Ram Reduces Max Tow Ratings
Looks like Ram cut it's max tow ratings and hoped no one noticed. Link
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One the remember on manufactures ratings, the W stands for Wieght/Warranty rating. Go over the rating, warranty can be denied if it caused the item to break or fail during the warranty time frame.
P for performance should also be included. Too much wieght, frontal area, too steep a grade, can make make it so your speed does not meet min state speed laws, over heat trans engine etc, can't start on the speed grade 12% hills.
Also if you look at paylods, part of the tow ratings are a iirc min 10% hw plus driver for max tow ratings. It may include the perverbial 150 lb person per seatbelt too. A rig rated at 10000 tow need 1900 lbs of payload to meet this spec.
I can see many factors involved as to why Dodge reduced the tow ratings. We probably will not get the true answers.
Legally speaking, we can still be over manufactures ratings, as long as you have enough paid for tonnage/tax paid for damage you're doing to the road up to max federal law per axle/tire width.
Marty
P for performance should also be included. Too much wieght, frontal area, too steep a grade, can make make it so your speed does not meet min state speed laws, over heat trans engine etc, can't start on the speed grade 12% hills.
Also if you look at paylods, part of the tow ratings are a iirc min 10% hw plus driver for max tow ratings. It may include the perverbial 150 lb person per seatbelt too. A rig rated at 10000 tow need 1900 lbs of payload to meet this spec.
I can see many factors involved as to why Dodge reduced the tow ratings. We probably will not get the true answers.
Legally speaking, we can still be over manufactures ratings, as long as you have enough paid for tonnage/tax paid for damage you're doing to the road up to max federal law per axle/tire width.
Marty
