Non 5'er----yet
I am fairly new to the RV scene. I have a 2008 Keystone pull behind but am looking at getting a newer and larger 5th wheel unit. I have a Ram 2500 Mega Cab 6'4" bed 4X4 with the 6.4 Hemi. It is rat...
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bid_time wrote:Bobandshawn wrote:Buy a Travel Trailer, you can tow a lot bigger TT with the same truck then you can a 5er.JIMNLIN wrote:As far as hauling and towing I think you can haul a much larger load than what the factory says you can. Limitation is tires, but legally you could be in a world of hurt. If you cause a death or injury to someone in an accident you could even be criminally liable even if the weight of the rig had nothing to do with the accident. Lawyers are like that ya know!
Respectfully this comes under......Internet myth.
Every LDT truck in commercial service on the road pulling heavy trailers is carrying weight above the tire placard payload rating or a GVWR number payload rating and in that industry your scenario is a non issue so why is it just RV websites where this myth is constantly spread.
I worked in criminal law, now retired. There was a couple times load and capacity came into play in cases I worked on. I do agree it's a hard thing to prosecute criminally, but these civil attorneys can make mince meat of your insurance company come law suit time. Very well may not be that way in other states, but in California you can't throw a rock without hitting a lawyer----and he'll sue you for it.
The CHP, state police, also will get ya on it. In the majority of cases they merely give you a warning. But here is where it's something very obvious like a 1970 Datsun towing a 3 axle gooseneck with 250 bales of hay on it. Back in 1983-1984 I was pulled over by a CHP in my 1974 Dodge 3/4 ton club cab. I was carrying a load of sod and I'm sure it was way more than what the GVW was on the truck. Lucky for me this was in a mountainous area and about the time he was negotiating whether I'd accept a lesser citation or take my changes running across a scale he got called out to an accident or something so I ended up with a warning.
Bottom line is, if you are overloaded (and its apparent) you could get nabbed.
BTW, I ran my pickup across the scales on our ranch when I got home, 11,200lbs. The GVW was something like 8,600 on that old Dodge.
Yes, but OP has a Hemi not a Cummins, so likely has the payload to CARRY the fiver described. The total package size for size is far more more stable than towing a TT.
