It’s finally time to find out how the new 2020 Ram HD dually truck performance on the Ike Gauntlet™ – world’s toughest towing test with a 30,000 lbs trailer. It’s going up against the 2020 GMC Sierra 3500 HD and 2020 Ford F-350 dually diesel trucks.
2020 Ram 3500 HD
The Ram HD gets minor updates for 2020. The Laramie crew cab 4×4 dually you see here has a Night Edition package with color-matched bumpers and blacked out touches throughout.
The powertrain, chassis, and many other features carry over from the 2019 model year. The 2020 HD truck have the same cabs and cab configurations as before.
Here is how all three stack up against each other.
| Ram 3500 | GMC Sierra 3500 | Ford F-350 | |
| Engine | 6.7L I6 | 6.6L V8 | 6.7L V8 |
| Power | 400 hp/1,000 lb-ft | 445 hp/910 lb-ft | 475 hp/1,050 lb-ft |
| Transmission | 6-speed auto | 10-speed auto | 10-speed auto |
| Rear axle | 4.10 ratio | 3.42 ratio | 3.55 ratio |
| Fuel tank | 32 gal | 36 gal | 48 gal |
| Payload | 5,070 lbs | 5,207 lbs | 5,314 lbs |
| Towing | 34,070 lbs | 31,100 lbs | 31,300 lbs |
Check out the video for all the fun and all of the hard Ike Gauntlet™ data!
Spoiler Alert: Here are all of the 2020 HD Ike Gauntlet results.
| Ram 3500 | GMC Sierra 3500 | Ford F-350 | |
| Downhill | 0 brakes | 9 brakes | 5 brakes |
| Uphill Time | 11 min 32 sec | 11 min 47 sec | 10 min 20 sec |
| Uphill MPG | 2.5 MPG | 2.4 MPG | 2.4 MPG |
| Subjective score | 23.5 pts | 22.5 pts | 23.5 pts |
| Ike score | 72.5 pts | 59 pts | 81.5 pts |
