4x4 AnswerMan: Snow Testing, Transfer Case Service and More - Off-Road.com
Have a truck or SUV question for the 4x4 AnswerMan. February 2015. January 2015. December 2014. --. RAM SNOW TESTING. Comments sparked by Ram Truck Makes the Most of Snow, Performs Winter Testing. Ram Trucks recently did some extreme cold weather testing. com readers running their Ram trucks in the snow and conducting their own real-life testing. I have a 98 ram 1500 with the 5. 9 magnum and towing package. Been testing my 05 Ram 2500 Cummins in the U. P. for 9 years now, it struggled in some -34 and -38 weather, otherwise good to go. Off-Road. com reader Tom rounds things off with:. The very best Dodge Ram 4×4 pickup for snowplowing is the 2500 or 3500 HD HEMI engine pickup and not the Cummins, WHY. I have both and the Cummins has too much torque and will spin the wheels much easier than the HEMI, meaning less traction. The other problem with the Cummins engine is it weighs twice as much as the HEMI and if you put a 900 lb. plus plow on the front of it thats too much weight for the suspension and ball joints, etc. Source: www.off-road.com
