dragr1 wrote:
I can't find anything that shows the factory hitch weight rating other than somewhere I saw not to tow over 12,000 pounds conventional, but I can't seem to find where I saw that on the internet anymore. There is nothing on the Ram site or the Dodge literature. So I'm assuming 12k pounds and 1200 tongue weight max. And 2" hitch.
I've been looking at the Curt Class 5 hitches and it appears that they hang below the factory hitch-does that mean that the factory hitch cannot be removed? I'd go outside and look but it's storming outside here now.
All good info - several years ago (03 I believe) Dodge had literature indicating a hitch rating of 10K and then came out with a bulletin for its dealers uping that to 12k conventional. As far as I know, that number was never increased but it could have been.
The class 5 goes under the orig hitch because the orig part is also an integral cross member and is not to be removed.
