Comparing The Crew Cab and Mega Cab For The 2020 Heavy Duty RAM 3500 Cummins 

The long bed is so nice with the extra room in the back. Don't forget the 50 gal fuel tank advantage! Love seeing the DTE at 1000km+.

Thank you for taking the time to make and sharing this video.

Thank you . At last somebody shows and explains the differences. Hardly anybody shows the capacities. You are the man. Regards from Greece.

I have a 2019 Laramie Mega dually with every option (minus the 4:10 gears) & love it. We full-time RV with our 41-foot Solitude & pulls like a dream. Demco slider hitch has no clearance problems up to 90 degree turns. Wanted a Mega & glad we did - reclining seats, room behind the seats, flat floor for hauling stuff, & a lot more room for our 2 teenagers, golden retriever, & 2 cats. Plus, I may be in the minority here, but I think it looks a LOT better than a long bed - much more balanced.

We have the Ram 3500 Mega cab Limited addition, with all the bells and whistles. We use it mostly for towing our Bighorn, which usually weighs in at 16,000 pounds. It’s a great truck! We can park it in normal size parking spaces if need be. The 8 foot bed you would stick out way to much. We use the rear seat area for our two German Shepard’s who love that big area. If you measure that area out, it about the same size as a queen size bed. We use an Anderson Ultimate hitch and we can turn to 85 degrees, but rarely have had to do that. We have towed all over the country in the last two years and have had zero problems with the truck. The only thing that I would like to have Ram change is the 31 gallon diesel tank. When you get 9 to 11 mpg towing : that does not go to long. We had a 2500 Laramie SRW Diesel, but when we got our new Bighorn it turned out to be heavy for it. Printed numbers lie on both the truck and trailer weights. The 3500 pulls it like it’s not even there, so a way more comfortable tow.

Hauling a family around with 2 kids in the cab plus trailers, the extra room in the MegaCab makes the difference for our sanity.

Mega Cab with the 8 ft bed is the G.O.A.T. so both of them are great when you put them together.

$30k in just options is insane. I'm currently looking at the 3500 and they are incredible in every way but $82k is steep

I personally think the mega looks stubby and just weird. I chose a long bed dually for my own personal truck. I got a truck to get a truck.

Great value content placed in your videos, love it.👍

Hey I've just found your channel and I'm looking to start my own trucking business and I have to say you gave me some great insight into two of these trucks that I'm looking at thanks for the great Content keep it up keep it up brother.

Short bed all day. I have to sleep in my truck sometimes and that mega cab helps ALOT

great video! The B and W offset ball might have helped me make my decision. I'd like to see a video of different towing options like that, as well as the set-up you run. What are the pros and cons to converting a fifth to goose?

Great videos man. Keep them coming.

diesel duallys are built for hauling/towing so it only makes sence to go for the larger bed.

Great review thank you. Good info on the b&w ball .

Thank you brother for a real world comparison on stuff that really matters.

I haven’t known what the megacab gave you over the crewcab, now I do and thanks for the video!

Awesome review. Enjoyed it tremendously. Please keep on doing that.

Great review. Makes me rethink the mega cab as a must. Thanks man! Great job

Awesome review Thank you for the info. Helped me make my decision Mega all the way.

Love the review. The mega cab is better suited for a family hauling a 5th wheel camper. Love the design of both.

This was an excellent informative video!!

Great job! Wish I saw this before I bought my truck though!

JB, I am in love with that mega cab drw. That thing looks like a beast like you said. Thanks for the side by side video comparison.

I appreciate you using your hands as a reference

I really enjoyed this video. Hey! I’ve got an idea that Ram still somehow has not thought of. Offer the MegaCab with an 8 foot bed. Since there are after market shops that stretch MegaCabs all the time successfully, why not just manufacture that model?

I am looking to get a 3500, thanks for making these videos

Definately wanna peel the short bed back. Nice practical use behind the front seats. Wish it was a flat deck

I will take a larger cab over a longer bed. At least until my kids are out of the house.

Linga bodywork without a doubt! congratulations on the video!

Good review. Thanks.

Great job! Very informative 👏

I love the mega cab, but I also need the 8ft need for transfer tank and toolbox. Plus a gooseneck. Been checking out stretch my truck. Probably gong to get a mega cab Longhorn dually and extend the frame for a 8ft bed. Thank you for the excellent video!

Love this. Just ordered the MC.

Great insight JB!!!

Great information! Thank you.😎

Love these videos. Can you share a video peek at the air suspension and leaf springs on the 3500 dually, actual footage around the axle and tires. Thank you for your in depth videos!

I would love to see a real megacab long bed. Best of both worlds I say

Great job showing the differences! I think it’s great that Ram has kept the Mega cab. That gives more options of what fits the buyer. We like the Mega cab over the crew for now because of the storage behind the seats. The kids throw pillows and blankets back there along with the dog bowls leash and toys. When we go to a fifth wheel and the kids are grown we will most likely go to a long bed crew though.

I do like the the way the MEGA cab looks.

Amazing video

Thanks for the video. Tough choices. I like the mega. But I like to make those tight maneuvers as well while towing.

Is it more of a truck because it has a longer bed and wheel base, or is it all about interior cabin space, you choose?

Great overview!

Great video

Great video. I’m a GM guy but will buy the ram 3500 when I’m in the market

Appreciate the insights you share. You helped me decide on my 2500 Hemi I ordered for better payload capacity rating. I see a lot of people in the comments choosing to go 3500 so they can carry more to be "street legal". It may be worth reminding them that if their combined vehicle and trailer weight exceeds 26k lbs then most states require a class A and/or CDL to actually be legally driven. Most rv dealerships won't say that or people make blanket statements about rv exemptions which often aren't true. In my experience as a prior law enforcement officer, most officers cared more about proper registration and licensing than manufacturer payload rating numbers which are harder to enforce since people make modifications from the factory packages. Some people could get into more trouble getting a higher weight rated truck without the right license vs putting airbags on a 2500 when the numbers are a little tight with payload. No one likes recommending anyone challenge the gvwr nor am I right now trying to do so but gvwr often speaks to the classification of commercial vs no-commercial more than the capability of the vehicle. But back to my point, people may actually need to choose less trailer like I did unless they are willing to step up to the requirements of a class A or CDL which I'm not interested in these days lol.

I like that mega cab dually. That setup always looks good to me! Thanks for sharing about the 5th wheel/gooseneck prep. That’s the only draw back to the mega cab is the 5th wheel towing. I’m sure that the price would be about the same going with the aftermarket B&W as if you added the option of the prep package, if not maybe a little less. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I like the crew cab short bed. I'm not towing anything and I'm not putting a lot of stuff in the bed.

Hey, stumbled across this video. One question... did you try a turning radius comparison between the two trucks? I'm curious to know the difference between the two because there clearly is a wheel base difference. The Mega cab should turn tighter...

For a minute there I thought you were gonna do tug of war with those 2 trucks 😂🤦‍♂️

Totally agree on the looks of the mega short bed in a dually! Good Lord that thing is hot. We actually just ordered one in Night Edition.. cant wait for it to deliver!

I love the mega cab. I would put a shell on the bed and just pull a trailer from the bumper

This is helping me in making a decision to purchase a Ram5500.-I have my trusty 2002 f350,long bed,crew 7.3)☆.& 2017 f350 platinum 4×4,♡but after driving the new 5500 ram ,I'm hooked on Cummins.,,mo power teee!☆

Good info, I was torn between the two. The mega cab is for me.

I have Ram 3500 Mega cab 2019 duly and I love it !!!!

Nice video! Q: would you need an offset ball with a single rear wheel mega cab, in order to make a 90 degree turn with a gooseneck?

Great video JB. Looking forward to part two because I'm in the market for a truck. GMC AT4/Denali or a Ram Litmited. I'm worried about Transmission issues and CP4 in the Ram. You habe any insight to any of these issues, especially some stuff on the CP4?

short bed for me. I love my 16 Megacab dually.

Kinda hoping that Ram will do a Mega Cab Longbox. Comes down to wheel base regulations and DOT length limits. Would be a game changer. We'd all buy one.

Damn...for a “hot shot” set-up, getting the MegaCab would be better to sleep in but getting the long bed, gives you the bigger fuel tank and probably better in “towing situations?”

Yea but Ford comes with free transmission rebuild with new purchase of 2020 F250-600. Does RAM offer this?

Dually looks better with the 8’ bed in my opinion, but I really like a srw mega cab.

J mean k love the mega cab for sure....but the long bed is always the number 1 option... Especially if the truck is being used for work.

What about goosenecks… how would a mega cab short bed dually pull a gooseneck and have room for 90 degree turns?

I am a huge Ford fanboy but that mega cab is SWEET!!!

I'm thinking of buying a ram cummins.. I wanted to know what is the difference between a 2021 cummins diesel 2500 and 3500 single rear wheel?? or can you do a video about the trucks...

Longer bed seems more practical if you're using your truck as a truck

Wish ram would make a longer bed option for mega cab

Even if you have the 5th wheel prep package from the dealer you can actually unbolt the factory gooseneck box and bolt in a B&W one so you can have the square shank

Wish they would just make either a mega cab long bed or mega cab and chassis that was set up for a 8 foot flat bed. Love the cab space, hate the worthless bed.

Perfect for hotshot… that mega cab short bed

Nice video brother!!

Like the room of mega cab but the other one would be better for fifth wheel towing

Grab the 4.10's if you plan to put on bigger tires.

Did the mega cab cabin ever change in size?

Long bed FTW. Having more hauling room is way more important than giving passengers a lazyboy... to me. Had a short bed... never again. But I do love both trucks since they have CTDs.

Both trucks are on the same frame. I have the 1st year megacab with the 5.7 hemi love it. The megacab weighs more.

Pretty good I would rather have the long bed myself I want have to worry about getting a slider hitch I can keep the one I have now, I'm loving the 50 gals fuel tank.

3500 dually long bed looks slick, sleek, and streamlined. Makes no sense to go with short bed. Don't even know why Ram even give short bed dually.

I have the 8’ dually, 19’ Laramie. But man those megacab dually’s are sexy! Definitely my next dually!

Yes I had to take my stock fuel tank out of my 2021 mega cab and put in a 55 gallon titan

Hey man we are thinking about getting rid of the nv 3500 and getting in a mega cab dually. Maybe ur next review can be mega cab dually with hemi and the 8 speed transmission. I'm curious

Long bed dually all day everyday, the longer the wheel base the smoother the ride ..

I would go for the mega cab because it’s very massive line very very powerful top of the line trim levels and make sure upgrades and with 6 camera Mode Version

Bro, you found my truck! Yes the long bed hands down. You sacrifice room in the cab, but gain it in the bed. It is so nice towing and not being worried when backing up that the bulk head is going to hit the cab. I opted not to get HO and Aisian, so my payload is 5,760 lbs but I do have the 4:10. When I purchased my truck, the sales man told me he had never seen someone so anal about numbers in his life, and yes, I am anal as hell when it comes to those numbers. I looked at so many trucks, I thought I would never find it. One then that day came, I found Rambo, and I have never looked back or regretted it. Rambo is a frigging beast man, a beast I tell ya. I cannot get it in the garage, or most drive through fast food joints, and no car washes. It's just too damn big.

I was wondering if you knew if ram was going to put the pro trailer assist on the heavy duty trucks for 2021. I know they are going to do it on their half ton. I am just terrible at backing up a trailer and although I can probably improve I just think of my age I'm never going to be as good as I want! That's why I was excited that ram was going to do what Ford has done for a number of years on their half ton and of course Ford expanded it on their heavy duties for 2020. All of this might be interested in knowing that for the 2021 model year since some of us are back up challenged! Lol

Awh gm has stickers with the special weight of each individual truck stating payload and towing .

Wait so we just nit gonna talk about the thumbnail 😳😳😳 and btw i caught you , you looked at it and found out what i mean😂

I just found out they made a mega cab long bed that looks sick as hell love it

Alright ive always dreamed of this so here me out a mega cab long bed dully it would be a beast

Like the long bed look, mega cab recline is nice but cabs are small compared to Ford/GM.

Do they make a mega cab long bed?

I’m waiting till the 2023 models come out as I’ve read that the interior of the cab is being redesigned to give a more clear viewing area out the front windshield plus other minor changes. To the critics of how the Mega Cab looks, to each their own. I think they look freaking awesome! You need more room in the bed...get a tailgate extender. You carry more passengers and cargo inside your truck most of the time than outside. Plus, I’ve read the Mega Cab retains more value over the Crew Cab models. Crew Cabs make perfect sense for companies, contractors, etc., but for the daily driver or weekend warrior, the Mega Cab is perfect. There are also quite a few owners of Mega Cabs that use them for cross-country travel where they sleep in them. Try doing that night after night in a Crew Cab. And as JB points out, get the sliding hitch and you’re good to go if you need to pull a trailer. How many times do you make 90-degree turns anyway? Go with the Mega Cab, Longhorn, upgrades, and the Aisin tranny and you’re golden for the next 10-20 years.

I would have to get the long bed. The Mega Can short bed just looks stubby to me. You can just haul more and I like having lots of payload. I would however get the air bags on the truck no matter what. Thanks reviewing these 2 trucks JB.

Can someone please tell me why in the hell there is a sport package for a mega cab dually?????

The short bed dually looks like it got hard in the back

I have been waiting on this review. The short bed looks better😈😈😈

Short bed dually looks beast and better but the mega cab i hear is better for stablity.