Need help narrowing down 5th wheel
Good evening all, My wife and I are going to be in the market to purchase our first camper and are super excited. I have a 2022 ram 3500 SRW that's getting built as we speak (hopefully) and we are ...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
Long or short bed 3500 srw have the same 7000 rawr regardless of GVWR or gvwr based payload sticker numbers.
Looking at Ram Body Builder guide base weight specs shows the same cab/drive train/6.7 Cummins/Aisin/etc std bed...rear axle is around 140 lbs lighter than the long bed version = 5th wheel hitch weight that sits on the trucks rear axle, load carrying advantage going to the std 6' 4" bed.
Jimnlin, you state go by rear axle weight rating , that is fine if you choose to do that, but to recommend it to others, can place them in legal limbo! It is stated many times in both owners manual and towing documents that is is unsafe to exceed any one of the axle and or GVWR. While one may never get a ticket for exceeding their GVWR, if in a crash, if over GVWR then doesn’t matter if either driver was cited, that can be listed as a contributing cause of the crash.
To buy a NEW truck at todays prices that may be needing to depend axle ratings because it is over GVWR is insane.
The OP’s truck is on order, so he can likely refuse without issue.
