Sorry I missed this thread so ended up starting one with similar confusion questions:
Seasons' greetings everyone -
Weights and ratings:
What puzzles this dummy (easily done mind you) is this info produced by the Dodge Towing Guide website for my 2006-3500 single rear wheel:
GVWR 9900lbs
GAWR front 5200lbs
GAWR rear 6200lbs
Curb weight 7281lbs
Payload 2619lbs
GCWR 23000lbs
Max trailer 15550lbs
What limits this truck to 9900lbs when the axles add up to 11,400lbs? 1500 lbs difference? I called Chrysler - they couldn't tell me.
Then I ran the numbers for a SLT dual rear wheel, with otherwise the same configuration as my SRW:
GVWR: 12200lbs
GAWR front: 5200lbs
GAWR rear: 9350lbs
Curb weight: 7504lbs (4 rear tires/wheels vs 2 and some fender tin)
Payload: 4696lbs
GCWR: 21,000lbs
Max trailer: 13350lbs
What limits this truck to 12,200lbs GVWR when the axles add up to 14550lbs.? 2350 lbs difference?
This 2006 SLT dual wheel truck has the same gear ratio and all the same driveline components as the SRW truck in the first example except the SLT has 4 back wheels, yet the dually has 2,200 lbs less trailering capacity than the single rear wheel truck?
Go to 2013 - 20 page towing guide, page 9 - the numbers make somewhat more sense, GVWR's still don't add up to the axles, but the trailer capacities are the other way round:
Diesel, 6spd manual, 3.73, 4x4 3500 crew cab long box:
SRW: GAWR front 6000 GAWR rear 7000 GVWR 12300 GCWR 24000 TLR WT 16080
DRW: GAWR front 6000 GAWR rear 9750 GVWR 14000 GCWR 26000 TLR WT 17680
Questions arise:
So how does the dual wheel model have more trailer weight capacity than the single wheel truck in 2013 but not in 2006?
If the trailer weight to truck is applied safely and within truck axle load limits etc etc, why would one truck be different from the other in trailer capacity at all?
So these trucks can haul/tow 3 times their own curb weight, but they can't haul the sum of their axle weight capacities without a trailer?
:h
