Nice - Thanks for walking us through your process.

Great and informative review. Thank you. Good info on the Timbren's too.

Good review, no messing but good straightforward talk.

Congratulations! You will love your new Ram! Really nice color.

Beautiful truck! Sounds like you guys went with the truck that best fits your needs. Thanks for sharing!!

Great Hitch..You will love it...Keep us updated on the truck, pros and cons...

Right on the mark Jared. The right truck is absolutely a must for pulling any kind of RV. Good luck on your new choice.

Congrats on your truck , I think all three make good rigs . Just comes down to what you want , great job

The other big thing that a lot of people miss in loading their truck is that they only look at their GVWR as you mentioned, but they don't look at their individual axle ratings, more specifically their rear axle rating and they end up overloading it, taking only their "empty" tongue or fifth wheel rating on their trailer and not adding for all the weight added by passengers, cargo, water and fuel.

Another winning video. Nicely done, Jared.

Good choice with the B & W hitch. I use the same but in Ford version. Very straightforward in hook up and securing and great peace of mind.

Great video. Lots of really helpful information. Thanks for sharing.

Looks great!!! Congratulations on your new truck!!!

Great video. Thanks for the reminder of finding weights! Like people, weight can sneak up on you.

Excellent truck choice!

congrats on the new rig. i really am loving my 2019 Ram also. have the same hitch too. enjoy and be safe. thanks for the review.

Congratulations on the new truck! In my 2016 Chevy 3500 glove compartment there is a GM sticker with the recommended Truck Camper weight for those who are looking at Truck Camper payload recommendations.

congrats and welcome to the RAM family. We have a '12 3500 dually with an Anderson hitch pulling 44' Jayco toy hauler and love it. We're excited to be going full time in July. Hope to cross paths.

We're looking for another tow vehicle. Soooooo glad that you included the information that the RAM website includes the capability to search payload, etc. by VIN. That information will make searching for a truck online. Thanks so much!!

Got our short box Tradesman last year. Been pulling a 32 ft. Arctic Wolf 285 DRL, and our boat in the summer. Can't exceed 70 ft here in MN. Diesel fuel getting 14 miles to the gallon towing. Without towing 22, Pretty Amazing. Stay safe and thanks for all the Great videos. Have learned a lot.

Congratulations, Jared. Looks like an insightful choice, with the 'needs' met while exercising some discipline to avoid the 'wants'. In a sequel, I'm hoping you'll review the accessories and their installation as I know you prefer a clean cockpit and yet want your technology close at hand. (Appreciate the referral to York, too).

I also added the Timbren rear shocks to my 2500 Ram (2012). Very happy with the results and smoother ride.

Sweet truck!! I have a 2018 Ram 3500 dually with the Cummins engine. That power plant doesn’t care if we have our 5th wheel hooked up or not. I, too, love the exhaust brake. It makes the towing experience so much more enjoyable, and obviously safer. Hope the truck serves you and your family well! I’m sure it will!

Congratulations on the new truck so glad ots working out for you

Nice truck, I've enjoyed my 2018 3500 Cummings Laramie crew cab. It's been very reliable, comfortable and pulls our 36ft Grand Design Reflection like a dream. I like the bells and whistles but that's just how I roll. Lol 😎

Great tow vehicle!

We loved our Ram truck! These are well-priced, and Dodge really listens to customer’s input overall- when we sold ours (a 2012), we actually made money on it ($2000!). Still praying for you and yours. Blessings, Bob

Beautiful new truck, I am leaning towards Ram more and more!

Awesome truck!! Great vid😊 Merry Christmas!!

I put the Air Lift on my 2001 Dodge diesel with the remote. I pull a 34’ Outdoors RV and carry a 750 Brute Force atv on my DiamondBack bed cover. You’re definitely right about always having to adjust the air but adding the remote system and compressor was easy and fairly inexpensive. I can see what the pressure is on the fly and adjust it to suit whatever weights I have going on so it’s always spot on! Wow, I’m surprised Dave Smith wasn’t easily the cheapest... I had my Dodge built for me at the factory with every upgrade offered at the time. Their price was was anywhere from $11k-16k cheaper than any of the big names back then! My buddy just retired to Prescott Valley! We’re LEOs in N. CA and he wanted me to move there too. Beautiful area but not enough trees for me. He lost everything in the Camp Fire so I think he liked not having as many trees lol. Montana pulled my soul there! Wow, as much traveling as you guys do, I’m stunned you didn’t have an exhaust brake added to your last truck!!! I had a Banks brake system put in a year ago and I LOVE IT. It’s freaking amazing! That powerful braking downhill as needed is the second best feeling in the world lol. Being new to them, check conditions when it’s best (if not dangerous) not to use the exhaust brake!! I use mine around town just to save on brakes lol. As always, loved the video! You have an awesome way of simplifying things! P.S. As you well know, you can google every truck up and down the dial and find negatives. All the Dodge naysayers here... Your Dodge will serve you well!!

Congrats on the new truck!!! I remember you saying you wanted one when we met in the FL. Keys. We still love our Ram. Congrats and as always, great video! 🥳

I have a Ram 2500 Tradesman Heavy Duty we love it !

Merry CHRISTmas! Enjoy your truck and travels.

Welcome to the Ram Fam! I am basically on my third Dodge truck in 15 years. Had a Dakota for about 10, traded up to a 1500 in 2014, and then traded up to a 2500 diesel in 2018. We have the same bed setup that you do, but do not have a fifth wheel yet. Need to save up a bit more, and do some improvements in our yard first. I also like the B&W hitch that you have. That is what we will get when we get our trailer. Our 2500 is a Big Horn, so a small step up from yours, and it has the center front seat. What is really nice is all the cup holders these trucks have these days! Do not have to look too far for one. Enjoy both of your channels, and hope to see you in the great Pacific Northwest at some point. ✌️🤟🤘 and Merry Christmas! 🎄

I bought the same truck H.O Aisin trans 2019. I wanted a bit of overkill 10,000 lb. fifth wheel. Very happy with it. Killer on the hills.

that bump stop replacement is ingenious! I can imagine tho a big bump when your not loaded could be rough ridin'

Nice truck guys

Excellent choice of truck. I am not brand loyal, but my 3500 RAM (DRW) hauls my 16,000 pound 5th wheel without issue. I do occasionally exceed the CGVWR with full water, fuel and the toy garage loaded, but the truck takes it without issue.

good luck...you will need it with this truck

That is a vey nice truck. I enjoy your take on things, very logical, sensible and analytical all wrapped together. As far as determining if your truck can handle the load you have, I suggest heading to a CAT scale. I loaded up my truck and trailer as it is when we travel, and headed to the scale. I then measured the weight of truck and trailer fully set up, and then unhooked and measured the truck alone (I even convinced my wife to come along, so that my load was complete). This allowed me to know exactly how much weight is on each axle to ensure that I was not exceeding GVWR of either truck or trailer or combined. Also confirmed that I was not over payload on my truck and confirmed that I was not over loading either axle beyond its individual rating, nor was I overloading my hitch. In my case with a trailer instead of a fifth wheel, it also helped me confirm that my weight distribution hitch was properly set and transferring the right amount of weight to the front of the truck. I also like your choice of Timbrens. I added those to my tow vehicle and absolutely love them. As with yours they basically do not come into play when not loaded, and when loaded they really smooth things out nicely. Super easy to install and basically need never be looked at again...Simplicity at its best. As always, safe travels......

We have the 2500. We last weighed in at 22404. Just under our max load of 23083. Same engine and trans as yours. She pulled us up to Holbrook from Goodyear like a dream. Even got stuck behind Big Rigs in the Black Canyon. Had no problem accelerating right around them. But we are pushing the weight limit so we're upgrading to a 3500.

My 19 gas hemi with 3.92 towing 4500 # camper, I got 11 mpg with the air on. Haven't been able to duplicate since. Have a nice holiday!

B&W is a great company. We spent a lot of time traveling with Josh and Jessa Works back in the early Airstream days all over the US. B&W is Josh's father's business. The W in the name stands for this last name, Works. They really take good care of their community as well in rural Kansas. Glad you are happy with their product.

Man, this video was SO good for SO many reasons. So well done.

Thanks for the good info!!

Very very nice truck 👏🏻 love it! We have been partial to RAMS. We have had 3 in last 20 yrs and have been content and comfortable. We have family of6 ft to 6ft 7 and need leg room. Great ride. Great gas mileage! The last broke in truck we owned got 21 mpg diesel! This was while towing on interstate and we really couldn’t believe it. Yet to see that now but still happy with 18 mpg ! 👍. Oh! Ours is 250 not 350!!! We are jealous

Congrats on the new truck. Diesel 3500 trucks are super capable vehicles. Enjoy! I use the B&W Companion hitch to tow my Montana 5th wheel agree it is a great hitch. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Congratulations on the new pickup. Good choice! We have a ‘15 Cummins 3500 long bed (also gray) for our 5ver and we LOVE it. We had a ‘06 Powerstroke before that...no comparison. I think you will also be stoked with the fuel economy you’ll get. Thanks for the great videos!

After driving a Ram with my work, I went out and bought a new Tradesman for myself. Ram is the most comfortable for me ergonomically, and I’ve never been stuck or had a breakdown.

Great looking truck. Good explanation of your thought process. Now go put some miles on it.

My wife and I are curenty looking to get in to a ram 3500 cummins big horn. nice looking truck. thanks for the video.

Those Ram 3500s are good trucks. Glad you got the 8’ bed.

Never owned a Ram, but this thing looks legit! Nice work!

We love our Ram. I recently went from the companion slider to the Andersen. I’m happy with the decision so far. I do wish I went with a 3500 instead of a 2500 though. My #1 favorite thing is the exhaust brake. Also recently put a pac brake oil filter relocation kit and it was a pain to put on, but oil changes will be the best from now on!

The graphics you made up here are so simple Jared, valuable as always. Sent you a Linked In connection request today after my last video comment earlier also.

Before I got to the end of your video I figured you went with the 3500 so you would get the HO engine with the Aisin transmission. I would recommend getting that 68RFE serviced more than the book says to do so to make it last reliably as long as possible. Looks like a nice truck.

Reiterating the Tip for Ram Trucks (since I have one) - you are better off putting the EXACT VIN# of your truck into the Ram website to find its specific specs. My Ram is at the low end of the spectrum and lower than the generalized tables that Ram puts out. You can never go wrong with using your specific VIN! Thanks for the awesome video as always Jared!

Great choice Jared! 3500srw is what I'd buy too! I prefer the hemi and megacab (reclining seat). Up here in the salty north, I have my doubts with the def system.

Great informative video. I just did the same thing except to a 2019 Ford 250xl. No bells no whistles just duty, $$$$$$ vs $$$$. The first thing was to check for payload. I checked every door before even looking at the truck. My Dodge 1500 didn’t have the payload I needed (I thought it was enough). I went from 1200 to over 3000 and towing from 8000 to 12000. Way more than I need, my trailer is apx 800 hitch and 6200 loaded. Again, great video!!!!

Congrats on the new truck. Your buying needs is exactly how I look at it also. GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT ...............I got a new stove, refrigerator............still driving my 2006 Tundra though :( LOL!!! Someday there will be a nice new truck in the driveway.......I hope!!!! ;)

Great truck... love a good RAM!

Nice looking RAM

Nice... I drove from Las Vegas to Prescott to buy my 2018 Ram 2500 from York, and my experience was excellent as well.

Welcome to the Ram family !!! I have a tradesmen (st) 3500 cc drw I chose the tradesmen for the very reasons you did . I absolutely LOVE my truck !! I just pulled my 40 ft fifth wheel over a 1000 miles and I must say between the power and the exhaust brake it took nearly ALL the stress out of driving my rig ...I even feel confident enough to use the cruise control ..Im sure you will LOVE yours too !!! Once again Congrats

I believe the reason RV's must advertise unloaded pin weight is because your final pin weight will depend 100% on where the cargo weight is added in the trailer. Think about it, if you only put cargo weight behind the trailer axles, you'd actually *reduce* the pin weight! (and you'd create a death trap...)

Congrats! I hope it works for ya! I'm not a Dodge person, nothing but bad in my experiences. But good luck!!

i didn't know you can use the vin to find info on that specific truck FROM the manufacturer, cool!

That tradesman looks really nice. I'm gonna do something this next spring 2020. I have a 2500 silverado and need a 3500 for our 35' fifthwheel. Kinda a little under powered and a little over the gvwr. Lol.

The Rams do tow the best. I'm had all 3 Chevy Ford ram. Good move on the tradesmen 6th seat

Like how easier you expanded the key points of weight when purchasing a 5th wheel. We have a 2500 so we kept the pin weight in check and stayed with a Trademans for the 6th seat. Issue with 2500's is pin weight so we gave up auto leveling and other bells on the 5th for lower pin weight. If we continue with 5th wheels the 3500 single axle will be out next truck.

I am waiting to replace my 1992 Ford F350 Dually with 7.3 IDI. It only has 250K but it's a 5 spd with a gear splitter , turbo & special exhaust. I just tired of shifting gears :) But I am waiting for the 7.3 gas, on my budget the diesel is too much and I think DEF is a bad joke. Also diesel ranges from 30 to 50 cents per gallon more. I have owned 2 International 392's , this truck and a E350 van that I gave away with 650K and 5K hours of idling. Love the Cummins but not fond of Dodge. Chevy finally got it right with the Duramax after the disaster 6.2 & 6.5 diesels and the Allison is probably the best Trans. Great video and Bless You. Your wife's comment about what she thinks of boon docking in another video is classic :)

Well done. :-)) :-))

Hi Jared, So coming up on a year with your new truck I would love to hear a review on how it's all worked for you and if you ever regret not getting the HO w/ Aisin. Happy Holidays!

wow, thank you so much for this episode. Fawn and I are thinking of the same truck for our next one. On another note, one of my KZfaq bucket lists wishes is to either help you shoot an episode or collaborate someday. Congratulations, on the much needed and well-deserved upgrade.

Great to hear you bought local! As a RAM dealer myself that means a lot! We all want to offer the best deals and service.

Great choice, you'll love that truck. I'm surprised you didn't get the Andersen Ultimate hitch. Merry Christmas to you and the family.

you get get a big horn or even a Laramie with 6 seats. it's actually standard on most trims

The next time we test drive a truck we are going to take it to a CAT scale and get the unloaded rear axle load so we know exactly how much we can load on it. The Ram is a nice truck but we are pretty much settled on a GMC 3500 Denali SRW We will use the Anderson hitch though. Since I'm disabled we have to make sure my wife can remove it if necessary.

Great video, if it where me I would have still gone with the high output Cummins so you get the heavy duty Aisin transmission. I think the reason you didn't like you're air bags was you did not have a on board air compressor, I had Timbrens on my truck and thought they where great until I got a great deal on a air bag system with compressor. The ability to change the air bag pressure with the touch of a controller is they way to go, when the roads are bad you can adjust for those, and because the weight of the camper changes depending on how it's loaded especially if you have a toy hauler being able to adjust the bags with the on board compressor just makes air bags better than Timbrens.

I just bought a 3500 after much research and it makes me even more confident in my decision to hear you did. But I thought I saw a video recently of you touting the Anderson hitch....why the change?

Beautiful truck! Congrats. I'd double check the comment about the Rams VIN checker. It doesn't give you accurate payload for that particular vehicle. I have used it many times when shopping for my RAM, ND it just goes my model, not individual truck with all it's options. Super confusing.

We love our 2018 Ram 2500 tradesman crewcab cummins. I recently had it deleted and gained power and fuel milage as well as 450 lbs of cargo capacity. Plus I got rid of all of the emissions junk that kills these diesel motors.

Liked the video before I watched it as soon as I saw it was a Ram, lol. 👍🏾

We just got a cummins the day before thanksgiving. Love it, coming from a 2017 6.4 HEMI. What running boards do you have on that bad boy?

Yes, you should have watched Scotty's channel on the Dodge Ram. The one thing about the Dodge is that their frames tweak really easy. The pay load info is also not accurate at all. All your pay load info also consists of what weight rated tires you have on said vehicle. When it comes to an air ride system, they are very easy to maintain. I am a diesel mechanic on class 8 tractor/ trailers and all you have e to do is get a 12v air compressor with a reserve air tank and plum in an air ride leveling valve. This has an adjustable link that you can adjust for appropriate ride settings when hooked to camper or empty. Ram is also bad for transmission and differential issues. Merry Christmas and best of luck with the Dodge

I have the 2018 RAM 3500 with the Cummins and the 8’ bed LOVE MY TRUCK. Drove all the way to Homer AK and then to Maine. No problems. Super comfortable. Engine breaks are the best.

You can get that 6th seat on all trim levels through Laramie.

Jared, great video. I am looking at the RAM 3500 for my RVing needs as well. Did you option up to the 50 gallon fuel tank that is available on the 8" bed units? If not, does the normal 32 gallon tank get you far enough down the road between fill ups? I guess this is a fuel mileage question, lol.

Great informative video! You talked about hills. Have you tried her 8n the mountains? How does the engine break serve you?

Enjoyed the video. You didn't really say why you got the Ram. I'll bet at three one tons would tow just fine.

Nice wish we had done the research prior to buying our truck. Salesman was like "Yeah itll do that" Not what we got...🤦‍♀️

Nice truck! I’m looking at getting a 3500 Ram or GMC but, I was leaning towards a dually. What made you go SRW vs DRW?

We have three 17-18 Ram's they've had a warning come on in the info screen service anti lock brakes. All three went in and we had to replace the anti lock motor. It's past 36K so the repair is on our dime. It should be a recall!!!! so I will save the receipts for just in case they do recall it. It's been 2 weeks for the truck that is in now!! Trailer warning light on dash comes on AFTER you drop your trailer. DUH Dodge!!!

lol, as long you are happy with it, that's all that matters

Are you guys based out of Prescott? We moved to Prescott in March 2019 and love it.

The best thing you did was get the 8ft. bed on your truck. I have the 6ft6in bed on mine and everytime we use it I miss the bed bed everytime.......................

hello i know this video is a few months old but i like how you explained things.we are a retired couple and we will be purchasing a 2006 31 foot,overall lenght 34 feet,weight 9250 pounds,pin weight 1881 pounds,now we can only afford a used truck,currently we have a F150,no good of course,in used and we are Canadian so things might be different we can only afford $10,000 to spend,given the weights on the trailer what do you think would be best in a used truck,3/4 or 1 ton dually..diesel or gas

Nice truck. Was that filmed at Dogtown south of Williams?

I wish dealerships would let you hook up your trailer to their truck and test drive it towing.

I wish