Paul-ish wrote:
Trucks towing capacity is 8500
Trailer is 6000 fully loaded and my quad is 700.
I sould be well below safe towing capacity.
Don't you wish. :R If your trailer's GVW truly averages 6000 lbs loaded & ready to camp then you should be running at least 800 lbs of gross tongue weight. Add the weight of everyone in the truck at the time you're towing PLUS that 700 lbs of quad and you're SURE to be over carrying all that weight. The Ram has a rear coil suspension and with that comes an excessively low GVWR for a 1/2 ton, which is in contradiction to decent payload capacity. If you've not already done so you really need to go weigh your truck with a full tank of gas, make note of it's GVWR, it's GCWR, and do the math. Guaranteed, you're exceeding the capacity of this truck, regardless of what's under the hood. :(
