Swear my last question not. TT weight

You've been asked multiple times to post your payload from the yellow sticker on the door jamb. That's the critical piece of info. If you don't know how to read the yellow sticker, then take a picture of it and post it.

Why are you unwilling to post your payload numbers? Do you want an answer?

Mike

"It's pretty amazing seeing everyone towing big these trailers.."

Doesn't amaze me but does scare me. Hopefully if they kill anyone it will be themselves and/or their family.

There are lots of trailers on the market that are great family trailers that come in under 5000 lbs!

TomG2 wrote:

Camper76 wrote:
If I look for trailer around 4500lbs that's probably a 19' trailer. I have family of 4. I'd need to get a 3/4 ton to tow anything bigger.

Pretty close. The thing to remember is whether you are looking for a mobile home or a camper. If you want to buy a mobile home, then you need a mobile home tow vehicle. Great that you started asking before spending. A family can have a great time camping in a 5,000 pound trailer. We did it for years.

The cruel truth is that manufacturers (and a few forum members) who say that their 1/2 ton pickups "can" tow 11,000 or even 13,000 pounds are not talking about typical units but a few specially equipped models. Read the fine print. Most units found on dealer lots are better suited to 1/2 that. Have fun.

Im looking at a travel trailer

Camper76 wrote:
If I look for trailer around 4500lbs that's probably a 19' trailer. I have family of 4. I'd need to get a 3/4 ton to tow anything bigger.

Pretty close. The thing to remember is whether you are looking for a mobile home or a camper. If you want to buy a mobile home, then you need a mobile home tow vehicle. Great that you started asking before spending. A family can have a great time camping in a 5,000 pound trailer. We did it for years.

The cruel truth is that manufacturers (and a few forum members) who say that their 1/2 ton pickups "can" tow 11,000 or even 13,000 pounds are not talking about typical units but a few specially equipped models. Read the fine print. Most units found on dealer lots are better suited to 1/2 that. Have fun.

BizmarksMom wrote:
It's easy to buy way more trailer than you can safely tow. Every dealer out there is telling people they can tow anything with a half-ton truck. I have an F150 with the max tow package. My hard limit for trailer weight, loaded and ready to camp, is 6000 lbs.

I'm single with 2 dogs, and I happen to know that I have a good 1200 lbs loaded in my trailer when I'm headed out to the desert for 2 weeks. I also know that my bed is loaded with extra water, fuel cannisters, a generator, and the beer that didn't fit in the fridge.

For your truck; a trailer that weighs in around 4500 lbs will give you a comfortable margin.

If I look for trailer around 4500lbs that's probably a 19' trailer. I have family of 4. I'd need to get a 3/4 ton to tow anything bigger.

It's easy to buy way more trailer than you can safely tow. Every dealer out there is telling people they can tow anything with a half-ton truck. I have an F150 with the max tow package. My hard limit for trailer weight, loaded and ready to camp, is 6000 lbs.

I'm single with 2 dogs, and I happen to know that I have a good 1200 lbs loaded in my trailer when I'm headed out to the desert for 2 weeks. I also know that my bed is loaded with extra water, fuel cannisters, a generator, and the beer that didn't fit in the fridge.

For your truck; a trailer that weighs in around 4500 lbs will give you a comfortable margin.

It's pretty amazing seeing everyone towing big these trailers that should be. I was just asking a question to see i don't trailer anything way to big. I don't want to be that guy.

Camper76 wrote:
Ok it's gvwr is 6,325.

Terryallan wrote:
With that low a GVWR. I'm guessing. Your payload / carrying capacity, is in the 900lb range.

SoundGuy wrote:
Doubt it would be that low, all depends on the truck's dead weight with a full tank of gas, no passengers, no cargo - subtract that number from the truck's GVWR and the OP won't be guessing, he'll know what it's actual payload capacity is.

Terryallan wrote:
Agree. I'm just guessing based on experience. The only way to know is to weigh it. But it would have to have a awful light curb weight to have much more payload than that.

I've never owned a RAM but I do seem to recall they are in general lighter than my Silverado CrewCab. It's a 2012, has a stickered GVWR of 7000 lbs, and a capacity label indicating the maximum weight of all occupants and cargo should never exceed 1455 lbs. That by definition means it should have a base weight with a full tank of gas of 5545 lbs ... I've put it on a scale and it in fact weighs 5565 lbs including the cargo box liner so the indicated numbers and actual numbers from the scale are remarkably similar. I've since added a soft tonneau cover but I doubt it even weighs 20 lbs. Regardless, with ~ 1400+ lbs of payload capacity to work with, once I account for the weight of just my wife & I along with our son's Bernese Mtn dog, a couple hundred pounds allowance for cargo in the back, and an average of just 625 lbs gross tongue weight transferred from the trailer I'm pretty well tapped out - to stay within the numbers I just can't carry any more while towing our 19' couple's trailer which only averages ~ 4700 lbs loaded & ready to camp. Shocking when you actually look at the numbers honestly. :E

^ forget my comment I was late to the weight lynching party