If I hadn't stood next to the Ram, Goddessfarmer might have not faced the height issue squarely. And she did so, measuring the beam in the upper barn bay today and discovering that the Ram is 1.5" too high for it, too. So it looks like the Dakota.
One of my little voices is still whispering "automatics don't stand up to abuse as well as manuals". The old one (stick) appears to have a tow capacity in the 5500 lb. range. The '07 stick has a 5200 lb. rating, the auto with the same engine is rated for 7100 lb. But how much of that applies to 70 MPH uphill fully loaded on the Interstate (2 horses in the stock trailer is well under that), and how much to our normal full-load use, hauling unbraked hay wagons at 30 MPH or less? Sure, a 3.92 rear end is good for torque, but so is 4wd low-range.
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Good thing I'm tall...
Date: 2007-02-10 03:46 pm (UTC)One of my little voices is still whispering "automatics don't stand up to abuse as well as manuals". The old one (stick) appears to have a tow capacity in the 5500 lb. range. The '07 stick has a 5200 lb. rating, the auto with the same engine is rated for 7100 lb. But how much of that applies to 70 MPH uphill fully loaded on the Interstate (2 horses in the stock trailer is well under that), and how much to our normal full-load use, hauling unbraked hay wagons at 30 MPH or less? Sure, a 3.92 rear end is good for torque, but so is 4wd low-range.