we're here at the FCA proving grounds here in chelsea michigan for the annual
ram heavy hauling events we've got all of their virtually all of their ram
pickup trucks with maximum trailer tow capacity vehicles hitched up on the back
but it's the ram 3500 HD that we want to get behind the wheel up because that's
the segment leader and that has the highest maximum towing capacity of any
one ton pickup truck on the market today at 31,000 210 pounds
let's take a look so the maximum fifth wheel towing number is on a regular cab
long bed two-wheel-drive 3500 do so but we're sitting in right now is the crew
cab configuration duly with the limited trim package which means it gets the new
design grill the new tailgate and the inside is top-of-the-line luxury
beautiful leather beautiful details on the door and also on the center stack
and tons of information in between the speedometer and attack and of course the
cummins engine with all the upgrades and the upgrades to the cooling to the rear
axle very very impressive on the
even when cornering speed having this much weight on the back you feel very
level and very stable transitioning from lane to Lane very very smooth and the
power that you get with a lot of low-end torque low in the RPM level
very very impressive
they were here in a brand-new 2016 ram 3500 and we're here with troy davis
chief engineer ram truck for heavy-duty pickup trucks and chassis cabs will try
thank you for being yeah sure
now this is wonderful nine hundred foot pounds of torque that this is the
monster of the category
tell me exactly what things are different about this engine and
transmission configuration this truck
- compared to the non 900 helpful pattern yup
900 palm foot engine we work closely with our business partners cummins to
deliver the 900 policy fee and a lot of that work was put into the calibration
and specifically into the emphasis of the turbocharger we tune the turbo and a
lot of it was spent on the thermal management of the turbo because as you
can imagine the exhaust gases get very hot when you're producing 900 pound feet
of torque
so with the engine we made it to the isin commercial grade 6 speed automatic
transmission and we did some tuning work on the transmission and calibration work
also
and that's the only application that the ice is it is with that correct at high
output coming to correct the 900-pound foot comments is made it to the eyes and
transmission only
and then we couple of that transmission and powertrain system to the driveline a
massive drive line with an 11 point 8 inch rear axle that 11 pointed in shacks
allows us to deliver to deliver all 900 pound feet of torque to the road now I
stuck my head under the rear axle it looks like it is that a an aluminum
cover that's on the rear end yep there's a unique aluminum in differential cover
to help manage the actual temperatures because towing these types of loads as
you can imagine generates an extreme amount of heat
excellent it from behind the wheel with the the smart exhaust brake and tow haul
mode that this is almost boring we're towing an incredible amount of weight
but this is very comfortable it feels very level and smooth but we've got that
supplemental airbags on the back end of this
yes so at least keeps everything level and stable
it's a load leveling suspension yes so the trailer and the truck ride at a
loaded level
wait for best-in-class suspect or it's really the tuning of the suspension
system that provides best-in-class ride and performance
interesting well this is the monster of the segment nobody else nobody on the
one time segment has a higher towing capacity than you guys do
no that's that's very interesting to hear about the specifics about how you
get them done
what's most unique about a heavy-duty pickup truck towing this much weight but
essentially over 30,000 pounds with a big case backhoe on the back of it is is
almost how boring it is to drive this truck
now we don't mean boring in a bad way but it's very comfortable
from the inside of the ram 3500 HD supplemental airbags on the rear end an
upgraded rear axle high output cummins engine nine hundred foot pounds of
torque
this is a very impressive tow vehicle and no wonder it's the segment leader
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