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2009 4x4 Pickup Truck Of The Year

Four Great Pickups Settle It In The Dirt

By , Photography by Ken Brubaker
SPECIFICATIONS AS TESTED
GENERAL
Vehicle/model
 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab Ford F-150 Supercab FX4
Hummer H3T Alpha Suzuki Equator RMZ-4
Base price $34,850 $33,930 $36,015 $30,600
Price as tested $42,030 $41,855 $41,450 $32,309
Options as tested Inferno Red Crystal Pearl Coat exterior paint ($225); premium cloth bucket seats ($925); Customer Preferred Package 28T ($1,145); Luxury Group ($510); Technology Group ($495); Remote start and Security Group ($335); 5.7L V-8 Hemi MDS VCT engine ($1,310); 32-gallon fuel tank ($75); Uconnect tunes ($800); power adjustable pedals ($125); class IV receiver hitch ($335); destination ($900) Sony navigation radio ($2,430); chrome step bar ($495); power moonroof ($995); power sliding rear window ($250); Cargo Management Package ($200); tailgate step ($350); 17-inch machined aluminum wheels ($195); Cargo Management System ($115); FX4 Luxury Package ($3,420); lower two-tone paint ($250); destination ($975); FX4 Premium Discount (-$1,000); FX4 Luxury Discount (-$750) Off Road Suspension Package ($1,725); navigation system ($1,720); rear vision camera system ($550); trailer hitch and wiring harness ($420); 8-way power adjustable drivers seat ($275); destination ($745) Floor mats ($119); five-speed automatic transmission ($795); destination ($795)
ENGINE
Type OHV V-8 SOHC V-8 OHV V-8 DOHC V-6
Displacement (ci/liter) 345/5.7 330/5.4 325/5.3 241/4.0
Bore x stroke (in) 3.92 x 3.58 3.55 x 4.16 3.78 x 3.62 3.76 x 3.62
Compression ratio 10.5:1 9.8:1 9.9:1 9.7:1
Intake Sequential multi-port EFI Sequential multi-port electronic SFI EFI
Mfg.’s power/torque rating @ rpm 390 @ 5,600/407 @ 4,000 320 @ 5,000/390 @ 3,500 300 @ 5,200/320 @ 4,000 261 @ 5,600/ 281 @ 4,000
Mfg.’s suggested fuel type Regular unleaded Regular unleaded Regular unleaded Regular unleaded
DRIVETRAIN
Transmission 545RFE 5-spd automatic 6R80 6-spd automatic Hydra-Matic 4L60 45-spd automatic Five-speed automatic
Ratios: 1st 3.00:1 4.17:1 3.06:1 3.842:1
2nd 1.67:1 (upshift), 1.50:1 (kickdown) 2.34:1 1.63:1 2.353:1
3rd 1.00:1 1.52:1 1.00:1 1.529:1
4th 0.75:1 1.14:1 0.70:1 1.000:1
5th 0.67:1 0.86:1 n/a 0.839
6th n/a 0.69:1 n/a n/a
Reverse 3.0:1 3.40:1 2.29:1 2.764:1
Axle ratio 3.92:1 3.73:1 4.10:1 3.357:1
Transfer case NVG243 part-time 2-speed Borg-Warner 4419 part-time 2-speed B-W 44-94 full-time 2-speed Part-time 2-speed
Low-range ratio 2.72:1 2.64:1 4.03:1 2.625:1
Crawl ratio 32.0:1 41.1:1 50.6:1 33.9:1
FRAME/BODY
Frame Ladder-type Ladder-type Ladder-type Ladder-type
Body Steel Steel Steel Steel
SUSPENSION/AXLES
Front Independent, upper and lower A-arms, coil over twin tube shock absorbers, stabilizer bar/Corporate 8.07-inch Coil-on-shock, long-spindle double wishbone independent, stamped steel lower control arm/Ford Sterling 8.8-inch Front Independent, torsion bar, 46mm monotube gas-charged shocks, 36mm stabilizer bar/AAM 7.25 Eaton E-Locker Independent, Bilstein high-performance shocks, stabilizer bar/diff NA
Rear Five-link with track bar, coil springs, stabilizer bar, twin tube shock absorbers /Dana 9.25-in, Dana limited-slip Hotchkiss-type non-independent live, leaf springs and outboard shock absorbers/Ford Sterling 9.75-inch, GKN ELD (electronic locking differential) Hotchkiss design multi-leaf spring, semi-elliptic dual stage leaf spring, 46mm monotube gas-charged shocks, 25mm diameter solid stabilizer bar/AAM 8.6-inch, Eaton E-Locker Overslung multileaf, Bilstein high-performance shocks, stabilizer bar/Dana 44
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