Ram 2500 Towing Help!

I have the exact same truck. I tow 9500 lbs with no problem in new england. You should average 10 mpg too.

Enjoy!

My truck has LT27570R18 tires and the axle rating is 6000 lbs.

Nicholsfamily05 wrote:
We had a 2012 2500 Mega Cab 4x4 with the Hemi pulling a 11.5K 40 footer and never had an issue.
She did great. We live in New England so hills no matter where we went. Was around the 10 MPG but then we upgraded the intake exhaust and computer and were able to push it to 13 with trailer
We held speeds easily at 65 going up good sized grades and and she pullled amazingly. No issues. Just a leaky sunroof once the warranty went up.

You should have no issue with that trailer

You got 13mpg and towed 6 tons of high profile trailer amazingly with a new gasser yet upgraded to a diesel inside of 4 years?

Sorry, my bs meter is reading a little high here.....

I know its not exactly the same but my new ram 3500 drw cc lb with the 6.4 hemi surprised me at how effortlessly it pulled our 8500lb TT and 1500 lb golf cart in the bed. It has the 3:73 gears.

Watch your tire and axle rating. I think a lot of the 5.7 trucks came with 17" wheels/tires and a lower resulting rating. If it's an issue you could eliminate it by going to 18" wheels/tires.

We towed a 10,400 lb actual weighed weight high profile 5th wheel with our '05 2500HD auto/3.73 Hemi powered Ram all over the south east. It did a fine job for the 120k miles I owned it and ran like a new truck when I traded. The faux 5spd 545RFE trans was an oddball but it never gave us any trouble. It would run in O/D on the flats no wind, Direct 2700rpm with any headwind or incline and 2nd at 4200rpm 60mph on any uphill. I was very happy with the performance of the engine. Others cringe and give themselves a headache at the sound of an engine running in it's normal power band. I like the hot rod sound of a V8 at 4k~rpm. We averaged 8.5~mpg towing 65-68mph. For comparison, my '03 duplicate Cummins powered Ram towing the same 5th wheel averaged 10.5mpg.

We had a 2012 2500 Mega Cab 4x4 with the Hemi pulling a 11.5K 40 footer and never had an issue.
She did great. We live in New England so hills no matter where we went. Was around the 10 MPG but then we upgraded the intake exhaust and computer and were able to push it to 13 with trailer
We held speeds easily at 65 going up good sized grades and and she pullled amazingly. No issues. Just a leaky sunroof once the warranty went up.

You should have no issue with that trailer

kw/00 wrote:
Should have no problems, I pull similar weight and don't need a diesel. Wind it up in the hills, keep it in the power band, don't be afraid to hear the V8 do its job.

X2 don't be afraid of turning some RPM.

Should have no problems, I pull similar weight and don't need a diesel. Wind it up in the hills, keep it in the power band, don't be afraid to hear the V8 do its job.

Hi what dose the door jam label plate say? My 1996 2500HD, v-10 would handle it Ok! It will handle up 13,600lbs. 1,650 pin weight.