Will Ram 2500 be enough?
Hi, everybody. Don't have a 5er yet, but will soon. My question is this: I will more than likely be buying ( new or used) an Arctic Fox 27-5. I keep hearing of people pulling that basic size with 3/4 ...
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Ladyhawk777 wrote:
Hi, everybody. Don't have a 5er yet, but will soon. My question is this: I will more than likely be buying ( new or used) an Arctic Fox 27-5. I keep hearing of people pulling that basic size with 3/4 tons. I will be fulltiming it in my rv, so will be moving it around probably once a month or so. Is a 3/4 ton truck enough, I know the Arctic Fox'es are heavy, but the ride sounds better on a 3/4 ton rather than a 1 ton. Would prefer to buy 3/4 ton, but will buy 1 ton if I absolutely have to. Appreciate any and all ideas. Thank you in advance.
Welcome to the forum where you can get answers to your question all across the spectrum. Some folks want to help and others just like to argue and pick at others suggestions and offer no help.
Depending on which 2500 Ram you choose they come with 6000-6500 RAWR numbers.
These trucks are heavy which eats up payloads. The rear axle may weigh in the 3000 lb range which leaves around 3500 lbs for a payload. Add 200-400 lbs for occupants/200-250 lbs for a hitch/100 lbs for other gear in the truck leaves around 2700 lbs for a trailers wet pin weight.
The AF 27-5 has a huge 3750 lbs CCC and a 13400 gvwr/9650 dry gross. Full timing and your going to be close to 12k-12.5k which cab be around 2400-2600 lb pin weight....all depending on actual scale weights. Your going to have close to a max load.
With the Cummins the truck will have no problems pulling its advertised tow ratings.
A 3500 SRW has just a bit higher capacity with the bigger 7000 rawr. I would drive both trucks....then choose one.
