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rctoyguy
Explorer
Feb 14, 2017

Is my Ram 2500 a wimp or am I missing something here?

In the market for a 5th wheel, and I know I need to be careful about weights - but I'm trying to get in the ballpark for camper weights to see if what I want is reasonable. I just looked up the spe...
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nickthehunter
Nomad III
Feb 15, 2017
Camper G wrote:
What year is your truck? What is the max weight from the yellow door jamb sticker? Something is not right. My 17 2500 has over 3100lbs of pay and that's right off of that yellow sticker. The dodge website has an app where you can run your vin. They say i have over 32 or 3300, can't remember.

Double check your figures.
That's because yours is a gas and his is a diesel. The diesel engine weighs a lot more, hence the payload goes down because the curb weight goes up; the GVWR remains the same.

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