Newbie...So I Need Help with WDH
Here is my setup: 2014 Ram 2500 6.4 2016 Jayco 27BHS GVW=8,250 Tongue=620 Unloaded=6,065 My dealer stocks equalizer 4 points, but I want to be sure I am safely towing and he is selling me wh...
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You certainly do not want to purchase a WDH that is underrated for your trailer. More for the tongue weight than the full trailer weight. You always end up with a hitch rated for more than the trailer weighs because of tongue weight.
In your case a 10,000lb hitch SHOULD work okay, but you won't know for sure until you load up and get a loaded tongue weight. For all we know the tongue weight will burgeon to 1200lbs when you're loaded up.
As far as "leeway" you won't have as much as you think. It will be far and away better than a 1/2 ton truck, but you can't stack the bed full of lead ingots and hit the road. Some 2500 trucks have LESS rated payload than 1/2 tons, the difference being they handle that weight much better and take to being overloaded much better.
In your case a 10,000lb hitch SHOULD work okay, but you won't know for sure until you load up and get a loaded tongue weight. For all we know the tongue weight will burgeon to 1200lbs when you're loaded up.
As far as "leeway" you won't have as much as you think. It will be far and away better than a 1/2 ton truck, but you can't stack the bed full of lead ingots and hit the road. Some 2500 trucks have LESS rated payload than 1/2 tons, the difference being they handle that weight much better and take to being overloaded much better.
