I am going to look at a 2004 Ram 3500 Dually with a Hemi. I have a 8' pickup camper (2000 lb) that we stay in and pull a open trailer but am planning on getting a enclosed trailer. Do the Hemi's have decent tow power? Diesels are to exspensive to buy and maintain and they dont start good in these minnesota -30F winters. The track is 100 miles one way from my house so I normally arent going to far but I have a 2003 Ford f-250 7.3 diesel short box with air bags and just doesnt seem like enough truck for this setup.

I'll be following this, as I want to go this route as well.

Yes... tow power is more than decent... but not up to a Cummins. The camper plus open should be easy. The enclosed will give it a workout, especially in head winds. As long as you don't want to fly up hills it should be fine. Expect fuel mileage in the low teens when towing.

had a 2004 1500 that i pulled a box trailer with in the mtns of TN AND NC that thing was a difference and night and day compared to my 01 1500 i had no problems at all just a plain littel hot rod that love to run and pull long since traded it for a cummins dulley just becuase it was a good deal on the truck the hemi and pulling wasnt the issue

Low teens would be more then awsome for milage. The 8' camper in our 6 1/2 ft short box just makes it hard to hook trailers on and all that wait hanging out the back is just to much.

my 04 1500 got 12-13 mpg pulling Elvis from south FL to Cordova, Il on a 22 hr trip. power was fine, the truck was a handful though pulling a 28 footer

Your Powerstroke makes more torque than the Hemi will. I think I would keep what you got and make some changes more to your liking.

I too have an '04 4wd Hemi and have pulled a 24' enclosed trailer with my Hemi Barracuda inside and a 28' enclosed trailer which was taller than the standard trailer with the same car inside. I went from Indy to Columbus, Ohio both times and didn't have any problems. Didn't check the gas mileage because I didn't care, I figured it got what it got. The Cummins diesel would be far superior but for my daily work truck the Hemi does just fine. Hey, does that Hemi have a Hemi? Yup.

04 1500 4x4 hemi 24 ft enclosed

I will still have the Ford. I have 5000 lb air bags in it, Edge programmer and 10 ply tires. It sways and doesnt seem to have any weight on the front tires.

Had a 2005 Hemi 4wd.Towed a 32ft trailer from Toledo,ohio to KC,Mo.Towed ok,it was the stoping that was hard.

I've got an '03 Ram long bed DRW. We carry an 11ft camper in the 8ft bed while towing an 18ft open trailer.

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Had a 04 4x4 with Hemi, pulling 26 foot enclosed on flat Mich. roads, 8-10 is the max I ever got. Low teens is dreaming.

I currently have the 06 Ram 2500 4x4 hemi, use it as a tow vehicle and daily driver/work truck.. The truck itself weighs in at just over 7000 lbs empty.. With work stuff, its easily close to 8000...

Towing the Duster in a 24' enclosed trailer, I have easily towed over 10,000 miles in these short 4+ years of ownership..

The power of the hemi while towing can easily pass any slower vehicle and on most hills, we can keep a steady 55 mph while on cruise control.. For the large mountain grades, you do have to crank up the motor to keep up speed, but I dont think I have ever slowed to less that 45 mph on the steepest grades..

Gas mileage is dissapointing.. empty on the freeway, it gets 13-14 mpg.. around town loaded with work stuff, its a solid 10 mpg.. towing on flat land we can squeak out low 12's, but towing up n down the mountains we're lucky to get 8!!

All I can say is I wish I had a Cummins.. but I dont, so would I buy another Ram hemi?? heck yeah..

I have a 2004 Hemi ram 1500 I installed 4.56 in the rear. tows great

I would think a cummins is a better choice but at least your looking at a 3500 dually. You'll like the way it tows, handling and stopping . Can't say about mileage, my cummins gets about twelve with the 28 footer loaded at 70 mph.

Well I picked it up yesterday.

My Charger will look better towed by A Dodge rather then A ford!


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I have a 8ft bed '03 2500 hemi. It tows pretty good. With an open trailer and the barracuda loaded I get 14 - 15mpg. I just brought the new 28' enclosed home last weekend empty and it towed nicely although I did keep it out of overdrive. We'll see how she does loaded up!