First Time with 2025 Ram 1500 Towing! Is Hurricane Any Good?
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- We got our first time with the 2025 Ram 1500 towing. Is the new standard output Hurricane any good? Publisher Tim Esterdahl takes it for a spin.
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Make sure you check out the price comparison between Big Horn and Laramie. It is shocking! th-cam.com/video/5xbIpInXEkU/w-d-xo.html
Some people have already pointed out the cooling system has slot of plastics already. Dorman is going to make a killing with cooling system upgrades.
$83k for a base Laramie.... Looks like Ram will be rolling out $25k off MSRP to move these.
The Laramie he is driving is 83k. Actually it is 81400. Because it doesnt actually have the sunroof they had in the price. A base 4x4 Laramie is like 64.. pretty in line with previous year but many more standard features... But the one he is driving has advanced safety and handsfree driving assist. 4 k and 4k respectively. If you want hands free price will skyrocket
That’s not a base Laramie but yea the price is absurd I bought a 5th gen 2019 base Laramie for 39600 new. Sticker was 54k. This literally is stickered at double what I paid
@@johnmorris77 everything is more expensive now a days, but the HDs are the worst. Had a 2020 3500 Laramie 69000msrp I had 2 2022 3500 Laramie one ordered right at the beginning of the model year MSRP 76, ordered an identical one towards the end of the model year 88k.... SAME MODEL year.... 10k more. The 2024 I got, 101650...
@@clayolson8606 yea that’s absolutely ridiculous. 1 month ago I bought a duramax Zr2 sticker was 75k and I paid like 67800. And everyone on here was saying the Zr2 is way to expensive and I kept saying no it’s actually a pretty good deal if you look at the rebel and tremor and trd pro it’s the best truck for the money right now
As the price sky rockets so do the rebates.
$20k more than my 2022 Laramie optioned similarly. Holy hell.
In 2019 I bought my Ram Longhorn here in 🇨🇦. Price was $68100.00 before taxes. Ya prices are nuts
my 2022 Power Wagon (loaded) was 71K, 2024...84K
Yeah, 2025 laramies are already selling for under 60K at the dealerships..
My 2020 Ram 1500 Laramie 5.7 Hemi 4x4 with 392 gears does better Gas Mileage towing and around town that that new one...and it's not recommending high octane gas in mine either...
To your point additionally, yours is a
V8 and you're still getting equivalently better mileage and performance, therefore the ridiculous price hike in the cost of the newer truck is unwarranted and not justifiable at all. Give us a better performing transmission, maybe more reliable turbo technology with a longer-termed warranties especially if the manufacturer is going to jack up the price like they have still try to justify supply shortages as an issue, therefore I cannot see endorsing this new truck at this price point., IMO
This was figured on the old 12v and 24v turbo Cummins trucks. Once your above like 10 or 12 pounds of boost mpg suck. When you use boost your mpg are in the crap house happens to all engines boosted.
As a RAM owner, I feel really disappointed with these engines. I have a Bighorn Lone star 5.7 2022 and I will not change the HEMI for Hurricane.
The hemi does not have the low end torque of the hurricane.
Like most turbos you probably won’t save a lot of fuel if you like to put your foot into it. It will have a better emission rating due to the smaller displacement. I’ll miss the hemi sound. Beautiful truck.
I totally agree the turbo 6's don't get any better mileage than V8's unless you baby them. The #'s look great on the chassis dyno EPA test but in real world no better on fuel and often worse. Time will tell how the reliability is but the turbo 6's are more expensive, more complicated and more expensive to fix so unless you tow at high altitude I'm not really sure what the benefit is???
Nothing gets good fuel efficiency if you floor it
@@spinedoc893 the benefit is effortless towing
@@paulhunter9613 AND EXTREMELY SMOOTH!!
@@1gr8oil 👍
So im looking at a very well equipped 24 chevy 2500hd gasser at $65000. Why would anyone pay 83k for a half ton pickup?
Agreed. Price is ridiculous!
These half ton trucks aren't worth buying anymore. My 2022 F-250 Lariat with the Godzilla gas motor was $62,000 with tax, and after incentives.
Get what u pay for. Chevys burn oil. ALL OF THEM
@@fozzybear9114 yep
@@fozzybear9114230000 miles on my 07 vortecMax 6.0 and no oil is added between scheduled oil changes. You are absolutely wrong!! Apologize!!
Interesting truck. Don't like the price. I will be curious to see how they hold up with time and miles. As a former mechanic, Im usually quite skeptical of anything new. Give them 3 to 5 years and see how they hold up.
Your a mechanic? Then you should understand that Ram has greatly improved. Hemi and ZF transmission is solid since the last few years. Data shows there best in reliability so that says a lot. Ya they have there quarks and issues but so does Ford and GM. Ford has the highest record breaking call backs. But like anything. No maintence,then things don’t last.
@ramrider1453 You are correct the ZF 8 speed is a good transmission and has been around a while. I have no issues with that. Anytime a new engine platform is brought to the marketplace there are always bugs to be worked out. Anyone who thinks the auto manufacturers are looking out for the consumers best interests hasn't worked in a dealership. The only thing auto the manufactures care about is your new vehicle lasting until the warranty is expired. Then, planned obsolescence can take it's toll so you can buy another new vehicle.
@@H2ODiver_Down Your right on that. Hurricane will take time to prove out for sure. I was mostly thinking of the Hemi and it’s reliability. Theoretically the straight six should be a well designed engine but only real world tests will prove that out. 👍
That LCD screen in the center of the dash looks like an afterthought. Makes me laugh. Good job Dodge!
If they can shoehorn this engine into a Wrangler/Gladiator it would be REALLY nice 👍
They coulda done it years ago with the Hemi and chose not to. I wouldn’t count on it in the future.
@@jayray274 Hemi was too heavy. Not worth it.
The hemi is an optional engine on wranglers.
@@DusdaddyI guess, I just don’t think 266 lbs would make a huge change in payload.
@jayray… and @Dusdaddy 😃 So what engine do you guys think is in the 392 Rubicon Wrangler?
Wow! Now I don’t have to wonder on the inline 6. Awesome thank you
I don’t get all the hate for turbos, I’ve been around turbocharged engines for over 50 years and never had one go bad. I’ve heard of a few going bad, it’s bound to happen with anything that turns high rpm’s. An in-line 6 cylinder with turbo is a decades old recipe. I currently have a machine with a in-line 7 cylinder with compound turbos factory built.
Some folk just have to complain about something. Chrysler is not forcing anyone to purchase their products. Most of these people couldn’t have been around during the late 70s, early 80s-90s. Most of the V8s were gone and turbo 6s & 4s were being sold.
Did they get rid of the daytime running lights on the lower trims? Also, incandescent taillights, wow. Huge step backwards.
I don't recall them talking about daytime running lights at all. I've checked all the information they sent me and I don't have any details on DRLs.
@@Pickuptrucktalk thanks Tim. Appreciate the video, especially covering the bighorn.
@@PickuptrucktalkIf it’s Sold in Canada it’s a requirement usually the automaker will keep that component consistent here as well.
Ill keep my 23 Nissan Titan Pro-4x 5.6 V8!!
I mean.... you probably SHOULDNT buy a new truck every year.
Hands down my favorite product
It's all i recommend to my customers
Just bought 2025 lone star sst 3.0L. Towed my RV 7000lbs. Did pretty good. 👍 Are you using the 3.6L sst?
This video was the same engine you have.
Interesting that the payload is less than the Tundra. I didn't see anyone complaining about it like they did when you had the Tundra. What was the max tow?
11,300.
Not a Tundra w/ rear air. 1400lbs is respectable, considering the options and air suspension.
Great video. But $83K for a mid-level RAM😮. I wonder what the noise level inside the cab is at highway speeds with those huge towing mirrors?
Funny you mention that. I heard some wind noise and I should have said that on camera.
Its mostly how this one was spec'd out. Ramboxes and air suspension are $5000 alone.
@@hellkitty1014 OK but then you’re talking $78K for a mid-level 1/2 ton. In ‘23 I bought a GMC SIERRA SLT 1500 4x4 with the 3 liter diesel, multifunction tailgate, 2-speed transfer case, x-31 off road package, SLT preferred and convenience packages for $65K. This was considered a mid-level truck. In 2019 I looked at a RAM1500 Laramie also well specked out and it was like $52K. Yikes🤔
@@Pickuptrucktalk And you weren’t traveling at highway speeds.
83k for Laramie? now I'm laughing LOL
I paid 39,600 for a 5th gen 2019 Laramie 4x4 crew cab… sticker was 54k I wouldn’t even consider paying 80k+ for the same truck with a new motor.
Tim out of all the trucks you have just drove or even bought witch one is your favorite
Good concise video.
Thanks.
Just crazy how both the Laramie and rebel are now the same price as the new tungsten did they not think about how dumb that is that makes the tungsten a better buy especially with the H.O SST. Just crazy really messing up in my opinion this will affect the sales.
In you ZR2 diesel video, 1432lbs of payload was a top 5 "dislike". That was for an off-road truck. This street/towing optioned Ram has 1423lbs of payload and you simply gloss over it, without comment. Hmm.... Also, $83k?!?!?!
Launch event. You should look up the (ex)-car journalist’s video about his Volkswagen launch event experience. I forgot the channel’s name. Launch event and negative comments don’t mix or that was your last launch event.
I read that article and that guy was full of shit. We all made fun of his stupidity.
I glossed it over because there is a TON of information to cover at these events, nothing more than that. You just don't have the time to cover things as well as you'd like.
When I get it for a press loan or I buy one, I'll have more time to discuss payload numbers and a host of other things I missed.
Ok I stand corrected but I still have a hard time thinking of a single launch event video of any channel of any brand where a single negative comment is mentioned about any aspect of the vehicle in review.
What I found was that you better read between the lines. Some channels might do a damn with faint praise comment. Or an understatement, like, “Maybe this new Tacoma doesn’t have a vastly improved rear seat legroom “. 😃 Nobody will say at the Tacoma launch event:”This rear seat leg room is terrible.” And that’s fine. You don’t sh$t on the carpet at a the host’s house if you are an invited guest in good company, either.
@@is6566 it's not that you can't say anything negative. I've left many launch events and didn't love the vehicle and I've said it on camera.
Instead, it is more of information overload. You are bombarded with an hour plus of presentations and then boom you get to drive for less than 2 hours in most cases.
Like with this event. Presentation didn't get over until 10 am, then we drove to lunch, ate and were back in the bus by 3 pm. You have to film interior, exterior, do a towing demo, off-road portion, TH-cam shorts, photos, etc...
Its a LOT. You don't have time to really critique things because you are focusing on everything that is new and different.
I did say I didn't like the tow mirrors that much in this video. So I got one critique in. I also have another video that just went live discussing how the H/O engine is fun, but not something I'd pay for because of the premium fuel requirement.
So I did offer some critiques. The big thing to remember is if every review is OMG this is AMAZING that's not really helpful to viewers OR the automakers. The automakers are far more interested in what I don't like versus what I do. They can fix what I don't IF I tell them what I don't like. You can't fix what you don't know is broken as the saying goes.
@@Pickuptrucktalk I get it. I was just fresh off watching that video obviously. Lol. It's all good. Enjoy your content.
I have found almost all the electronic dash for the MPG is never accurate. Always need for manually calculating the MPG
Are you in Canada? Because the Tungsten starts at 87k. Here
Nope. Nebraska.
A 3 Camshaft engine. Wow
Understand people the knew Hurricane engine only has more horsepower than the current 5.7 hemi engine when the turbos are spooling when the turbos are not spooling this inline 6 is making less power HP an TQ than the 5.7 V8 therefore to make power you will be making the turbos spool more sucking up more gas. it is not a better engine for towing but better on gas for daily driving
2025 is already out in early 2024?
Why dont you tow a Grey Hound Bus? Who has a air stream may be plane!
Wow it costs double what I paid for my home.
Ain't no way i'd pay that!
$83k 😮😮😮 don’t think so!!
I'm hearing a bit of a growl there, not as deep, but there.
Did they have an older 5.7 there so you could compare ? If not, i think i know the reason .
Nope. What's your thought on the reason?
Reviewers might find that overall the six is not an improvement ?@@Pickuptrucktalk
@@rodgoodI suppose. A lot of manufacturers bring the past model to test drive at events.
Honestly, I wouldn't have had time to drive it. I completely missed the off-road portion, for example, due to filming other stuff and a massive headache. Just what it was.
@@rodgood If you can get almost the same hp with a 6 as you can with an 8 cylinder, that means the 8 cylinder is wasting almost ¼ of the gas you bought.
So the Six will get 25% better fuel economy ?@@garysarratt1
$82,000 dollars! 😂😂😂😂
a 6.4 would get better gas milage than 10
ILL STICK WITH MY 5.7 V8 REBEL GT ON MY TH-cam CHANNEL THATS CUSTOMIZED 🎉🎉😊😊😊
Why didn't they make the new engine E-85, with E-85 you get high octane for less than 87 octane price.
I'm seeing more brands move away from E-85 myself.
Ram has best interior. Not close. Best tranny. Not close. Now probly best motor
83 GRAND..... Nice truck but not a chance in hell on that ridiculous price.
all my ram does is break down 2019
Keep the cameras and lower the price.
Overpriced Unreliable Ram Junk
$83,000 for a Fiat? Lol
Another overpriced junk chrysler product.....Just a matter of time before the engine locks up from lack of oil when you cant check the oil level.
83k for a pos dodge, wow how things have changed. Thanks covid
depreciation is a bitch ,so is the warranty have fun rolling over your trade in. these truck don't hold value at all .wasting your money.
$83,000 bwhahahahahahaha no thanks
83k is retoded . Only a idiot would pay that
Dont change the transmission. The zf 8 speed has the perfect amount of gears plus its reliable and smooth. No weird shifts or hunting!
ZF transmission is god sent
A "Chrysler" product with European turbos, what could possibly go wrong...
the zf8hp is the best mass produced auto trans on the market...if its good enough for a RR and many other high end brands then it def holds up in these trucks...its been around for over 10 yrs and they are solid...i wish they kept the TRX and also gave this night vision off the wagoneer and the anti glare high beams that are now finally legal here esp for $80k...other than that its a nice truck...
I have had 2 vehicles with this trans. I like it.
Your right on that. People need to understand that the Hemi and ZF trans is a perfect power plant. That’s the only reason I bought the Ram. For back in the day I wouldn’t touch them. Now Ram is the most reliable truck 5 years standing. Ya they have there issues but I will take those known issues compared to the Ford n GM issues. Love the truck…
@@ramrider1453Hemi is just an old school engine, not bad, nothing special. But the ZF is unreal
As Tim said the smaller displacement turbo charged engines are here to stay.
It has absolutely nothing to do with what you want. It is about what the government wants for you. The government is penalizing the auto industry via fines in the millions of dollars for not meeting fleet emissions standards. This means that most large displacement engines are toast.
Until that changes this is just the beginning of the undesirable changes coming our way.
Yup.
Millions? Stellantis has paid Tesla over 2.5 billion since 2017 buying their unused CAFE emission’s credits just to keep producing hemi’s. That doesn’t even touch the fines they’ve been paying on top of what they couldn’t cover with the BS government allocated credits. It’s also how Tesla has managed to stay profitable. They don’t hardly make any money selling cars. They satisfy the government’s ignorant definition of “carbon emissions”, and can do with their credits as they please. So they sell them to other auto makers. It’s a really weird system.
Nice quick review. Incidentally, while you noted the weights on the Airstream, was confused when didn't match up with the 23 or 25 Flying Cloud. Enlarged to full screen and froze video. In the bottom corner of that label, you had a 2024 25FB TradeWind, which Airstream introduced this year. That is a sweet trailer. Length is 26 ft 2in. Stated tongue weight is 725lbs (usually low - loaded probably in the 850-950 range) which subtracts directly from the 1423lb payload of the Ram...which is really the issue with half ton towing. You run out of payload way before you run out of towing capacity.
Yup, payload is a much bigger concern than towing capacity.
Nope I will keep my hemi they can have this twin turbo night mare
1400 pounds of payload? 4 passengers and that airstream tongue weight and you are way over payload.
You can’t have any passangers with that payload.
Tongue weight loaded is going to be 800-1200 lbs depending on how you load and hook up the trailer
So 200-600 pounds of people and stuff in the truck.
For anything over 5,000 pounds, I would get a 3/4-1 ton. The half tons can tow a lot, but they don’t have the payload to carry a lot of people and stuff in the truck while towing the higher weights.
@@AJourneyOfYourSoul bingo….
@@rockyjay55 exactly
Insane price. Hold tight all, Stallantis will have no choice but to give back some money/gifts cause these trucks will pile up at dealers.
The Ram looks dated. I'd say that the complete body style update is behind by about six years because of the slow updates from Ram.
Almost $90,000 for this truck??? Wow
I like how people get crazy about the price, it's just the sticker price. No one pays sticker unless they are drunk rich, and that does happen. For everyone else, you pay $30K below sticker on this truck...you will see.
My 6.4 hemi 2500 never got that bad of mpg towing a 30ft brick camper... or car or truck on a open car trailer or anything ever and we have mountains everywhere here in western Montana. Also enjoy trying to fix all those cameras and sensors and crap when it breaks. I switched to this truck after a 2011 5.7 and it never got that bad of mpg and can't really tell the difference in ride from that leaf spring truck to this cool spring truck... just a placebo to sell more flimsy trucks (control arm bushings are made of play dough or something in the leaf spring trucks).
8speed is a great transmission
Correct. With a 10 spd you are not using the top 2 to 3 gear ratios anyway.
Agree. We have RAM trucks in our fleet, over 70 of them...and we've never had an issue with one of them. Our guys beat the daylight out of these trucks and the entire fleet of trucks has held up amazingly and the transmissions have been bulletproof.
@@onthethrottle7104Same with the contractors at my work. That’s why I went with Ram. I seen it up and close how well Ram held up. Now the early years had there issues and to many. It will take time before people see that they picked up there game on reliability.
$83 k for what? More dumb screens and zero V8. Dumb ass crap…. Yet people keep giving these fools money and buying this will not promote these manufactures to deliver what the market wants
Not going to make me upset. However, anything with a turbo short of a large diesel is simply junk (having owned quite a few turbocharged “wife” cars). Let alone for towing! They simply dont last.
And I’ll bet you $50 that just like the new Tundra, to replace a turbo on that will require a cab-off! Great while under warranty, break out the wallet if you’re past the warranty period.
Good luck !
So glad I just bought a work truck leftover 2023 Ram 2500 HD 6.4 V8 single cab 8’ bed Tradesman that I can work , plow snow with , & tow 14K with for $48K lmfao 😂. You can keep that overpriced 1500 turbo !
Nice having tow mirrors when you are towing large enclosed trailers. Helps with blind spots. Especially if you don't have a truck with trailer blind spot monitoring.
You probably won't see many of these on the road at that price! It blows my mind anyone would spend that much for that truck. These are going to rott on dealer lots until they offer huge discounts. I feel sorry for anyone paying that much, they will get nailed on resale value.
Tim thanks for showing some towing! Look forward to seeing yours soon.
So that's the SO? Would love to see you run this with the HO - this new inline 6 is great.
Nice truck. Sad to see the HEMI V8 option go. I prefer V8s in my trucks but thats just me. I think RAM is going to alienate a lot of traditional V8 truck buyers. Crazy high price but inflation is going nuts despite what the government wants you to believe.
$80,000 and you didn’t even get a sun roof
The straight six should've been a 4.0 instead, To handle the power 🤦🏽♂️
Unfortunately the USA govt dictates what these company's can build. That's big govt for you.
In 1990 I had a 2500 series Chevy with a 350 engine, 400TH transmission and 3.73 axle ratio. I was pulling a 29' Jayco travel trailer with a loaded weight of about 7000 lbs; consistent towing MPG of 10. Is this truck really an advantage?
I doubt you were towing all that at 85 miles an hour down the highway. That’s the big difference between trucks today and trucks from 30 years ago.
The thing that you have to remember is that the reason your old truck was able to do that is because emissions standards were much lower back then. All these new turbo engines got developed not because the manufacturers were striving for better MPG's, but because it was the only way to meet tougher emissions standards. I would really be interested to see what kind of MPG's they could get if they used modern tech without having to worry about emissions...
@SuperSnakePlissken not ideal to tow any trailer at 85 mph . Most trailer manufacturers will also tell you that
lol overpriced by 40%
No truck is worth 83k no matter what it comes with let alone a dodge/Stellantis product.
Sounds better than ecoboost but no v8
Watched your last vid with this truck and thought i heard 3:95 rear end ratio. With that wont matter what engine mileage will be poor because of rpm's. Could be a talking point for another vid?
I find it interesting that GM told me rear axle ratio doesn't matter for MPG and Ram tells me the opposite. I think it comes down to the transmission with extra gears for GM. They can basically mirror the performance of a 3.92 rear axle with the additional gearing while Ram still offers it.
Good thought on a video.
@@Pickuptrucktalk3.0 LZO duramax with max tow has 3.73:1 gear ratio and gets 1 mpg better than the 3:42:1 gear ratio on Hwy. Has everything to do with how the transmission is tuned for the new LZO with the 3:73 max tow.
The engine doesn’t sound bad at all. Is that the natural sound or is it some piped in shenanigans? lol
Natural.
Ram is NOT a premium brand 83k you can not just flip a switch and start charging 20k more for a pickup that is subpar anyway. Looks like another bankruptcy is coming in the near future.
Have you seen a felt the quality of the limited Longhorn in comparison to the other brands the interiors in opinion are on level if not better than the Cadillac Escalades. They are by far the best top trim interiors than the rivals.
@@CBurns-x8v look at overall build quality squeaky interior panels doors fitment. While the interiors are stunning and look good if it rattles and squeaks on the inside I’m not interested in the product.
@@goldgulfcoastdesignericsho8628, you know what you have a valid point on that. I agree in part because just about 6 months ago we purchased a 23’ Porsche Panamera GTS and the build quality is remarkable. Nothing rattles or shakes, prior to that had a 21’ Full Size Range Rover and build is good, but not as good as one would think. The one thing I will say is I haven’t really paid attention to the other truck manufacturers maybe because I’m naive in the sense I know the builds are all going to be subpar, but what should I look at GMC or Chevy?
@@CBurns-x8v honestly I shopped all big 3 and wasn’t liking any of them fit and finish wise looks are amazing but not worth the stupid price for what you get. Currently I’m looking at the new Tundra right now and I’m intrigued and interested I have driven them with zero rattling and squeaks. Time will tell.
EPA killed the V8. I'm skeptical of the turbo 6, but the I6 design should be a huge improvement over the v6 especially when trying to turbo one. I think Dodge has a good chance at a winner here. But there's no replacement for displacement. An itty bitty 3.0L engine working hard it's whole life just isn't going to last. Which makes 83k amortize over too short a duration. This truck will run you broke. Avoid!
There are some serious issues here they never addressed from out going model. Those payload numbers are horrible. 1400 lbs - 700 lb hitch weight - 300 lbs of fuel weight leaves only 400 lbs of weight for passengers and gear. I’m 280 lbs so no gear or passengers for me. Bad design with no substance for an inflated price.
I have a 2023 GMC Sierra AT4 3.0I6 Duramax. I like the RAM interior but I prefer the horizontal display in the GMC/ Chevy over the vertical display in the RAM.
Said by no one that owns one
Agreed. Horizontal is preferred. The top portion is all that is used so it's like a low-end Nissan with a 8" screen.
@user-hw9lm1lf9n No, it does not 24+ MPG and great low end torque. Even in the city I get over 20MPG. Do you own a 3.0I6?
@turner… Of course he doesn’t. He wouldn’t say that if he would have one. According to every review and real owner experience the 3.0 is probably the best engine in the half ton market and that includes the 5.0 Ford V8 that I have. Today I would buy the baby Duramax instead.
@user-hw9lm1lf9nany dodge engine sucks.
Russia Makes Better Strong Trucks. To Big to Fail times has to come to a END FordChevyDodge * Give Us a GAZ Sadko 4x4 Pickup Truck or a GAZ Trailmaster.
Their prices are just astronomical asinine!! They are already having hard time selling trucks and now they are upping the price even more.
I still miss the days when power steering, power brakes & A/C was an option. And you could actually roll a basketball under the front bumper😂
That engine sound sounds almost like a V8
What’s funny is right now u can get a 24 Laramie for less than the bighorn you’re buying. Hell I bet u get a limited for less. The new engine and bigger grill not worth it…
Ram didn’t do enough, they will continue begging people to buy for 10-20k under msrp
Tow mirrors are very important when you’re towing .Sure safety technology helps but don’t rely on that.
I've said it in other videos, & I'll say it again -- I'm not getting why the mpg's that reviewers are recording (even hand-calc'd) are so low... 1/2 of the epa rating while towing?? You're joking, right? I'd expect that truck right there (with a 5.7L hemi) to get at least 13mpg doing 65mph in the oregon mountains. I'll wait till the end of the video, but people's towing mpg expectations are really really low these days 🙄🙄
I get that number after the massive towing test I put out.
A V8 HEMI towing and a turbo engine towing will behave drastically different for mpg. The turbo will drop way more than the NA V8. Any turbo will do this ie the Tacoma turbo 4 at TFL had half the mpg when towing.
He was doing more start/stopping type of towing in this review. A constant speed on the interstate of 65mph should bring up the mpgs
I don't think it helps when you reset the mpg to zero and then idle for 2 minutes at 0 mpg while you talk either.
@@chadwegner2705 2 minutes of idling isn’t going to make any difference.
I tow a camper 10ish times a year
and so far I can attest that tow mirrors are worth money after having a truck with and without.
Anyone who pays that much for the truck that hasn’t changed that much. Is a sucker.
You do not need 10 gears in the tranny. The ZF 8-speed is the very best auto transmission money can buy. It is a perfect pairing with the HEMI, so this should be even smoother, due to the inline architecture. RAM's 8-speed never hunts for gears. Ever. Ford and Toyota cannot say that.
I can say that ford does not hunt for gears. Ever
They should demo the truck with a conventional travel trailer that the vast majority of us would be pulling. Towing an Airstream in my books is presenting the truck in the best possible light with regards to towing. Very little wind resistance from them.
They aren't taking them put on a hwy so it doesn't really matter. Looked like a mile maybe. They just wanted something wide to sho off the mirrors.
Absolutely true observation!
Unless you heat soak it for a few hours on the Interstate the numbers will be off
@@legrandechene3734 yea it should get better mpg on the interstate
$83k........wow.
Rubbish! Might as well get an SUV.
Vast majority of people cannot afford these vehicles, it's a complete mystery to me why they have videos on them. I can honestly state just getting a hold of the drivetrain in later years could be interesting however brand new no way.
Towing with 4wheel auto is better than 2 wheel. 9:32
I can get a nice Mercedes for $83K too! Lol 😂