Ram 1500 5.7 towing recommendation
Have a 2014 Ram 1500, 5.7 Hemi. Looking for first trailer. Manual says max towing is 10,400lbs. Looking at Cougar 28ft trailer @ dry weight of 6400 and a Cougar 5th wheel, 28ft at 7000 dry. It looks l...
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rvator97 wrote:
So, the max "towing" weight of 10500lbs, per Dodge really doesn't mean anything....
My max payload for the truck is 1400lbs. Estimate that weight of driver, passenger, gas, dog, etc would be 500 lbs.
Therefore I have to keep the "dry tongue weight", ( is this also referred to as "hitch weight'?) below 900lbs...right?
No, you have to keep your LOADED tongue weight below 900lbs. Dry weight is the empty trailer, no options, gear etc in it yet.
