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...
Forum Discussion
mich800 wrote:JRscooby wrote:blt2ski wrote:
Bought an 81 gmc new, had a 292 I6, Muncie 4 sp and 4.10s. 8600 gvwr, 8500 gcwr.
This looks like a real braking issue. If you load the truck it can stop a total of 8600 lbs. But if you hook up a trailer, it unloads the front axle so it can't stop as much, so the weight is reduced to 8500...
But you cannot hook up a trailer because you are over the GCWR. That is the conundrum. The second you hook up any trailer that puts the truck at GVWR you are automatically excluded from towing that trailer.
Are you saying the MT weight is equal to the GVWR? I would think it more likely that the truck would weigh say 5800 lbs. With a GCVWR of 8500 you could tow a 2700 lb trailer. But without the trailer you could load 2800 on it's back. I'm more inclined to think the numbers are wrong.
