Off to Work We Go: The 2022 Ram 3500

We often hear about the same pickup trucks over and over again while hardly hearing about others. Well, don’t take that to mean that you don’t hear about certain trucks because they are not good. One truck that you may not have heard as much about is the Ram 3500. If this is your first time hearing of the model, don’t think that this is some B-rate vehicle trying to make a sales pitch. On the contrary, the 2022 Ram 3500 is one of the finest pickup trucks currently on the market. It doesn’t need to show off like some of the other trucks do because it is a fantastic vehicle regardless of how it is advertised. Go into any Ram 3500 dealership, and you’ll see for yourself, this is one of the best pickups in its class. “But why?” you ask. “What makes the Ram 3500 so good?” The better question is, “what doesn’t make the Ram 3500 so good?” You’ll see why. Let’s take a closer look at what Ram is doing with the 3500.

Powerful Performance

The 3500 holds its own both on and off the road. This truck is surely not messing around, and it gives the driver the option to choose the engine. The starring engine is the 6.7-liter High-Output Cummins Turbo Diesel I6. Gotta take a deep breath before saying that one. It pays off, though, as the 2022 Ram 3500 offers some of the best numbers you’ll find for a truck:

• 420 horsepower (that’s a lot, in case you didn’t know)
• 1,075 pound-feet of torque (that’s a best-in-class rating)
• 7,680 pounds payload capacity (that’s before towing, mind you)
• 37,090 pounds towing capability (also the best-in-class rating; how could it not be?)

Yes, you read the last number right.

Tenacious Towing

To repeat that last number: the 2022 Ram 3500 has a towing capacity of 37,090 pounds. Yes, that’s thirty-seven-thousand-and-ninety pounds of towing capability. How does one beat that? One does not. That’s why the 2022 Ram 3500 has the best-in-class rating for towing capacity (and torque, remember). Now, to the average tower, the idea of towing 37,090 pounds may sound like a nightmare. While it likely would be a nightmare without any vehicle assistance, the 2022 Ram 3500 is specially designed to make sure that towing is as easy as possible for you through advanced towing technology such as the Trailer 360-degree Surround View camera.

At this point, many vehicles monitor the tire pressure. This is a helpful tool. Now imagine a vehicle that monitors the tire pressure of your trailer. Imagine no longer; the 2022 Ram 3500 has delivered. The Driver Information Digital Cluster Display shows live tire pressure readings for up to four trailers, giving you an overview of the tire pressure of each individual tire. This is one of the most vital pieces of towing safety technology; a great deal of damage and harm can be done if a trailer tire is low and you don’t know it. The Ram 3500 won’t let that happen. But, you still have to change the tire, of course; the 3500 isn’t that advanced.

We’ve only begun to scrape the surface when it comes to the towing capabilities of the 2022 Ram 3500. This vehicle is made for towing (obviously, if it is able to tow 37,090 pounds), both through its advanced towing technology and through its integrated towing hardware. You can even purchase a factory-installed Fifth-Wheel/Gooseneck Prep Package that integrates the towing hardware directly into the rear-axle structural crossmember. But, it’s not just the trailer that matters; this is a pickup, so let’s take a look at the bed.

Pickup Bed

Well, to begin with, the tailgate is connected via a strut to the rear box pillar, which dampens the opening and closing, making for easy access to the bed. There is also an available power-release tailgate, meaning that you can pop it open right from the key fob. But, these are just the details of how to get into the bed; we’re not here to talk about the tailgate itself. Alright, so now we’re in the bed. You’re likely astonished at the size, seeing as it has a maximum cargo capacity of 74.7 cubic feet. But, to make storage more efficient, the Ram 3500 has not made this merely an open box you haphazardly throw your cargo in. On the contrary, the RamBox Cargo Management System provides two storage bins, both of which are lockable and drainable (no sitting water in these bad boys), with LED lighting and even the possibility of key-fob access. You can really do a lot from that key fob.

What’s more, the bed hosts a 115-volt/400-watt outlet on the driver’s side of the bed, in the rear. This allows for the possibility of charging items while storing them on the road. Even though your tools may be charged and ready to go by the end of your ride, the sun has to recharge, and it may be dark out when you need to access the bed. This is no concern for a driver of the 2022 Ram 3500, as LED lighting is worked into the bed, allowing you to have easy access to your cargo at any hour. Access is only made easier, of course, by a kick-out bed step; gone are the days of awkwardly climbing onto the tailgate or injuring yourself by trying to jump up. But it’s not just the process of entering the cargo bed that requires advanced safety technology; you’ll need that while you’re driving as well, and the 2022 Ram 3500 has that covered as well.

Superior Safety

If you’re driving a vehicle as large and as excellent as the 2022 Ram 3500, you have a responsibility to keep yourself and others safe on the road. But you’re only one person who can only do so much, and so the vehicle is equipped to help you meet this responsibility. Through a variety of advanced safety features, the vehicle monitors your driving in relation to other vehicles and obstacles, alerting you when danger is imminent, and even applying the brakes to keep you from collision if such measures are necessary.

One of the most ingenious safety features, though, is the Ram 3500’s inclusion of 15-degree turning headlamps, which help you to navigate difficult roads in the dark. This will come in handy first and foremost to keep you and your passengers safe on dynamic terrain at night, but it will especially come in handy if you are traversing dynamic terrain at night while utilizing the full 37,090 pounds of towing capacity. The last thing you need is a towing disaster, and sometimes the solution is as simple as being able to see a bit further down a winding road.

The Big Takeaway

We’ve only begun to scratch the surface of the 2022 Ram 3500. While there are features that we did not discuss here, the big thing that we want you to take away is that the 2022 Ram 3500 is a performance vehicle. Whatever your needs, whether they be on-roading needs or off-roading needs, the 3500 is designed to meet them. With numbers that simply cannot be compared, we think that you’ll find the 2022 Ram 3500 to be worth every penny, and with generous warranty values, you’ll be able to make for certain that the Ram 3500 is the truck you want to be driving. So, if you’ve got work to do, why not do it with the 2022 Ram 3500. It will get the job done so long as you have a job to do.