Towing a small 5th wheel with a 1/2 ton truck
I am thinking of trading in my TT for a 5th wheel.... I have a Dodge Ram 1500, 4.7L V8 with towing package. The specs show that I should be able to tow 7300 lbs. Do you see any problems with towin...
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camp-n-family wrote:new Ram 1500 diesel, especially in the 2x4 versions
You can drop that from the "able" list. The payload is as low as 859lbs on some body styles up to a little over 1300lbs! From another post;
http://www.rv.net/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27531792.cfm
Well, OK. I didn't actually look that one up. I was just listing it as an example of an efficient engine. Why is the payload so small? Is it an especially heavy engine? Or are they just tossing it into especially lightweight trucks to juice the mileage?
That said, there are definitely Ford and GM half ton trucks available with payloads exceeding 2,000 lbs and that only promises to increase with the new lighter body trucks coming out, especially from Ford. A lot of people are going to be buying them and I expect a lot of people will be using them for towing.
