No Hemi options for 2023 Ram 2500 Limited Longhorn or Limited?

[Redfour5]

Albeit less aesthetically pleasing, RamBoxes are very practical....might want them with your steps too.....oh and ROUND wheel wells!

I was ambivalent about Ram Boxes until they came on the 2021 1500 BTS I got. We LOVED them... I then got a 2500 Laramie last March without them and miss them... And now after research I am finding quite a few people towing fifth wheels with them and there is one beckoning to me but I am showing great restraint. But it is likely the last of the 6.4's Limited Longhorns with the Ramboxes, mega cab, air suspension sunroof that will ever be...

 

[mkmsr]

I was ambivalent about Ram Boxes until they came on the 2021 1500 BTS I got. We LOVED them... I then got a 2500 Laramie last March without them and miss them... And now after research I am finding quite a few people towing fifth wheels with them and there is one beckoning to me but I am showing great restraint. But it is likely the last of the 6.4's Limited Longhorns with the Ramboxes, mega cab, air suspension sunroof that will ever be...

The deciding factor to not get them for me was the amount of them I see misaligned, it just draws my eyes to the bad lines when they are not perfect.

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[Redfour5]

The deciding factor to not get them for me was the amount of them I see misaligned, it just draws my eyes to the bad lines when they are not perfect.

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Yep, I can't disagree with you on that... That's why I don't order but look closely as I peruse Car Gurus... AND, I do see ones obviously misaligned in the pics... My 2021 1500 were perfect, but not all of them are...

 

[ClawSS]

Yep, I can't disagree with you on that... That's why I don't order but look closely as I peruse Car Gurus... AND, I do see ones obviously misaligned in the pics... My 2021 1500 were perfect, but not all of them are...

I think that the 1500s are better applied than the 2500s. 5th gen bed vs. the 4/4.5 gen bed-sides....I assume.

Knock on wood-mine aren't that bad (only 1yr old) given a less than hot KY summer. The truck does sit outside all the time.

 

[406Linetrash]

It's about time the 6.4 was put out to pasture. Ran needs to up it's gasser game. Go drive a 7.3 gasser and tell me I'm wrong. More power, quieter and better mpg.

Okay. Pulling a skid steer with my 6.4 butte to Helena for the weekend netted me 8.8 mpg. Same route with my work truck (7.3) netted me 5.8. Exact same trailer.

 

[Redfour5]

Okay. Pulling a skid steer with my 6.4 butte to Helena for the weekend netted me 8.8 mpg. Same route with my work truck (7.3) netted me 5.8. Exact same trailer.

Ding Ding Ding... I live halfway between Helena and Clancy. I know that drive well. I got my 7K loaded travel trailer in Butte. That is a great drive for assessing MPG. For those of you that don't know, from Butte in a couple miles you go straight up to the top of "hill" from 5500 feet to about 6500 feet in three miles Then you cross a big "park" for miles and then into a windy, curvy valley (stream cut) with turns rated as low as 35 mph in a couple of places, then a short flat run, then to a small pass (Boulder Hill) and then pretty much a downhill run to Helena... I believe it is rated as a "scenic drive" in some publications...

I have been pleasantly surprised by my mileage on my 2500 Hemi doing about the same as you, close to 9 mpg, likely lighter load. You always gotta watch that predictable "wind gust" place as you go down the hill from Boulder Hill to Boulder... There's one place that always lets you know the relationship between your trailer and your tow vehicle and who controls whom... My 1500's with travel trailer always got blown around at that one spot, not so much for the 2500, much better planted compared to a 2021 1500... More than enough oomph for my needs. YMMV

 

[Polo08816]

It seems like the 2023 Ram 3500 Build and Price configurator allows you to configure a 3500 Limited with a 6.4 Hemi gas engine now. Did Ram reverse their decision on diesel only for higher trims?

 

[ClawSS]

Are you sure it wasn't on 2022?

 

[Polo08816]

Are you sure it wasn't on 2022?

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[ClawSS]

Well there ya go. Thanks for that. Maybe that pushes back into the use cases and the larger load capability. I have no idea.

 

[Polo08816]

Well there ya go. Thanks for that. Maybe that pushes back into the use cases and the larger load capability. I have no idea.

So one thing that is odd about that configurator which makes me think this is an error... the interior pictures and options reflect a smaller screen which I didn't think would be the case for a Limited trim.

 

[superjoe83]

So one thing that is odd about that configurator which makes me think this is an error... the interior pictures and options reflect a smaller screen which I didn't think would be the case for a Limited trim.

I've seen some '23 limiteds with the 8.4 screen, so it's possible

 

[tchur1]

So one thing that is odd about that configurator which makes me think this is an error... the interior pictures and options reflect a smaller screen which I didn't think would be the case for a Limited trim.

23 limiteds come with the 8.4 this year unless you get the level 1 package. You can’t select the 12” standalone like you could last year.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Looks like maybe they brought it back on the Limited and Laramie. Still not available to select on Longhorn.

I don't know if prior years had a lower GVWR on the Hemi, but the current Hemi equip shows 11,400 (900 less than Cummins) on the SRW.

 

[Polo08816]

23 limiteds come with the 8.4 this year unless you get the level 1 package. You can’t select the 12” standalone like you could last year.

I'll tell you what, I'm kinda shocked at the MSRP. It's higher than a 2023 Super Duty Platinum with the 7.3 gas.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

I'll tell you what, I'm kinda shocked at the MSRP. It's higher than a 2023 Super Duty Platinum with the 7.3 gas.

Yes but if you buy a 7.3 you get to have the lifters and cam changed every 30k miles…. Not to mention it looks like they are trying to compete with GM for the ugliest looking truck.

 

[Polo08816]

Yes but if you buy a 7.3 you get to have the lifters and cam changed every 30k miles…. Not to mention it looks like they are trying to compete with GM for the ugliest looking truck.

I've seen those threads on the Super Duty forums and I'm hoping that these issues are due to sub-par components that OEMs took the risk on during the pandemic years. I don't think these are affecting just Ford.

As far as aesthetics, I think they are all similar in that none of them look so horrendous that I would not purchase one.

Either way, I'm going to wait to Q4 2023 to Q2 2024 so all the OEMs can work out their supply issues.