Towing Capacity for New Travel Trailer

kenm500 wrote:
I am currently looking to purchase a new Travel Trailer. My current trailer, a Keystone Bullet 246RBS, has a dry wt of 4800lbs. I tow it with a 2013 Ram 1500, which is rated between 8400lbs and 9700lbs depending on the chart you use. Seems as even the dealers have a hard time answering the actual towing capacity question. The truck has no problems towing the current trailer, but I'm looking at a new trailer which is 5 ft longer and has a dry weight of 6100lbs. Should I be concerned that the weight with gear and such is getting to close to the capacity of the truck? Obviously I would prefer not to upgrade to a 2500.

Research the proper method , 'how to weigh a travel trailer and truck'. You will then know the exact weights and how the rig feels to you.
I would think your current TT weighs about 6k rolling down the road.

Personally, i dont like towing more than 6500-6800# using a 150/1500
when i towed my 8000# TT, i moved up to a 250 diesel.

Some people add aftermarket stuff to their trucks, especially 1500 trucks where they are used as dual purpose vehicles.
Pay attention to wheels and tires. I see grossly overloaded landscaper trucks/trailers come into the shop all day long and the biggest overloading problem that i have seen is when they swap out ( OEM ) HUB centric wheels to aftermarket LUG centric wheels. They snap the studs off and crack the wheels.