Scrambler Seen Tow Testing

Yeah it's an odd situatioon with the Ram 1500 vs the Grand Cherokee.

The Grand Cherokee's highest tow rating is with the EcoDiesel, the Ram 1500's higher payload and towing rating is with the 5.7 Hemi (1,700+ 10,000+) rather than the EcoDiesel, and while the Pentastar gets get the highest payload (1,800+) due to the lighter weight of the engine it trades off power/weight for towing as expected, though still respectable at over 7,400 in 4x4 / 7,600 in 4x2 which beats the GC Ecodiesel.

Showing that there is a fair amount of wiggle room for all the engines, if they are attached to the right chassis and suspension in front of it.

http://www.ramtrucks.com/assets/towing_guide/pdf/2017_ram_1500_towing_charts.pdf

 

To keep up with all the other mid size pickups ('ute' ) in Australia it would need to have a towing capacity of 7700lb or 3500kg. That would be awesome.

 

Why are utes so popular in Australia? Don't they have much lower ground clearance than pickups? Kind of doesn't make sense to me.

I'm hoping for 5,000 lbs towing capacity for the new JLU and 7,500 lbs for the JLT.

 

In Australia pickups are considered 'utes' so there are 4x2 low to the ground utes and 4x4 raised crew cabs also called utes.

 

Okay. Our low to the ground El Camino type vehicles died out a few decades ago. But tall pickups are extremely popular. Where I live they are probably more common than cars.

 

Really promising pics....

 

yes that style of ute has just dies here also over here even a ram or f250 is called a ute we dont call them trucks until they are a real truck usually with dual wheels & much higher payloads

 

Interesting. Over here even "pickup" is being used less and less. People mostly just say "truck" now for pickups.

I actually saw an old El Camino on the drive into work last week. I honestly don't know what people were thinking back in the 70s.