Recent content by homedad

This is turning into a painful experience. The neighbor has a lot of knowledge about the pickup truck market but I’m detecting that he’s essentially a Ford fanboy. I’ve had several Fords with enough problems that I kind of swore off Ford. When looking for my Ram I test drove a GMC and the...

The problem with diesels is the initial cost is out of my budget not to mention the fuel is 35% higher.

As far as adaptive cruise control it seems like most of the ones I see that are even close to my budget seem to not have this feature. I’m trying to replicate my 1500 but can’t seem to. My Laramie is well optioned and I feel a bit spoiled.

Yes the weight of the trailer doesn’t tell the whole story. My wife is a bit of a pack rat. Add food, clothes, bedding, some water, bikes, a generator, wood, portable waste tote, 5 gallons of gas, a big dog and 4 people and it’s most likely over my limit. And now she’s liking bigger rigs.

Looks like the one I was interested in doesn't have adaptive cruise control and it appears that a Ram 2500 with ACC is incredibly rare for some reason. I guess the hunt continues,

Thanks. I only get 7-8 mpg towing with my 5.7 so this will be an improvement

I have a 2019 1500 Laramie and still love it. The problem is that my wife is tired of our smallish RV and dragged me to the RV show. She keeps leaning toward 6500 pound trailers and ours is at the very limit already even with an equalizing hitch. I decided that instead of trying to find an...