Re: TOWING WITH 2012 2500 RAM HEMI 4 X 4 QUESTIONS??
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ive heard guys complain about the rear springs squatting more than they thought it should...
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Re: TOWING WITH 2012 2500 RAM HEMI 4 X 4 QUESTIONS??
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11/25/12 02:33 AM
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I've got a 2010 2500 HEMI with 3.73 gears. Bone Stock 15.60 in the 1/4 It gets: 10-12 around town 17 empty @70mph 12 towing my open trailer and Dart @70mph with a bed full of crap. Good truck, plenty of power but most of it is up higher rpm's, so its going to downshift. Towing to one track we climb through several mountain passes, It likes to climb those hills about 4K rpm in 3rd gear to maintain 70mph up the grade. No complaints. Yes I wish I had a diesel, for the simple fact you could throw anything bhind it and not think twice. But for me, and the driving I do, financially it doesn't make sense. You've got to put a ton of miles on one or tow big heavy loads to ever see the return. Tell the dealer you want to hook a trailer to it for the test drive
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Re: TOWING WITH 2012 2500 RAM HEMI 4 X 4 QUESTIONS??
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11/25/12 09:31 AM
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ive got a 05 daytona 1500 4wd i tow my 68 charger on a open trailer ,it gets about 13.2 mpg in the hills of pa and on the highway 1/2 city and 1/2 highway not 2 bad i don't think , if i put a controller on it i heard it will pick a 2-3 mpg oh ya thats at 75mph from pgh to detroit
606 hemi pump gas best 9.60 at 142mph on motor 05 hemi daytona 1500 go-mango 4wd quadcab 2007 hotrod mag pump gas drags runner up, roadkill nights dodge big tire winner 2018 2019 back to back
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Re: TOWING WITH 2012 2500 RAM HEMI 4 X 4 QUESTIONS??
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11/25/12 10:01 AM
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It gets: 10-12 around town 17 empty @70mph 12 towing my open trailer and Dart @70mph with a bed full of crap.
Good truck, plenty of power but most of it is up higher rpm's, so its going to downshift. Towing to one track we climb through several mountain passes, It likes to climb those hills about 4K rpm in 3rd gear to maintain 70mph up the grade.
This is almost exactly what my 05 1500 4x4 Hemi with 3.92's gets. 12 in town, 16-17 unloaded on the freeway, 11-12 with either a 3000# enclosed or 4000# open trailer.
'18 Ford Raptor, random motorcycles, 1968 Plymouth Fury III - 11.37 @ 118
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Re: TOWING WITH 2012 2500 RAM HEMI 4 X 4 QUESTIONS??
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11/25/12 06:41 PM
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My 2010 is has the same engine 383hp, 400tq. It still has the older 545RFE which is a 5 speed, with 6 gears (there are two different 2nd gears, one for up shifting, one for down/passing.
I heard rumors of an 8 speed for 2013?
-Dustin 67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi 68 Barracuda 340 F/SA
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