Kansas Swede
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We had been looking for a 2019 Certified Ram 2500 4X4 Big Horn Crew Cab 6.4 Hemi with the 8 foot bed for quite a while and found one from a Missouri Ram Dealer in February 2021 with ONLY 780 MILES on it. They had it on the lot for 7 months priced at $51K and appears they finally decided to get rid of it reducing the price to $46K (sticker price when new was $59.9K with all the preferred options). We did not want the 6.7 Cummins as we will never tow anything (RV) over 12,000 pounds and wanted the cargo bed capacity the gas model provides. It also costs $10K less initially than the 6.7 diesel as well as not having the $400 - $500 Oil Change; Oil Filter / Water Filters / 12 quarts of oil at the 15K mile maintenance; plus the huge parts / labor costs when the warranty expires. Also, we will only drive 10K or less miles per year. Towed our 30 foot 7500 pound Travel Trailer last week and had a much better experience than with our previous 2019 Ram 1500 with the 3.92 rear end and 1380 pound cargo bed capacity. The ride unloaded is a bit stiffer than the Ram 1500 and as long as you keep your foot off the gas, we have been getting 16 to 17 MPG on the highway at 65 - 70 MPH (13 to 14 MPG in the city) with 4000 miles on the odometer. Since the Ram 2500 4X4 sits pretty high, the MPG is considerably affected by any headwind and in my experience in the Kansas winds, it will reduce the MPG by 2 to 3 MPG on the highway. Overall, we are very pleased with the truck and will anticipate many years of worry free operation especially with the 7 Year (100K Mile) Ram Certified Powertrain Warranty from the new WSD and additional 3 months of bumper to bumper warranty to the original 36 month new vehicle warranty.
