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I had a 2012 ram 2500 with another brand of trailer and knew i was going to buy a heavier trailer so i bought this 2013 ram 3500 dually 4x4. The power train is very little difference on the 2500 and 3500 so sure you have plenty of power for the mountains. The question is will your rear tires have enough capacity to tow your RV safely. You only have about 6,000 pounds of weight capacity on the rear so i would suspect your rear tires would be overloaded. I have 3480 pounds of hitch weight on my truck per cat scales and if that was a 2500 then that would leave me with about 2520 pounds empty. These trucks certainly weigh more than 2520 pounds empty on the rear. My hitch weight is 21.5 percent of my trailer which is 16,200 pounds loaded. If your trailer weighs 15,000 pounds loaded then with the 21.5 percent factor for hitch weight which is certainly reasonable to expect then you would be at 3,225 pounds which puts you to close to the edge.The lack of rear tire capacity is what excludes a lot of 2500's when towing these RV's. As for buying 4x4 or not, These diesels are way to heavy in the front to be out in soft areas but i did have to use mine twice when pulling in and out of a rv spot in Gillete Wyoming because of snow and once in Branson when i needed low range to back in to a spot that was very steep. I never thought i would need 4 wheel drive but you never know. If it wasn't for this RV i would have a 2 wheel drive 1/2 ton truck. Safe Travels.
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