Actual Hitch Weight vs Dry Hitch Weight

I learned something new tonight on an Airstream forum. The door sticker on the Ram is just cargo capacity. If you put your VIN into the Ram website you get payload capacity. From Ram customer service with a 2500 example, ""The plant system that prints the label is not sophisticated enough to calculate the true weight of the vehicle on the fly, base weight plus any combination of options ordered. So, it adds an average Max Options weight to the base weight to get curb weight. In this case, with max options, this vehicles curb weight is 300 lbs higher. So, the payload is approx 300 lbs less at 1980 lbs. The label reads “Passenger and Cargo weight cannot exceed 1980 lbs.” So, it uses base weight plus a standard max options weight.""

The VIN specific is the most accurate representation of payload which reads 2270 lbs"

That being said, my payload is listed at 1393 according to the VIN.