can my truck pull my RV?? newbie
just bought my first 5th wheel camper because I am relocating to a town with essentially no rental houses available! the dealer said my truck would tow it with no problem but now I'm starting to worry...
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bikendan wrote:
...... I agree, that trailer's pin weight will be over your truck's capacity.
you run the risk of breaking the axle if you choose to tow it with your truck.
take the VIN to a Dodge dealer and see what comes up.
Really!! this is not an F150, this truck with the 5speed likely has a Dana 80 axle rated at 10,000# by the manufacture. The Dana 80 and 70 are both full floating axles, the same as the 3500 DRW. The limiting item is the tires, 245/75-16E tires rate 3,042# each, two equal 6,084#. If it came with a camper package tires went to 265/75-16E rated at 3,414# each.
mdamerell wrote:
1994-2002 Dodge Ram VIN Decoding this might help.
Found a couple of websites that claim the 1997 Ram 2500 can handle 3,500# in the box but can find the actual Dodge specs. Would probably still want a set of air bags to level out the load.
Not telling you to do anything as I think your truck is overloaded unless you can find the numbers to support it. Personally at 14,000# gross I'd would want a dually, but that's just me.
The idea of having someone deliver it to your new location if you don't wish to upgrade your truck might be the best alternative.
Well these old Rams have some pretty good spring packs under them, my rig weighs in at 11,000# with 2,100 to 2,200 on the pin, I don't have a need for air bags as I am still close to an inch from engaging the overloads.
