Towing 9K pound loaded trailer with Ram 2500
Hi Everyone- I have a 2024 Ram 2500 CC tradesman 6.4 hemi with 4.10 gears and a GVWR of 10,000 lbs. I am looking at buying a TT that is 7800 lbs unloaded, loaded looking at around 9000 lbs or so. ...
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been there done that, even at 10% I went and bought a WDH as it made the ride a lot more comfortable. the proposing you get from a 9000lbs trailer is crazy and the weird thing is you don't notice it until you do get a WDH and it all goes away.
um he doesn't have a ram 1 tone dually and it isn't needed for a 9000lb trailer, he has a ram 2500 and should be fine for up to 1000lbs of hitch weight.
Exactly:
- at 10% it's marginal, so a WDH makes a noticeable difference in sway and bouncing.
- he doesn't need a 1 ton dually, that was the point...beyond 15%, it becomes impractical unless you get a much bigger truck beyond what is needed. Hence the sweet spot of 12-15%.
We're near the indiana manufacturing center, so we see a lot of delivery drivers (almost always 1 ton dually diesel trucks). They never use WDH because they can't be scratching the A-frame up mounting it. I was talking to one as a truck stop one time and he said he keeps a few bags of play sand in the truck. If it's not riding well, he'll throw them in the front of the trailer on the floor and he says it smooths the ride out. Not real practical for the owner to bring 2-300lb of play sand but shifting where you store heavy items can have the same effect.
