Ram Reduces Max Tow Ratings

Me Again wrote:

4x4ord wrote:
This could be an issue for some who feel it necessary to stay within the manufacturers maximum tow ratings. For others of us it really doesn’t make an iota bit of difference what the manufacturer’s tow rating is…. If we feel comfortable towing 5,000 lbs over the tow limit we’re probably going to tow 5,000 lbs over the manufacturer’s tow limit …. putting a different sticker on the door pillar isn’t going to change the way the truck behaves.

Except for BC, which somehow enforces weight limits that other areas do not concern themselves with. In my home state of Washington one can purchase tonnage that exceeds that stickers in the door jam. No one with a pickup is going to exceed the Federal Bridge Weight laws that are enforced at weigh stations. Hot shot haulers tend to laugh at the internet weight police.

The last part of your statement always makes me chuckle. This forum is Chuck full of Chuckleheads always adding or buying some gadget or device under the auspices of safety or driving experience. And those same folks have surely passed a bunch of RV haulers, just like the rest of us have. And the one thing I’ve NEVER seen on a bp trailer haulers hitch is a wdh. Never.

If it was a law or necessary I’d think that the guys who tow all sorts of trailers day in day out would certainly have them.