 2014 with the 3.42. The rated towing on the 4.10 is 29K pounds but the 3.42 drops all the way down to 23k which would explain it struggling up the steep grade on top of the 2.5 mile high elevation. Also this guy should be using the tiptronic manual shifting both up and down the hill to fully utilize the power band and exhaust brake. Should be a no brainier on every test but half the things these two were talking about sounds like its coming from someone that's never worked under a hood in their life...

the Cummins diesel in the Ram is a 6.7 liter inline 6, in this pickup it has the 385 hp 850 ft lbs in front of the Aisin transmission.

he explained why about halfway through, the trailer is designed to be balanced when loaded so with no load in the back all the load is on the front which makes the truck squat more, ive messed with em all growing up on a farm and i like ford and dodge but been my experience that it usually takes a little more to make a dodge squat then a ford idk why and id trust both with heavy loads just noticed that in the past

idk ive never had problems with my ford trucks squatting every, we pull fully loaded trailers with commercial sized 72inch zero turn mowers we have three of them on one trailer along with trimmers and gas and the ford doesnt drop an inch

thomas H maybe its just ours then idk, all i know is my cousin has 2 f250s one 2012 and one 2007 and both squat more then my 2000 dodge 2500 when hooked to the same trailer the 2012 actually squatting the most, like i said all 3 are nice trucks and both fords are no where near their bump stops, its just something ive noticed

idk i guess so lol we use the work trucks that ford designed and nothing pulls like them ive noticed, they have stronger leaf springs in the back to keep it from squatting, im talking about like 02/03 f250s not the new ones, the new ones do have a tendency to squat but they fixed that with the 2013 cause in 2010-2012 they were more focused on fuel economy the how it pulls trailers, at least thats what ive noticed

thomas H well that makes sense why the 2012 one squats more, as far as pulling goes mine for sure pulls the best [not really fair though seeing as how its a turned up diesel and the others are gassers], the 2012 ford has a 6.2L v8 and is pretty damn good for a gasser but still nowhere near mine, it also drives the nicest has really easy steering but it has seemed to develop a dead spot in the middle now that it has 60000 miles on it [we use the hell out of em lol] my dodge has a similar dead spot too but has 212000 miles on it now too so i guess thats to be expected, i also really like how you can manually shift the automatic kinda neat and useful when towing, the 07 ford has the 5.4 v8 and its a turd lol but the truck does drive nice has good steering also although not quite as silky smooth as the 2012 ford, we dont tow much with it anymore because the other two tow better and the trans is on its way out too it will slip over half throttle always especially when in high gears it has 120000 miles on it its towed over 16000lbs of corn several times though and that may be the cause of it, we reserve those for my truck now lol

its a truck not a rolls royce