Ram Tradesman gets the job done
The Ram 1500 Tradesman Heavy Duty was smooth, quiet, comfortable, and fast, thanks to its 5.7-liter HEMI® V-8 that was a corral for 390 horses that wanted to run, wrote Tom Berg of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine. Those horses were harnessed to a silky 6-speed automatic transmission that kept them controlled and mannerly, Berg added.
The Tradesman is no "sissified pseudo-limo," Berg wrote. This is a work truck, with a rubber floor that you can drag mud or spill coffee on and not worry about cleaning up until the weekend, the story said.
Top Gear Rules declared that the Tradesman is the Ram Truck brand's "toughest and strongest 1500."
"The Ram 1500 Tradesman Heavy Duty is a job-rated truck with the features commercial truck buyers want at a price they can afford," said Ram CEO Fred Diaz, in the Top Gear Rules article. "The commercial truck segment is all about total cost of ownership and that includes being able to tow and haul more. It's a simple matter of economics. More towing and payload means fewer loads. And fewer loads mean lower fuel bills."