Ram 2500 and F250 heavy duty diesel
For those people who have either truck, what would be the max 5th wheel pin weight you would feel safe with? I have been researching but I'm getting conflicting reports online. I figured I would go ...
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I think many forum folks have become better educated over the last several years, concerning TV weight issues. There are still some that don't understand the numbers, when these 3/4 ton truck threads come up. Often times, to make their point, they use legal issues as a scare tactic, even though they have less understanding of weight laws, than they do of a trucks capability.
A forum member in the towing section, was recently told, because of his payload being low, that he could not carry a FW pin wt of 1,600 or more with his 2018 F250 diesel. When adding his family to the truck it would have put him over the class 2 GVWR of 10K. This truck would not have even been close to RAWR/tire rating, towing a mid sized FW. He thanked a few posters that tried to help, before abandoning his thread.
Jerry
A forum member in the towing section, was recently told, because of his payload being low, that he could not carry a FW pin wt of 1,600 or more with his 2018 F250 diesel. When adding his family to the truck it would have put him over the class 2 GVWR of 10K. This truck would not have even been close to RAWR/tire rating, towing a mid sized FW. He thanked a few posters that tried to help, before abandoning his thread.
Jerry
