scottkeen wrote:
The trailer I'm planning to get is a Mountaineer 347THT 5'er toy hauler. Dry weight is 10,700 and GVWR is 14,200
I'm going to look at a 2007.5 Dodge Ram 3500 on Tuesday (2 hours away). It's a Crew Cab, Dually, 4X4, Long Bed with only 82,000 miles and it has the 6.7L Cummins motor (has the diesel exhaust brake). It's being sold by an individual so the price doesn't have the dealer markup putting it within striking distance of my budget. He said he used it tow his boat in and out of the lake a couple of times a year and as a grocery-getter, never used as a plow. It's a Pennsylvania truck so rust may be an issue.
My main concern was that it's a 3.73 axle gear ratio and if I load the 347THT 5'er toy hauler to the max GVWR, then I'd be over the max trailer weight specification for the truck by +900 lbs over.
You should be all right with 3:73 gears in a truck of that vintage. Our 05 Duramax has the 3:73 gears, and we have a similar size Mountaineer. You may slow on the grades, but it should do ok You will want a DRW truck if you stay with a truck of that age.
