popupcamping wrote:
Hybridhunter wrote:
popupcamping wrote:
and as always NEVER look at max tow rating...in your case 8500 lbs....although your truck can PULL that much weight it will never be able to CARRY it...it is a useless figure
and btw your hitch weight will be closer to 900lbs....way too much trailer IMO.
But a cat scale run through ready to camp would be the only true way to know...hard to do on a trailer you are looking to buy.
This post is just ridiculous..... A Hemi Ram with a WDH can't tow a 7000# trailer. Right.
To the OP, keep an eye on rear axle weight and you will be fine. In some circumstances the 3.55 gears work out better, as it may allow you to run a lower rpm in a lower gear at cruise. And the Hemi is a great engine for work. Enjoy!
numbers are numbers.....it is entirely up to the person hooking it up whether you want to believe them or not.
The OP mentioned his "tow rating" was 8500lbs which if it was a boat may work but a high front TT with a hitch weight in excess of 1000lbs his truck shouldn't haul..will it?..of course but I was merely saying it isn't a figure which should be taken into consideration as many other limits will be far exceeded.
I almost guarantee that the trailer he is looking at loaded to camp hooked onto his truck and taken to a Cat scale would show the rear axle and payload of the truck exceeded.
will he hurt anything??? doubtful..will he kill anyone??? unlikely but numbers are numbers and if you do not want to know the numbers than why ask at all.
just my opinion others may vary
Where are you getting your figures from?? Why would you think this trailer will have a hitch weight that exceeds 1000lbs??? The dry tongue weight is only 650lbs, do you really think he is going to add over 400+lbs to the tongue weight once loaded???? Not to mention once the WDHitch is setup properly it will transfer up to 20% of that weight back onto the trailer axles. Also what other limits are you referring to that will be "FAR EXCEEDED"???
To the OP, You should be fine with that trailer. You will be close on payload but it's doable.
