What does all this MEAN? TV help.
So, we bought a truck last year on a whim (Ram 1500), and then bought a rig. Didn't plan the 2 purchases out very well. Technically the 5er is within the specs of the truck....but we towed over I-70...
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At 9000 ft, the air is getting mighty thin and this may be a big part of your problem. Maybe putting a supercharger on your hemi will do the trick. That is one of the reasons why diesels work so well as they are almost always turbocharged.
Another problem, as I see it, is that I think you are way underestimating the pin weight. 20% of trailer's GVWR is pretty much the norm for figuring it if you have not weighed the trailer (which I highly recommend that you do). So, that pin weight instead of being around 1200 lbs or so....may be as high as 2000 lbs....which of course with all your other weight in the truck is WAY over your payload rating and that engine just doesn't have sufficient power to pull that when at high altitudes.
At those altitudes, I would only think diesel.
Ron
Another problem, as I see it, is that I think you are way underestimating the pin weight. 20% of trailer's GVWR is pretty much the norm for figuring it if you have not weighed the trailer (which I highly recommend that you do). So, that pin weight instead of being around 1200 lbs or so....may be as high as 2000 lbs....which of course with all your other weight in the truck is WAY over your payload rating and that engine just doesn't have sufficient power to pull that when at high altitudes.
At those altitudes, I would only think diesel.
Ron
