Did a new vehicle prep on a 2020 Ram 1500 Hemi quad cab, special order with no options missed! Here is the payload sticker!!!!:EDon’t know how you can tow 13k lbs with that payload?

Not sure I've seen one that low on a PU.

From a legal stand point, what is stopping him from loading it past the tire load sticker? Especially if he replaced those stock tires and wheels with a higher higher load rating and 32 psi max pressure. That is sticker is only for the stock tires and is useless if he changes them.

Bet there's configurations of all the Detroit 3 half tons that come up 'light' on payload.All that's left now is for some enterprising attorney to come along with the class action suit, kinda like the flat screen TV class action years ago.:B

Lol, just tell the owner to pump up the tires and he'll be fine. 32psi, hahaha, that's what I run in the winter for better traction.If that sticker doesn't prove to the weight cops that the payload stickers are totally useless, nothing will.Too bad in reality it'll have them screaming see we told you, you should have bought a 1 ton!

The current tires handle 2535 lbs each but I don’t know the semi-floating axle rating.

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Groover
Explorer II
Aug 17, 2019
I used to put more than that in a Chrysler Newport and still tow a good sized trailer. We didn't worry so much about ratings back then.
jfkmk
Explorer
Aug 17, 2019
I think my Hyundai Tucson has more payload. But, that’s a Ram for ya!
rjstractor
Nomad
Aug 17, 2019
Lol my VW Golf wagon and my wife's Kia have it beat, although neither one would be much of a tow vehicle....
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Aug 17, 2019
Half ton pickup that isn’t rated to carry a half ton. That’s why I didn’t consider a RAM this time.
danrclem
Explorer
Aug 17, 2019
I used to haul more than that in my Radio Flyer wagon back when I was a kid.
Bionic_Man
Explorer
Aug 17, 2019
Vast majority of half ton truck buyers have no interest in ever towing anything. The loaded trucks are the replacement for sedans these days, and it will still do more than those.
bob213
Explorer
Aug 17, 2019
I could understand passenger capacity to be that, but not "and cargo".
RoyJ
Explorer
Aug 17, 2019
A lot of this is driven by consumer demand - if buyers of "premium" 1/2 ton trucks didn't expect the ride of a Cadillac Fleetwood, then we wouldn't have such soft springs.

Front and rear GAWRs of the Ram can be up to 3900 and 4100 lbs respectively. If sprung properly, with a bare bone 5000 lbs truck we'd have 3000 lbs payload.

Same reason a Lexus LX470 can have a payload of 1200 lbs, but the frame / axles in a 3rd world country can have 2800 lbs payload.
bikendan
Explorer
Aug 17, 2019
Lwiddis wrote:
Not sure I've seen one that low on a PU.

i saw a lot of 1/2 ton crew cabs with low payloads like that, mainly Rams and Tundras.
that's what happens when you buy one the higher trim levels with all the bling. built for luxury but not for towing.

and i thought Dodge was supposed to increase payload capacities in the 2019 Ram 1/2 tons.:E
AlmostAnOldGuy
Explorer
Aug 17, 2019
20 years back I had an F150 with the 4.6, tall gears and low payload. Worked great to haul a small popup and my family all over the place. It was the right tool for the job then. Lots of good memories- Banff, Jasper, Waterton, Glacier, Yellowstone, Crater Lake, Redwoods, etc.

Take it easy,
Stu