Need to tow a mobile home? Hell, need to tow a home that’s not mobile (yet)? Here’s your rig. For 2016, the Ram 3500 is rated to tow a monstrous 31,210 pounds, 1210 pounds more than the 2015 Ram 3500 and a mere 10 pounds more than Ford’s F-450 pickup, the tow rating of which stands at “just” 31,200 pounds. What’s better than the bragging-rights war? Winning it, even if only by the weight of your Aunt Margaret’s cocker spaniel.
-The Ram’s increase was made possible in part by upping the number of bolts on the rear-axle ring-gear hardware (from 12 to 16, if you must know) on versions equipped with the 11.8-inch rear axle, as well as by using a stronger differential-case material. Also helping matters is a 35 lb-ft increase in torque for the 6.7-liter Cummins inline-six diesel engine, bringing the total to a nice, even 900 lb-ft (also bragging-rights material). The latter boost was made possible by recalibrated fuel-delivery and turbo-boost settings, Ram says.
-Ram is also boasting the highest payload for a pickup: 7390 pounds for the 2016 Ram 3500 equipped with the 6.4-liter Hemi V-8. All claims are made using SAE J2807 testing criteria, which we explain in detail here.
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Ram probably won’t hold onto the title for long, as we expect Ford to attempt to leapfrog Ram when it introduces its aluminum-intensive 2016 Super Duty pickups later this year. Stay tuned, and should you want to start loosening the foundations of your house, well, that’s up to you.
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