audiodane wrote:
solid advice, 2012Coleman. Thank you. We did the CAT scale thing with our 2014 Expedition EL and towed a few times (TT's) ... looking for a little more margin but a 3500 just seems unnecessarily large. I think a <12k gross FW gives us plenty of options..
Not absolutely opposed to a 3500, but also don't think it's a must in this (<12k gross) ballpark based on what I'm learning.. Definitely going CTD engine though, whichever way we go. :) Lots of good 10k and 11k gross options out there..
cheers,
..dane
No not a Must, but why not buy once and be covered for the next trailer. There are a lot of variables in towing a 5er as far as weights go. Family of five, you only covered the current weights of the family members. Three of them with grow.
STUFF, every bottle of water, paper plate plastic fork adds to the weight on both the TV and 5er, If you get a 3500 SRW you gain 2,300# (mentioned before) in GVWR, and almost will go to payload.
I have a 2016 Ram Laramie 3500 DRW, yellow tag pay load 5,411# GVWR 14,000# 14,000 - 5,411 = 8,589? well after our hitch, and in bed tool box, me DW and 30# and stuff, we scaled with full tanks (fuel & DEF) 9,950# leaving us with 4,050# of payload. If you are calculating too close you will be surprised.
