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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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wilber1
Explorer
Feb 16, 2017
nickthehunter wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
Trucks are not just tires and axles.
It's alright Wilber, it's justified because it's F250/2500's were talking about. GVWR means nothing.
If it was F150/1500's, we'd get the "You're Going to Kill Your Wife and Kids" message for towing over your GVWR.


I don't know the legalities or the answers. I didn't engineer the thing, I just don't think it is responsible to tell someone it is quite OK to exceed a placarded weight. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

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