How much weight is too much?
I have a 2011 RAM 5.7 Megacab which has a rated towing capacity of 11,150 lbs. I have been pulling a 10,950 lb Cedar Creek trailer for 7 years with it. Fully loaded the gross weight of my trailer is...
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blt2ski wrote:
Truck was NOT designed power wise to row a trailer! I could put same engine in a 3500 with a 10,500 gvwr! Saw a few of those too! Even 26k gvwr 6500s! Granted 2 so rear ends. Not designed to tow! Won't happen today. Even at that, why did this truck go up the 20% grade, 3500 with a 454, 16,000 gvwr NOT go up the same grade, both at ~12,000 lbs total?
GCWR is a performance spec, based on an engineer, or set of specs, they decide what it is. Reality, said rating may not be what you need the truck to do. My 3500 was under, did not do what I assumed it would. 2500, way over rating, did what it was supposed to do.
Marty
That makes more sense. It would have just been easier for them to state not recommended for towing than assign an unattainable GCWR.
