Can a Pentastar V6 RAM 1500 haul 5500+ LBS? Safely?

[@AlexMartinez-uq2ye]

Most truck owners won't haul anything but the wife and kids during ownership, let's keep it 💯....so IMO these newer V6's should do the job..

[@ruyguy8888]

Very well said.

[@mdoucette45]

Is this a 3.21 or 3.55 ratio? I have the 3.21 v6 and I am looking to pull a 3350lbs trailer (19 foot). I am unsure how it will do! What do you think?

[@ruyguy8888]

I think the 3.21 V6's are rated for around 4800lbs depending on body configuration. Tung weight wise you would be OK, you might start to hunt for gears a lot through long uphill runs but otherwise I think you will be just fine with what you have. Travel trailers will always haul harder than something just on a flatdeck

[@mdoucette45]

@@ruyguy8888 I have the crew cab as well. 4350lbs is the max towing capacity. 9850lbs for total vehicle and trailer weight, with a curb weight of 5081lbs!

[@danielbonner8309]

You can definitely get V8 power out of a V6.

[@SullyATV]

What’s the liter/100km normally?

[@ruyguy8888]

for my daily 45 min commute one way, i hand calculated it out to average 10 literes per hundred. (dash reads 10-11) . So thats about 20 to 24 mpg. exactly what Ram states