2011 Ram 3500 Mega SRW 5th Wheel Towing 17K?

Redsky wrote:
GCWR takes into account the total load that will be placed on the engine bearings, U-joints, transmission, and frame of the truck. That is why lower gears provide a higher rating - something that should be obvious. The diesel engines can take more stress than the gas engines and so the same gearing will provide for a higher GCWR with the diesel pickups.

Hard to understand why NC Hauler cannot get the difference between the calculated load rating for a stock truck as it left the factory and one that has been modified with new tires or other components. It takes 10 minutes on any dealer's lot to look at 1-ton pickups and see very different payload ratings and then to compare the trucks and see that the only difference is in the rims and tires on the trucks as they were ordered by the dealer.

My truck came with tires rated at 3200@80 PSI for a 6400 lb. load capacity. The GVWR is 6700 lbs. but I would not have that amount of load and expect not to have problems with the tires. The axle and wheel bearings are manufactured by AAM and this company's engineers rate the axle and its wheel bearings at 10,900 lbs. and I would think they know what they are doing. The same axle that is used on my Duramax 2500 is also used on the 3500 trucks that show a much higher payload. ONLY two differences the 3500 trucks, an extra set of leaf packs and an extra pair of rims and tires. Go figure!

Isn't the extra spring part of the suspension :H thus higher payload :H Common sense has apparently left with the turn of the century :R
And the extra pair of wheels and tires is a 3500 DRW. Wonder why the don't make a dually 250/2500 now days :W
Four sets of trucks IMO, a grocery getter (think 15 here), a Home Depot getter (think 25 here), a medium 5er's hauler (think 35 SRW here) and a big 5er hauler (think dually here) . Well then there is the MDT or HDT but that is plain ole overkill in our little RV world, but they are pretty cool.
Please just list your travel plans and routes on this board. I'm more that willing to leave a hour early or later if I'm on your route.

OBTW what in the $*%$ are you talking about with this statement " GCWR takes into account the total load that will be placed on the engine bearings" :H I'm all ears :B Google away buddy!