A look at carrying capacities

spud1957 wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

spud1957 wrote:
Interesting comments regarding RAM using SAE J2807 for their ratings.

"All this is interesting because we were told the short-bed Rebel crew cab (with a Hemi V-8 and a RamBox) had a towing capacity of around 10,000 pounds. That seemed odd to us, because it doesn't follow the Society of Automotive Engineers' J2807 standard requirement of 10 percent of towing capacity for the recommended tongue weight. Following that formula, the Rebel's 10,000 pounds of towing capacity would have put us 100 pounds over our 900-pound max payload capacity, and that's before adding a driver, passenger or cargo. We should also note that SAE J2807 criteria recommends, before adding tongue weight, adding 300 pounds for passengers as well as 25 to 65 pounds for the receiver and trailer hitch or weight-distributing hitch."

So those Boys beating their chest and saying RAM uses J2807 standard where others don't, you might want to look a bit further. RAM kind of uses it but kind of doesn't use it either.

Do you know of any other manufacturer that, uh.."kinds of uses it, and kinda doesn't"? Or is Ram the only bad guy here?

Didn't imply anyone else uses it.

If you are going to "advertise" using a standard then you should use the complete standard. Not just the parts that make for good marketing. If they used the complete standard then the tow rating would be less.

My point is that the RAM ratings are no more valid/true than those manufacturers that don't use SAE J2807.

The RAM discussed in the article is rated higher than it should be to stay under its ratings. No different that the other manufacturers.