Gitchi Gummi wrote:

I’ve never owned a Ram but I do think they look nice. I’ve driven several Ram 1/2 tons as rentals over the last 5ish years and while I was a little underwhelmed with the interior, they were basic trim vehicles. My main knock on the interior would be the tiny screen – I think it might be smaller than my iphone screen. A truck with that price tag should at the very least be compatible with carplay.

My other relevant Ram experience is a buddy of mine who just bought a 2022 3/4 ton Ram with ~30k miles on it. Within the first 2 weeks, he took it down to SD for a hunting trip and the first time he put it in 4WD something grenaded in the front axel and it has been back at the dealership ever since (November). Every time he calls for an update it gets pushed back another couple weeks. At this point, he’s just hoping to get it back before next hunting season

I recently watched a video on whats been going on at Stellantis (owner of Ram) and its not a good outlook. This video is worth a watch for anyone invested in the Stellantis product mix.

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So it’s not just me. Interesting someone has made the same observations as me and made a video about it. Thanks for sharing.

Do the 3/4 tons have coil springs too?

grubson wrote:

A lot of guys add air bags inside the coil springs on the rear of the 1/2 ton Rams to eliminate squatting. I’ve installed just a many airbag kits on the leaf springs of other 1/2 ton trucks for the same reason as well.

That answers lots of my questions. Didn’t know they had that kind of suspension. That explains it. Why do they do that though? That’s like a heavy SUV set up.

Yea that’s what I’m talking about. I’ve noticed it even when they are at the boat landing with an empty trailer hooked to them. If you ever see one with a fish house or something heavier it’s really noticeable. Just curious why they are sprung so much lighter than other brands? How do they handle when they are like that? It can’t be pleasant?

I think you should get an eye exam before you hit the road again. Really makes me question if you can even read the odometer you brag about if you can’t even read the title of a post. Typical RAM owner. Smart as a box of rocks. I guess they stay in business….for now because of people like yourself.

Dutchboy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>walleyesforme wrote:</div>
Serious question here now. How do you guys pull trailers or haul stuff in the back of those RAMs? I don’t see many 2500’s around so I can’t say for them but the 1/2 tons look downright dangers when they are pulling or hauling something. Why do they make them like that and is it as scary as it looks?

The thread is about 2500 & 3500 models.
How do they pull? I don’t know, I just hook up my 28′ tandem axel trailer, load my forklift on, load the tool boxes. Stick the phone in the hands free holder, stick it in D and go. Getting to technical isn’t me.

Oh I guess now I can’t even ask an honest question now without getting jumped all over. I must have missed the part where it says this is about 3500 and 2500 only.

Serious question here now. How do you guys pull trailers or haul stuff in the back of those RAMs? I don’t see many 2500’s around so I can’t say for them but the 1/2 tons look downright dangers when they are pulling or hauling something. Why do they make them like that and is it as scary as it looks?

I snapped this picture when I got to work this morning. I know we live in Minnesota but that’s just not normal.

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Joe Jarl wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>big_g wrote:</div>
Oh baby !

Musta photoshopped all the stickers off!?

But they still put those stupid hidden compartments in the box. What’s with all the stupid gimicks? Do they still have the cooler under the floor in the back seat?

big_g wrote:

They all break. In my job, I hear customers in the lounge ALL DAY complaining about their old pos truck they had and they switched to RAM and was the best decision ever… I also hear them say I never should have got rid of my Ford/GM for this thing !

This thread was started for one person in particular and they have yet to chime in ???

I also like to tell the story of when I lived on Maui. MOST of my RAM technicians, drove Toyotas… the island is obsessed with Toyota Tacoma’s. Anyways, when they had issues with their trucks (they all did) they complained how long it took to get an appointment at Toyota… evidently, their service department was booked out for months. I told them to call our service dept and see how long the wait was… it was a couple days !! So which was more reliable ?

Some of us work for a living and can’t be on our phones or behind a computer all day

If it’s so much all about staying on topic why didn’t anyone jump all over the guy that brought up a dead singer?

big_g wrote:

First they had too many stickers…

Then the Brand is dying…

Now they are like a website with glitches and won’t work…

What’s next ??? We get it, you dislike RAM.

I don’t think there’s any disputing any of these statements.

So who decides who’s allowed to what opinions here? What brainwashed bandwagon do I have to jump on to get everyone’s approval?

The world would be a better place if people could just admit it when they make mistakes and try to help others from what they have learned. Instead they feel the need to lie to themselves and others to try to make it right in their head. People are pathetic. Grow up and admit it when something is obviously inferior or not what it’s supposed to be. Don’t try to talk other people into it just because you messed up.

I didn’t know one’s opinions or honest reviews weren’t allowed here. I don’t recall reading that in the rules. That’s the problem these days. People are so soft and can’t accept anything.

This website is like the RAM brand. Rarely works any is dying.

This speaks volumes about the type of people these slip shot inferior brands draw in. Ion and another three letter brand come to mind.

Is that a little micro whammy on that bolt head?

I don’t think you have to be old enough to drive to know how to make good decisions. I know I’d never buy something from a company that’s on the verge of going teats up.

RAM trucks. I think they are running out of suckers to fall for that joke though.

Ditch that thing and get a Strikemaster 40 volt.

Or is it when a RAM goes through the dryer at the car wash?

When $hit hits the fan, is that where the $hit winds come from?

CaptainMusky wrote:

Back before Otter put that T-Bar or whatever on their tow hitch the sleds could flip upside down. Happened to my buddy hauling his sled up to the angle what a mess that was.

That happened to us on the way back. My friend was pulling the resort and somehow the “u” shaped thing the pin goes through opened up and the house came loose. The tongue dug into the snow and the house did multiple barrel rolls. My friend is kind of a dink and didn’t notice and never looked back until he was out of sight. The night before we were going around to the resorts enjoying way way to many $1 tappers (apparently that’s a thing they have up there) and I had blown a belt on my sled thumping on it way to hard. I put the spare belt on and went back to sunset for the night. Apparently that new belt was a little tighter than the other one and when I stopped and got off to hook up the fish house to my sled it took off on its own just fast enough I couldn’t catch it. After running as fast as I could after it I had to just give up but somehow it managed to keep hitting drifts and it came back right to the trail where I was standing. Who knows where that thing could have ended up if it didn’t come back. Could have been really bad. That trip was a complete $hit show! My friend never stopped until he got to pine island.

Snake ii’s wrote:

Rufus

We had to put our Lab down just over a year ago. Our little girl has a stuffed animal dog she named Rufus. No clue how she came up with that but that dog goes everywhere and does everything with us. When the time comes to another pup there’s no doubt its name will be Rufus.

Kind of a funny story about the first time we went to Sunset up at the angle from wheelers point on snowmobiles. I had a brand new otter resort so we decided that would be the proper fish house to bring because we could pile the most stuff in there, gear, propane, bags with clothes, beer, liquor, you name it! The trail was smooth and the going was great or so we thought. We were clipping along at about 40-50 mph the whole way to the knight/bridges area when we decided to stop to fish for a while. We pulled the cover off the portable and the carnage was instantly seen. Pretty much every item was unrecognizable. We had 2 cases of beer and there were only a handful of them that didn’t explode and the cans were flattened like nothing I’d ever seen. My friend had an unopened bottle of captain wrapped up in a pair of jeans that got bounced around so much the cap twisted off. I had ol trusty SM40 in the sled and it wore most of the paint off the flites and those in turn wore huge holes in the canvas of the new otter. I had a 5 gallon bucket with rods standing up in it and it vibrated so much it wore through the cover on the portable. Bucket of minnows didn’t stand a chance, it was nothing but bloody water. It was amazing! All we could do was laugh and get to the resort and try to dry out our booze soaked clothes. We now all have long long tracked sleds so everything can go in a box on the sled. Absolutely nothing gets put in a portable getting pulled behind.

When we used to bring our ice castle up there lots, we always tried to set up in 18 feet. That seemed like the sweet spot to weed out lots of the small fish and have action at night too. Seems like if your out in the basin deep there’s tons of sorting. I absolutely hate that. I’d rather catch a dozen nice fish all day than go deep and brag about how I caught 100 fish and fail to mention there was barely a limit of keepers involved.

I don’t think the SM 40 would keep up but the gas nills would. That thing hasn’t seen any action in a minute. Should break that thing out one of these days just for old time sake.

If you have snowmobiles there are a lot better areas you can access than that. Look to hit the many reefs and shoals around knight and bridges islands or go further north where the lake begins to shift towards more of a traditional shield lake where you can fish more normal spots like points, reefs and break lines. Not sure if your used to traveling long distances by snowmobile to ice fish or not but if your not prepared and don’t pack correctly, your gear will get absolutely destroyed. Good luck and report back.

I’d like to see Minnesota treat non residents like the Canadians do. Go to a non resident walleye limit of one or two. Also raise the non resident license fees for hunting and fishing. It’s time Minnesota put its people first.