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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Lantley wrote:
I don't want to jump into a axle rating vs. GVWR debate.
But the fact that every owner's manual clearly states do not exceed GVW makes the whole debate more than just RV forum myth and innuendo.
To think exceeding GVW cannot become an issue in a civil matter is naive.
LOL.... you didn't want to jump :B...but you just had to just like I had too jump in when someone makes the same ol' same ol' tired "civil lawsuit/gvwr" bogus claims.
I've been around trucking using LDTs since the early '60s and have never heard this claim till I came on a rv website in '03. Sure we had civil issues regarding exceeding a weight number caused a accident with damage/injury. But a LDT gvwr wasn't one of those numbers.
Ford F350 srw and now GM 3500 srw have gvwrs ranging from 10000 lbs up to 12400 lbs.
We can buy a srw with a 10000 gvwr or a higher gvwr up to 12400 lbs..... for the same exact truck.
Just another reason a LDT gvwr isn't used for any "legal weight" issues (civil or dot).
The OP mentions the 3500 srw Ram which may come with a 12300 gvwr. The 6.7 Cummins crew cab Aisin 4wd truck may weigh close to 8000 lbs and as many Ram owners claim a 4400-4600 lb gvwr based payload sticker number.
As my reply above that brought out the gvwr/civil matter comments I still recommend not exceeding the Rams 7000 rawr.
These trucks are heavy and can carry maybe up to 3600-3700 lbs on the rear axle.
For those that use a gvwr number.....3600-3700 lbs in the bed in no way exceeds the Ram 12300 gvwr number.
