Ram 1500 owners (current gen) come on in!

jerem0621 wrote:
Something I unscientifically did was to go to a Ford dealer and look at the sum of several F150’s axle ratings and compare to the vehicles GVWR. On the Max Tow versions I looked at there was very little if any margin between the sum of the axles and the GVWR...

I did the same test on Ram 1500’s with 5.7 Hemis and found that there was significant margin between the sum of the axle ratings and the GVWR... I’ve lost the numbers but it was like 800-1000 lbs.

Seems to me that Ford taps into the sum of the Axle ratings to feel comfortable increasing the GVWR compared to other half tons.

In other words...

If you load a Max Tow F150..pardon the pun... to the max you will have nearly zero axle rating left over.

If you load a Ram 1500 to the max payload rating you will likely see some significant margin left over on the axle ratings.

I have not done this test with the new aluminum bodied F150... but I need to.

Current owners... can you post your Axle ratings, GVWR, and payload rating?

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Aside from the new 2019 Ram 1500s with the 6 lug wheels, I think the entire last generation has 3900 lb GAWR front and back, for a total of 7800 lbs. This results in a cushion of about 900 lbs when compared to the GVWR of 6900 lbs. All the models I checked conform to that anyhow. The payload on my 2015 1500 Laramie is 1368 lbs (I think). I can go over 2000 lbs without exceeding GAWR if I'm careful. And now that I've suped up the suspension, I'm not afraid to do that on occasion.