Greetings and weight question
Greetings, Don here from Southeast AZ. We are looking to get a FW, but have no real rush because we want to research, and pick the best rig for us. We just purchased our new 2018 Ram 2500 Laramie. 6....
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BigDinAZ wrote:jkwilson wrote:
No, the axle rating and pin weight aren’t directly related. Axle weight comes from the pin weight, but it includes the truck weight and weight distribution affects it. Payload is what determines the pin weight you can handle. You take the payload number and subtract the weight of everything you add to the truck including passengers, fuels etc. and what you have left is available payload.
Are you sure your 3500 only has 10,000lb GVWR? Your numbers look more like a 2500.
Okay, so Max Payload Minus wife and I (354 lbs), minus Fuel, and anything else is what the pin weight can not exceed.
So for instance if I have GVWR of 10k, and everything I put in the truck is 2klbs, that means I can have up to 8k LBS pin weight?
Unless I'm missing something, and I may since I've always towed travel trailers, but you have to include the actual weight of the truck itself.
For example:
GVWR = 10,000 lbs.
Actual weight of truck including EVERYTHING loaded inside, fuel, people, etc, = 7000 lbs. (just making up a number)
10000 - 7000 = 3000 lbs. of cargo carrying capacity.
So, as long as your pinweight is less than 3000 lbs, you would be fine in that regards.
