I have a noob question please.
I am a total noob. I am trying to educate myself. Let me start my question with telling you about my setup. I bought the 2015 Ram 1500 4x4 Eco Diesel with trailer brakes and Air Ride. I bought this ri...
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ThgilnE wrote:rbpru wrote:
True, but he is going to overload it anyway, so at least the suspension itself can be beefed-up. The limiting factor on the 1500 Ram is the coil spring suspension anyway.
The problem with that statement is I have front and rear Air Ride. I'm not sure it has coil springs. I could be wrong because it is my first truck, so correct me if I'm wrong.
Take a look inside your driver door for a sticker that will have the max payload for your truck (not the GVWR). That's the starting point, and you subtract people, hitch weight, tongue weight, bed cover, etc. to it. Keep in mind brochure tongue weight often does not have the battery or full propane tanks included.
Of course the best way is to load everything up as you would go camping and hit the scales for the three weights (truck only, truck & trailer no weight distribution, truck & trailer with weight distribution). Air suspension is kind of tricky to get setup with so running over the scales is good anyway.
