Holy smokes. Did I read right?
The new 2014 Dodge diesel, 1 ton can tow 30,000 lbs. I would imagine you will need the dually wheels.
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As jim says, from an LEO/CVEO stand point the manufactures ratings are not enforced! So might as well warranty the rigs as to how they are used etc!
Then the std for tow ratings......again, that is a person somewhere saying they want this truck to do this, if they can build it to do that, then it is rated for it, if it is not able to do the spec, then it is not rated for it.
For me, tow rating would include moving the total load up a 30% grade, The new tow specs from the SAE only have a min 12% grade you need to be able to go up. That is less grade than my driveway. So I would need to lower the specs how much? The tow specs do not give me a conversion to know what I would need to have to achieve those results. The new supposed tow ratings are limited to 80# of frontal area. MOST med to larger 5ws, are in the 90-120# range. So as Ford did in the mid 90's, they had max tow ratings that were reduced after you hit 80# of FA, 81-100 was deducted by 2500 lbs, 101-120 was deducted an addition 2500 lbs or 5000 total. So the dodge specs would only be good to 30K if you had a trailer no bigger than 80# of FA< if you had a LARGE front bedroom slide 5w, you would be limited to 25K lbs lbs, or gcwr less 5K from a smaller frontal area trailer.......
More than one way to skin a cat frankly!
Marty
Then the std for tow ratings......again, that is a person somewhere saying they want this truck to do this, if they can build it to do that, then it is rated for it, if it is not able to do the spec, then it is not rated for it.
For me, tow rating would include moving the total load up a 30% grade, The new tow specs from the SAE only have a min 12% grade you need to be able to go up. That is less grade than my driveway. So I would need to lower the specs how much? The tow specs do not give me a conversion to know what I would need to have to achieve those results. The new supposed tow ratings are limited to 80# of frontal area. MOST med to larger 5ws, are in the 90-120# range. So as Ford did in the mid 90's, they had max tow ratings that were reduced after you hit 80# of FA, 81-100 was deducted by 2500 lbs, 101-120 was deducted an addition 2500 lbs or 5000 total. So the dodge specs would only be good to 30K if you had a trailer no bigger than 80# of FA< if you had a LARGE front bedroom slide 5w, you would be limited to 25K lbs lbs, or gcwr less 5K from a smaller frontal area trailer.......
More than one way to skin a cat frankly!
Marty
