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cdtretta
Jun 02, 2016Explorer
I own a 369 RL, and a short bed Ram 3500. I have weighed my rig multiple times, and can tell you that the real pin weight on my trailer is closer to 3500lbs with all of the stuff I carry. That a short bed works fine if you set the hitch back a bit. My RAWR is 7000lbs, and I am slightly over that, but the AAM axle is rated for a higher weight as long as the rims and the tires are also rated for that. I am OK to 7600 lbs on my tires, and my rims are okay. I do have air bags to control chucking only. If I had to do it all over again, I would have gone with a dually with a 3.73 rear, but only because it would have put me in the sweet spot for my Cummins. Otherwise, I have towed over 23,000 miles with this rig, and I love it. I recently got rid of my slider and moved to a "puck" based B&W hitch instead, and I love it. If you go short bed, non slider, then do what I did and take it to an empty spot and back it up and see how far you can go.
The web is full of opinions. Mine is only one of them. I have weighed, I have the miles, and I have a CDL. For whatever that is worth, there you go.
Chris
The web is full of opinions. Mine is only one of them. I have weighed, I have the miles, and I have a CDL. For whatever that is worth, there you go.
Chris
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