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Viken
Explorer
Jul 20, 2021

New ram 3500. Are my weights ok for this truck.

I just bought a ram 3500. Also a new tourque t285. I set up my weight distribution hitch. Here are the weights and what’s going on. Empty weight is 5220 front, 3260 rear, total 8480. I put the hitch ...
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Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Jul 21, 2021
Grit dog wrote:
As you’ve found, these trailers. Toyhaulers in general are tongue heavy.
Run it wherever it looks and rides/drives best imo.
I’ve never been worried about restoring weight to the front of a diesel truck with moderate weights. My front suspension and tires could use a little break from the weight of that big arse motor, once in a while.


If you would quit running those LS tires you would not need to worry. ;)

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