Bumpy Ride cruising at 20-30

koniczech

koniczech

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<div class="bbWrapper">Hey all,<br /> I&#039;ve been scouting out Ram trucks for a while now and am aiming to buy a 3/4 ton soon for a flatbed camper setup. A few months ago, I drove a 3500 dually for about a week for work and enjoyed the feel of the truck. Yesterday, I test drove a 2020 Ram 2500 Tradesman Crew Long Box SRW Gas with Off Road package that was certified pre-owned and noticed that the truck felt like it was going over a <b>very</b> mild washboard when rolling at 20-30mph on smooth roads in town. I was driving 2WD at the time, and have never experienced that overall vibration feeling before in a pickup at this speed... on smooth roads nonetheless.<br /> When I took the truck back to the dealer, he told me that the truck&#039;s vibration is totally normal because of the coil springs (and the off road upgraded suspension should actually <i>prevent</i> some of that vibration,) but otherwise &quot;all Ram pickups feel like that because of the springs and vibration of the engine&quot;<br /> For all of you on the forum... am I crazy to think that this truck shouldn&#039;t feel bumpy at this speed? Think of that feeling when you drive over thick road stripes; very minor but noticeable if you&#039;re feeling it consistently for a while.<br /> Love the truck but can&#039;t get over the feeling that &quot;all Ram pickups&quot; will vibrate like that.<br /> thx</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 28640" data-quote="koniczech" data-source="post: 229755" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=229755" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-229755">koniczech said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hey all,<br /> I&#039;ve been scouting out Ram trucks for a while now and am aiming to buy a 3/4 ton soon for a flatbed camper setup. A few months ago, I drove a 3500 dually for about a week for work and enjoyed the feel of the truck. Yesterday, I test drove a 2020 Ram 2500 Tradesman Crew Long Box SRW Gas with Off Road package that was certified pre-owned and noticed that the truck felt like it was going over a <b>very</b> mild washboard when rolling at 20-30mph on smooth roads in town. I was driving 2WD at the time, and have never experienced that overall vibration feeling before in a pickup at this speed... on smooth roads nonetheless.<br /> When I took the truck back to the dealer, he told me that the truck&#039;s vibration is totally normal because of the coil springs (and the off road upgraded suspension should actually <i>prevent</i> some of that vibration,) but otherwise &quot;all Ram pickups feel like that because of the springs and vibration of the engine&quot;<br /> For all of you on the forum... am I crazy to think that this truck shouldn&#039;t feel bumpy at this speed? Think of that feeling when you drive over thick road stripes; very minor but noticeable if you&#039;re feeling it consistently for a while.<br /> Love the truck but can&#039;t get over the feeling that &quot;all Ram pickups&quot; will vibrate like that.<br /> thx </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Dealer is full of it, my 19 2500 with the offroad pkg does not do that…. Sounds like Garbage tires to me</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 28640" data-quote="koniczech" data-source="post: 229755" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=229755" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-229755">koniczech said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hey all,<br /> I&#039;ve been scouting out Ram trucks for a while now and am aiming to buy a 3/4 ton soon for a flatbed camper setup. A few months ago, I drove a 3500 dually for about a week for work and enjoyed the feel of the truck. Yesterday, I test drove a 2020 Ram 2500 Tradesman Crew Long Box SRW Gas with Off Road package that was certified pre-owned and noticed that the truck felt like it was going over a <b>very</b> mild washboard when rolling at 20-30mph on smooth roads in town. I was driving 2WD at the time, and have never experienced that overall vibration feeling before in a pickup at this speed... on smooth roads nonetheless.<br /> When I took the truck back to the dealer, he told me that the truck&#039;s vibration is totally normal because of the coil springs (and the off road upgraded suspension should actually <i>prevent</i> some of that vibration,) but otherwise &quot;all Ram pickups feel like that because of the springs and vibration of the engine&quot;<br /> For all of you on the forum... am I crazy to think that this truck shouldn&#039;t feel bumpy at this speed? Think of that feeling when you drive over thick road stripes; very minor but noticeable if you&#039;re feeling it consistently for a while.<br /> Love the truck but can&#039;t get over the feeling that &quot;all Ram pickups&quot; will vibrate like that.<br /> thx </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Tires are no doubt aired up to 90+ psi, dealerships do that to mine every time they touch the truck..feels like it is on the steel skateboard wheels of old.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 16614" data-quote="Poolmonkey" data-source="post: 229759" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=229759" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-229759">Poolmonkey said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Tires are no doubt aired up to 90+ psi, dealerships do that to mine every time they touch the truck..feels like it is on the steel skateboard wheels of old. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Is over-aired tires something that would cause this &quot;ripple ride&quot; feeling (as we&#039;ve started calling it)? I&#039;m surprised the off-road pkg didn&#039;t compensate for this feeling, but maybe it&#039;s like too quick of a vibration pattern?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 28640" data-quote="koniczech" data-source="post: 229767" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=229767" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-229767">koniczech said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Is over-aired tires something that would cause this &quot;ripple ride&quot; feeling (as we&#039;ve started calling it)? I&#039;m surprised the off-road pkg didn&#039;t compensate for this feeling, but maybe it&#039;s like too quick of a vibration pattern? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Not sure if that trucks issue is related of course, just that my truck’s ride is pretty awful when the tpms isn’t lit.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 28640" data-quote="koniczech" data-source="post: 229767" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=229767" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-229767">koniczech said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Is over-aired tires something that would cause this &quot;ripple ride&quot; feeling (as we&#039;ve started calling it)? I&#039;m surprised the off-road pkg didn&#039;t compensate for this feeling, but maybe it&#039;s like too quick of a vibration pattern? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Go for another test ride, but air the tires down to around 50 psi. Take a gauge with you. If the dealer won&#039;t let you , try another dealer.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Not right.<br /> Tire pressure. Tire balance. Suspension modified.<br /> <br /> My &#039;21 Power wagon doesn&#039;t do it. Loaded or not.<br /> <br /> And I&#039;m not sure there is a difference in suspension between a stock 2500 and the off road package. Only on the Power Wagon.<br /> <br /> OK, looked it up, it has the Bilstein shocks. Probably similar to the ones on the Power Wagon. Power Wagon does have different springs though than the stock 2500.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">FYI <a href="https://hdrams.com/forum/members/16398/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="16398" data-username="@OLEJOE">@OLEJOE</a> ... Not sure about all the other incidentals, but here is another CC LB with a bit of ride discomfort like you were dealing with. OP isn&#039;t an owner tho, just a test driver.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Not sure if this is what you experienced, but the tuning on the 8 speed can make it a bit bucky/lurchy at low speed when the trans isn&#039;t up to temp yet.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 24048" data-quote="762fmj" data-source="post: 229876" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=229876" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-229876">762fmj said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Not sure if this is what you experienced, but the tuning on the 8 speed can make it a bit bucky/lurchy at low speed when the trans isn&#039;t up to temp yet. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Hit the T/H button then and go for another test ride?<br /> I may be wrong but I don&#039;t think the &quot;washboard&quot; type of vibrations have anything to do with tire pressure.<br /> <br /> OP you could always try another truck (at another dealer) to compare, but if something feels wrong I&#039;d just walk away.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">My 18 Ram 2500 was a CPO truck also. The dealer had put new tires on it as part of the CPO process, even though the truck only had 14K on it. New tires (westlake E rated) were junk. Gone in 7K miles. So you might want to take a look at the tires. If they put some crap tires on it, you could be feeling a separated belt, etc. My 18 was a Cummins truck with the factory air suspension. Smoooooooth riding truck.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Thanks all for your feedback. I&#039;m probably going to try another 2.5k at another dealer to make sure it was just that other truck. I don&#039;t have full faith in the dealer who told me that it is supposed to feel like those vibrations happen at low speeds.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Good idea not to trust the sales folks on that one. Could be the reason it was sold by it&#039;s previous owner.</div>
 
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