2025 Ram trucks

[Hay Dude]

I agree with all of this except the last statement.

Cummins 903 is alive and well as every Bradley and Paliden has them. I am sure there are others too.

Do a lot of people drive those? Are they a common, everyday truck?
Theres a huge CAT V-8 and a Mack V-8, too, but they are crazy uncommon.

 

[nisaacs]

I like the new transmission and improved Cummins, but why build a truck who's identity was literally built on towing with no improvement on towing? I read somewhere the towing specs actually went down a bit.

When I ordered it, the standard GVW was 10,190, options was 10K. They must have had a mid year change, mine is 11040, 3070 payload, so tare is 7970.

Went on a good round trip run Thursday, 398 miles, display said 20.2, math was 19.7. I am fine with that.

The transmission takes forever to warm up to what appears to be operating temp, 154 degrees. 200 miles to my turnaround, it finally reached operating temp. It was 72 degrees ambient. Then on the return as the ambient started dropping as I climbed the Continental Divide the transmission temps started dropping. On top, for about 30 miles the ambient was 66 degrees, transmission dropped to 138. When you stop for a few minutes the temps will rise slightly. The pan has cooling fins so they must work.

I really like the slide out mirrors, fully extended is perfect for 7' wide dump sides. I can see it might be an issue with a 8'-8.5' RV or box trailer, they only slide out about 3". Even the flip ups were too narrow for the 8.5' wide loads. The spot mirror is even electric.

The transmission stayed at 154 degrees all day. When you shut down for a few minutes it will go up to about 160, like the heat soak from the engine block heats it up some. I forgot to check the rear axle temps, I have a load of hay and sand to deliver today, I will try not to forget.

When you plug in the trailer the lights will self check. Thats cool, just walk to the back and watch it check them all. The exhaust brake shuts off every time you shut down, my '21 stayed on. With the trailer hooked up the rear park sense shuts off, that makes sense.

The preheater must be recalibrated from my '21. Even at 50 degrees it starts immediately, then the light comes on for a few seconds. The '21 always wanted to preheat. The exhaust has a slight rumble/growl to it when you pull hard, kinda cool.

 

[WinterDeere]

I hate the column shifter lever...

I'll agree the column shifter isn't exactly the best solution, but it's nowhere near as bad as a rotary knob. Of the two, it's the lesser of two evils.

In approximately 35 years of driving, I have NEVER shifted any other vehicle into park or the opposite direciton of travel while rolling, but I have done it literally countless times in that one truck, due to that stupid knob. The system is smart enough to lock out the command when you're rolling too fast (10 mph?), but when you're doing just parking lot maneuvering speed it will happily shift into park while you're rolling backwards, not knowing you intended to shift toward neutral instead.

I've also shifted it into reverse or park at highway speed, meaning to grab and spin the radio volume down in a hurry, but thankfully the stupid thing just blinks the park light while you crap your pants and shift back to drive.

I prefer manual transmission, but given that's no longer an option, at least give me a friggin console shifter. I know it's just a switch, but the animalistic muscle memory part of my lizard brain doesn't care.

 

[Engineer42]

I'll agree the column shifter isn't exactly the best solution, but it's nowhere near as bad as a rotary knob. In approximately 35 years of driving, I have NEVER shifted any other vehicle into park or the opposite direciton of travel while rolling, but I have done it literally countless times in that one truck.

The system is smart enough to lock out the command when you're rolling too fast (10 mph?), but when you're doing just parking lot maneuvering speed it will happily shift into park while you're rolling backwards, not knowing you intended to shift toward neutral instead.

I've also shifted it into park at highway speed, meaning to grab and spin the radio volume down in a hurry, but thankfully the stupid thing just blinks the park light while you crap your pants and shift back to drive.

Yeah, I bet that would cause things to come tight, lol.

 

[dodge man]

I’m also not a fan of the rotary dial. For some reason it’s better for me on my wife’s car where it’s in the console. When we had Rams at work the dial on the dash bothered me.

 

[TMGT]

When I ordered it, the standard GVW was 10,190, options was 10K. They must have had a mid year change, mine is 11040, 3070 payload, so tare is 7970.

Went on a good round trip run Thursday, 398 miles, display said 20.2, math was 19.7. I am fine with that.

The transmission takes forever to warm up to what appears to be operating temp, 154 degrees. 200 miles to my turnaround, it finally reached operating temp. It was 72 degrees ambient. Then on the return as the ambient started dropping as I climbed the Continental Divide the transmission temps started dropping. On top, for about 30 miles the ambient was 66 degrees, transmission dropped to 138. When you stop for a few minutes the temps will rise slightly. The pan has cooling fins so they must work.

I really like the slide out mirrors, fully extended is perfect for 7' wide dump sides. I can see it might be an issue with a 8'-8.5' RV or box trailer, they only slide out about 3". Even the flip ups were too narrow for the 8.5' wide loads. The spot mirror is even electric.

The transmission stayed at 154 degrees all day. When you shut down for a few minutes it will go up to about 160, like the heat soak from the engine block heats it up some. I forgot to check the rear axle temps, I have a load of hay and sand to deliver today, I will try not to forget.

When you plug in the trailer the lights will self check. Thats cool, just walk to the back and watch it check them all. The exhaust brake shuts off every time you shut down, my '21 stayed on. With the trailer hooked up the rear park sense shuts off, that makes sense.

The preheater must be recalibrated from my '21. Even at 50 degrees it starts immediately, then the light comes on for a few seconds. The '21 always wanted to preheat. The exhaust has a slight rumble/growl to it when you pull hard, kinda cool.

Im glad Ram is finally going away from the flip up mirrors, I can't tell you how many times I haven't flipped them up because I have to readjust them every time and they look ridiculous flipped up when you're not towing.

I always liked the "elephant ears" on my old F550, I could slide them in and out for larger trailers without having to readjust them.

I still can't justify a newer truck, but it looks like Ram is fixing a lot of the little things I don't like on my '07.

I have been throwing around the idea of getting another older F650 for heavier towing as I really enjoyed driving my 05 rollback I had.