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Originally Posted by Helidriver
So I have been out looking at all 3 -- for outside looks the winner is ford - for inside is the ram and its electronic package - seats in the gmc looked really comfy . Honestly I really don't want a dually but if I want a 20k voltage I need the dually . I hear towing with a dually is the cats meow - but can't see myself just driving around in town in dually like I do my 2500 ram . If a SRW 3500 could handle 18,000 might be able to compromise .
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Yep thats a tough call.
my 2011 had all the rear diff combo available so i went with 3.73. Plenty of power.
New truck only offer 3.42 with SRW. 3.73 and 4.10 in DRW only.Most probbaly due to new J standard that requires payload to match towing specs. Being limited in payload it doesn't really make sense for them to offer 3.73 and 4.10 on the SRW.
That being said i towed my 18K 3600 with the SRW without any issue. The only difference from my perspective is the lateral stability. Pulls the same and stops the same. My SRW had 33inch 3750 pounds tires and air bags to level it.
You can always change the diff ratio to 3.73 or 4.10 to pull but it wont increase the stock payload.
Given new RAM give you 4380lbs and 17000lbs of towing capacity with the 3.42 you'd be pretty close but maxed out. You could always replace the rear end for 4.10 and get a 4380 payload capacity and about 25000-30000 towing capacity. The additional rating on the ram is provided by the larger cover with cooling fins. In 2016 they increased the carrier gear size to get to that 32000lbs.
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