Pulling with a Ram 2500
I am looking at a trip to Virginia from Missouri to see my son who is stationed there. Its 1100 miles and will be the longest trip I have taken with my new set up as far as my Ram 2500 Hemi 6.4L with...
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crcr wrote:Missouri Man wrote:
Great Feedback! The tongue weight is 750lbs and dry weight its at 7100 lbs. loaded with food, clothes and 3 of us, is where I am getting my 8200 lb number for I pull with no water, but you could be right, I may be closer to 9k but the truck is rated to tow 16k with the 4:10. One of these days I may look towards a 5th wheel. Again all your responses are fantastic!
Dry weights are a fiction for manufacturer retail marketing and are meaningless for any practical purpose. Right from the factory, RV's weigh more than their "dry weight". What is your trailer's GVWR? I would guess your true weight ready to camp is probably right at your GVWR. I bet it weights 10K+ ready to camp. Take it across a CAT scale ready to camp and I bet you will be very surprised.
While it's true an RV will weigh a bit more than it's dry weight it will not weigh 3klbs more ready to camp!
My 7100lb dry TT weighed 9300lbs ready to travel. And I packed like a full timer for weekend and 2 week trips! So a normal person would more than likely pack less. I packed for 2 adults and 2 kids. So the OP will definitely be less.
