Dodge ram payload

Dry weight of 4300lbs?
What makes you think you are heavy?

I Have an 09 Ram 1500 crew cab 4x4 with ram box. The payload is only 1054 pounds, I know Im over weight with my trailer and people aboard but I take my time and the truck handles excellent. Next truck will be a 3500 for sure so I won't have to worry about payload.

PackerBacker wrote:
...hitch weight was...1640 lbs....B pillar sticker said his capacity was ...1234 lb.

This guy has to be 750-850 lbs over the limit, he's even over the manufacturer's published capacity.

I'b bet $20 he was at least 1000 pounds over GVWR, maybe 1500 pounds. If he didn't know payload, then he probably quoted the 5er dry pin weight, which goes up. Then 200-250 pound receiver in bed. Then people in the cab. Then whatever else is in the cab or truck bed. Anyway....

BTW. My truck doesn't work any harder then my 5000 lb trailer and doesn't sway

The truck works. I have already towed it and no problems. I load it right have a great wd and sway, air bags and trailer tow. I already had the truck. Had it since 2011 so I couldn't check before ordering. Lol

samhain7 wrote:
Hitch weight of 745. I weigh 160. Wife 100 and kids 100 combined....

Wow, good thing you guys are small. Maybe the truck will work for you.

samhain7 wrote:
I have to ask this...how can my Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie with the 5.7 HEMI, and trailer tow package with the 3.92 axle have a cargo weight of only 1,100 lbs? This is the lowest I have read of any vehicle on this forum! What happened to my truck at the factory? I don't have any other add ons than any other truck out there....

Didn't you check the lot before ordering?? I did and seen that every Ram 1500 CREW CAB, 4WD truck on the lot only had 1100 - 1200 lbs of payload, less than my midsize 2008 Ford Sport Trac V8 with 1288 lbs. Yes it was crew cab and 4WD.

Since none of the Ram 1500s had the payload to tow my trailer and haul my family at the same time, I drove right to the Ford dealership which was 2 doors down. Next store was a Chevy dealer I drove past. :).

Everything on the Ford lot was between 1400 lbs and 1500 lbs so I did a dealer trade and got my 2010 with 1430 lbs of payload. Since then, Ford raised their GVWR (and payload) on the V8s by 150 lbs, from 7200 lbs GVWR to 7350 lbs. My 2012 truck is only 2 lbs less than my 2010 but now I have 1582 lbs payload and my truck is pretty loaded.

I was disappointed in Ram not having more payload than a car or even a small crossover. I guess people don't use them as trucks and more like cars, which explains their move to a car suspension. If they would had a high payload, I may had been driving one, a shame.

Then again you can get a 5.7L 2500 which has equalivant payload and weight to a F150 Heavy Duty Suspension truck or get a 1000 more pounds in payload by getting a 2500 with the 6.4L.

Right now I need both a truck and commuter so a 3/4 ton truck was out of the question.

I can only recommend buying a trailer that's small enough not to overload your GVWR.

Good luck.

A camper pulled into a site across from us in upstate NY towing a 5th wheel with a 2013 Ram 1500. We got to talking and I asked what his hitch weight was, he said 1640 lbs. My jaw about dropped. So I asked what the B pillar sticker said his capacity was and he did not know. Well we checked and it turned out to be 1234 lbs which put him 406 lbs over without passengers or any other load. The only thing he had done was add air bags which he adds 20 lbs of air to.

This guy has to be 750-850 lbs over the limit, he's even over the manufacturer's published capacity.

when I was at the PA sportmans show globs of the unaware were frothing at the mouths over the ecodiesel. I waited for my chance to see the tire and loading sticker: 700lb Payload.

I chuckled and annouced the payload number to the less informed. Grocery getter was yelled out from the back of the crowd. The showing rep was not happy.

MitchF150 wrote:
I too got hung up on the 'truck' and not the stickers... Last year, I was all set to get a 2012 5.0 F150. It only had the regular tow package and it did have a #7400 GVWR, but I didn't even bother looking at the payload sticker.. Passed on that one, as I was not ready for it at that time financially anyway..

Fast forward to the beginning of this year and that's the first thing I looked for ... Was the payload sticker...

Also, looked for the big tow mirrors, which tell you right off the bat the truck has the "Max Tow" option.. :)

After comparing stickers, I didn't even want a 'regular' F150... ;) The fancier they were, the more expensive they were and also the LOWER the payload was...

Well, I ended up with this.



Pretty satisfied with the numbers and as evidence of my recent first tow with it, I think I chose wisely.. ;)

Oh, and my P rated tires did just fine.. I had them pumped up to 44 psi all around and they were solid and felt no squirm or mush in them at all.. Might have to do with the lower profile of them to begin with?

Mitch

yep, I would say you got a good one there! It is amazing to me how 1/2 ton trucks can be so different on their payload specs...I mean my 1061lbs on my 2013 Ram was lower than the payload sticker on my wife's 2012 Town and Country minivan (about 1165 I think hers was). If I would have paid more attention when I bought mine last year (sticker) I could have saved myself a good bit of money, but live and learn I guess. I do LOOOOOVE my Cummins now though:)