I had been researching gasser 3/4 ton trucks about a month ago. The Ram 2500 is coil spring and the 3500 istraditional leaf spring.
Anyway, I really like the prospects of that 6.4 hemi gasser but it is held back by a less than stellar tranny ratios. The ram ratio from 1st to 2nd gear is too large. (Maybe you can get the Aisian tranny in the 3500 which might help but the Aisian is not available in the 2500 with the gasser).
Sadly the Silverado 6.0 beats it in shoot outs from multiple sources. While the venerable 6.0 motor did get some tech improvements beginning in 2014 it is still way down on power compared to the 6.4 hemi. That said, the GM package outperforms the more powerful hemi when you add in the tranny and tranny programming as an entire package.
Real good videos on "The fast lane truck" and test results on "pickup truck * com" also support the the 6.0 chevy as the winner. It was awful watching the 6.4 ram trying to go up the ike gauntlet in 1st with the computer programming limiting it to 4200 rpm in 1st gear.
Granted these are extreme tests but the 6.4 should have cleaned the the 6.0 up the ike gauntlet but it did not due to its crappy tranny and worse yet crappy tranny/engine programming. Surprising the the GM 6.0 got the best unloaded and loaded mpg in multiple tests too.
It is all good reading and watching if you interested....
PS. I am not pushing GM either as I think the RAM would be unbeatable with a better tranny.
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