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New here. Looking for a little help on a few issues. First, I have a 2013 Ram 2500 single with cummins 6.7l and I am looking at a 38ft 5th @ 10800 dry weight. Anyone see any issues towing that combi...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
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There should be some common sense used with these ratings.
Example my truck and trailer combined max rating is only around 18K with 3:42 gears. The exact same truck with 4:10's is rated combined at 30K. In my opinion all I am doing is possibly wearing out the drivetrain. My combo weighs 28K.
To be any use at all, standards have to be objective. Keep in mind that the standards have a number of criteria; the GCWR (and thus tow rating) is based on the lowest weight at which a particular truck will pass all the criteria.
So your truck with the 3.42 might meet all the criteria at a certain weight except for one; it fails at that weight. And close doesn't count. If the criteria is "Maintain 40mph up an 11 mile 7% grade" and the truck can only maintain 39mph, it hasn't passed.