NEED ADVICE ON NEW TT AND TOWING
NEED ADVICE New travel trailer after looking at following specs do I need to upgrade to a Ram 2500? If so would you get Turbo Diesel or 6.4 gas? Any advice would help me out. Thanks Karen Ba...
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The weak spot would be the payload of the truck. How much weight in people and pets will you have? How much gear will you put in or on the truck (front bike hitch, roof storage, truck bed, etc).
The truck's payload is 1790lbs. The trailers tongue weight is going to be between 900 and 1350lbs once loaded (10-15% of trailer gvwr). That only leaves you with 440 to 890lbs for people, pets and gear.
If you have young kids or plan on kids in the next few years, consider their weight gain potential the next 3-5 years. Don't keep this truck if you know a growth spurt will exceed the payload.
I would look for a truck with the highest payload available.
You're under 80% of the max towing capacity so that's not too bad.
The truck's payload is 1790lbs. The trailers tongue weight is going to be between 900 and 1350lbs once loaded (10-15% of trailer gvwr). That only leaves you with 440 to 890lbs for people, pets and gear.
If you have young kids or plan on kids in the next few years, consider their weight gain potential the next 3-5 years. Don't keep this truck if you know a growth spurt will exceed the payload.
I would look for a truck with the highest payload available.
You're under 80% of the max towing capacity so that's not too bad.
