2019 Big Horn Tow Rig

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Whats up guys,

New to the forum here.

Bought my 2019 Ram 1500 Big Horn April '19 Has 3.92 Gear, Anti spin diff, Trailer brake controller etc.

Travel for work a bit as I'm Project Engineer.

Has 22k miles on it already.

Bought it as my Daily and Tow rig for my main toy ( see Pics)

Has a mufflex muffler delete on it.

Looking to do either a lift or leveling with control arms to get some stance when I need new tires.

Follow along as ill post pics of some fun stuff I've used it for.

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Full pallet of water in the truck ~ 1800 lbs
squats a little bit..

 

[RAM Patriot]

Looks like it handled the load pretty well.

Did it wash out your front end?

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Looks like it handled the load pretty well.

Did it wash out your front end?

Not really. was a little light in the front but honestly not that bad.

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Well,

Put the ram to work this weekend took the jeep to Rausch Creek in Tremont.

Truck barely noticed it .

Trailer weight 2150.
Jeep Weight Approximately 3600 Fully loaded

Combined ~ 5750

Avg. 11 MPG highway/ country back roads to get there.

Was definitely impressed

Too bad the jeep shattered its driveshaft 100 FT into the first trail..

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Just purchased LASFIT LED Low beam bulbs for the truck/

Labor day 15% off coupon
20LBD

definetly looking forward to installing them to replace the stock halogen. I've been spoiled by my HID's in my jeep. I finally broke down and bought the LED bulbs

 

[JJRamTX]

If your Tongue weight is balanced properly, until you get over 10,000 Lbs these trucks don't really care what you are towing except for Wind sway with TT or Large Cargo trailer. It's easier to tow 12,000Lbs with my truck (GCW 18,500 Lbs) (3.92 Gear Ratio), than 3,500 Lbs with my Ford Triton 6.8 V10 Motorhome (GCW 18,500) (6.17 Gear Ratio) even with it's better gearing, Torque and HP.

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

If your Tongue weight is balanced properly, until you get over 10,000 Lbs these trucks don't really care what you are towing except for Wind sway with TT or Large Cargo trailer. It's easier to tow 12,000Lbs with my truck (GCW 18,500 Lbs) (3.92 Gear Ratio), than 3,500 Lbs with my Ford Triton 6.8 V10 Motorhome (GCW 18,500) (6.17 Gear Ratio) even with it's better gearing, Torque and HP.

Exactly,

My first trip out i played with the load a couple time just driving it around the neighborhood.

Definetly 1000x better towing with it that my dads old truck (2014 silverado with 5.3)

Now i just have it marked where I like it the most and go.

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Wheels and tires have been purchased for the tow rig, waiting on my upper control arms to come in than it will go under the knife

went with motiv off-road 423B
20x10 -25 offset

nitto ridge grapplers
LT295/60/R20

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Lasfit low beam Leds came in. Can’t wait to install and see a difference !!

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

all I can say is wow. Light output is crazy. They aren’t scattered. Definetly recommend. Need to do the fog lights next

 

[Finn5033]

Nice rig, I’m a little biased though. I ordered the full lasfit package for mine. Waiting for it to arrive. I’m also excited to see the difference

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Nice rig, I’m a little biased though. I ordered the full lasfit package for mine. Waiting for it to arrive. I’m also excited to see the difference

oh yea its worth every penny i spent.

I like the off road package.

Im adding offroad package springs and a leveling kit to mine when my wheels and tires show up.

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

Well what can I say,

been putting alot of miles on the truck already this far.

Just passsed 30,750k

bought march 27th, 2019.



In addition finally bit the bullet and got the rough county tire calibration tuner in.

took about 5 mins and got the tire size changed,

Definitely take a ground measurement and start there.

Im running 295/60r20 , with weight they measure right at 33. plug that into the programmer and it is spot on.

 

[Raminthedriveway]

all I can say is wow. Light output is crazy. They aren’t scattered. Definetly recommend. Need to do the fog lights next

That's great news, I'm about to get the same ones. Do your DRL's work with these, that is if you have them selected in the settings? I'm assuming that the DRL's are a reduced voltage. I like using the DRL's, where I'm at no-one is looking where they're going lol.

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

That's great news, I'm about to get the same ones. Do your DRL's work with these, that is if you have them selected in the settings? I'm assuming that the DRL's are a reduced voltage. I like using the DRL's, where I'm at no-one is looking where they're going lol.

Honestly,

I didn't even know i had DRL's. I was just poking around in my settings and saw i have it turned off. I can turn on and report back to ya !

 

[Raminthedriveway]

Honestly,

I didn't even know i had DRL's. I was just poking around in my settings and saw i have it turned off. I can turn on and report back to ya !

That would be awesome, thanks.

 

[GraniteRamTowRig]

That would be awesome, thanks.

Good news is that, i switch them on the screen.


I Can confirm the DRL do work with the lasfit LED.

Even as DRLs they are very bright.

 

[Raminthedriveway]

Thanks Granite, well done. There must be enough voltage to turn them on in DRL mode. Enjoy your truck!