Funny how the automatic "advantage" disappears in larger Rams (4500/5500) 6-speed actually hauls more....
Are rear axle ratio availabilities the same? I remember specing out a Dakota a few years back, you could only go as low as a 3.55 for manual, but the automatic could have 3.92.
For years the 5-speed cummins ram actually had more HP than the same truck in automatic, auto couldn't handle it.
Gearing (or lack of) is what killed the towing ratings for the 1/2 tons, a mid 1980's 1/2 ton with a granny low 4 speed could start a load easily, not so much the crappy higher geared 5-speeds that half tons got in the late 80's and 90's.
The 3/4 and 1 ton market retained the lower gearing, but once the heavier automatics i.e. Allison be came available, and North American disposition to be lazy, the manual fell out of favor.
Now we have a "crop" of drivers who can't drive a stick shift at all.
Dodge is the last full size pick up with a manual box. Apparently they had better economy on selling them, and may now get the die hards that want a manual truck that were GM or Ford owners...
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