Dodge Ram 3500 SRW Max Payload????

troubledwaters wrote:
Get a gasser and you'll get 800 more lbs.

This is where people get in trouble looking to tow a 5er!!!

The extra weight is on the front axle with a Diesel. You carry the 5er on the rear axle.

It's called what can the rear axle carry, NOT what is the trucks capacity or what can it tow. That's the real world.

It's already a crew cab and a long bed so you can't park it up close to the store, or navigate most drive-thru lanes, so why not go with the dually and have the payload you need?

This, "I want to tow a trailer that needs a dually, but I don't want a dually," attitude never ceases to boggle my mind. Maybe you won't take out a busload of nuns and orphans, but who wants to count every paperclip you put in the truck to make sure you don't overload it? Who wants to put up with the porpoising and chucking from the loaded-to-the-limit suspension, not to mention the extra wear and tear it puts on the truck?

I've seen what towing a big heavy 5ver with an SRW truck does long term, and it ain't pretty.

The 3500 SRW 2wd 6.4 gasser 68re long bed rear axle weighs 2857 lbs.
The 3500 SRW 2wd 6.7 diesel Aisin long bed rear axle weighs 2939 lbs.
All per Ram Body Builders guide specs.

The 6.4 gasser has a 80 lb in the bed payload advantage.

Both trucks have a 7000 rawr so its not hard to see a gasser can't carry anywhere near 800 more lbs in the bed than the diesel equipped truck.

Both truck can safely carry around 3600-3800 lbs in the bed before exceeding its 7000 rawr.

GordonThree wrote:
4000# for a 3500, that's only 700 more than my gasser 2500 at 3300#

Yep, your pulling a 3,500# GVWR TT with a 6.4 Hemi and 4.10 gears. Most likely the OP is likely looking at a 5er about 10,000# heavier than your TT, likely 13,000 to 15,000 GVWR. Not so much fun with a gas engine.

4000# for a 3500, that's only 700 more than my gasser 2500 at 3300#

GordonThree wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:
Get a gasser and you'll get 800 more lbs.

X2

Look at the Tradesman model, typically these are the work trucks and will have the highest ratings

OP stated HEAVY trailer! Get a diesel Tradesman, I test drove a 2017 Tradsman SRW CTD long bed with over 4,000# payload.

troubledwaters wrote:
Get a gasser and you'll get 800 more lbs.

X2

Look at the Tradesman model, typically these are the work trucks and will have the highest ratings

Get a gasser and you'll get 800 more lbs.