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Less than two weeks ago, Ram Truck announced the SAE J2807 towing capacities for its 2015 light-duty and heavy-duty pickup lineup. Now, after Ford came clean with what the 2015 model year F-Series is capable of, there's a bit of a quarrel going on between the two pickup truck manufacturers over who can tow more according to the J2807 standard.
The legal death match started with a claim made by Ford this month, contesting that the best-in-class 30,000-pound towing capacity of the Ram 3500 with the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel is trumped by the 2015 Ford F-450 in 4x4 Crew Cab flavor, which is able to tow 31,200 pounds based on SAE's J2807 testing protocols. At first glance, Ford has won this battle from the get-go, but there's a catch…
Ram Truck highlights that the F-450 Super Duty is a Class 4 pickup, the only truck of this kind on sale in the United States, while the Ram 3500 fits the Class 3 category, so it competes with the likes of the Ford F-350 and GMC Sierra 3500 HD. So yeah, the Ram 3500 is still king of the hill all things considered, while the Ford guys only wanted a piece of the heavy-duty pickup pie.
That coveted "best-in-class" label is important when it comes to selling your truck in the U.S. Most buyers of heavy-duty pickups do haul on a regular basis, thus towing capacity is an important aspect when spending some $50k on an all-new pickup truck. Stateside, this category represents over 20 percent of the overall pickup market, therefore many dollars are at stake here. Unfortunately for the Blue Oval, they're not right on this tug-of-war battle because the two models are in different classes.
Ram Truck highlights that the F-450 Super Duty is a Class 4 pickup, the only truck of this kind on sale in the United States, while the Ram 3500 fits the Class 3 category, so it competes with the likes of the Ford F-350 and GMC Sierra 3500 HD. So yeah, the Ram 3500 is still king of the hill all things considered, while the Ford guys only wanted a piece of the heavy-duty pickup pie.
That coveted "best-in-class" label is important when it comes to selling your truck in the U.S. Most buyers of heavy-duty pickups do haul on a regular basis, thus towing capacity is an important aspect when spending some $50k on an all-new pickup truck. Stateside, this category represents over 20 percent of the overall pickup market, therefore many dollars are at stake here. Unfortunately for the Blue Oval, they're not right on this tug-of-war battle because the two models are in different classes.
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