Weight capacity for 2019 Ram 1500

100 lbs is not that bad, but you should try load heavier items forward of the axle or in the cabover.

Bedlam wrote:

If your front axle gains weight, your CG is good. If it loses weight, it is behind your rear axle.

My front axle lost 100 lbs. :(

So for you guys ...

Question: What's the COG of your TC?

Answer: I have no idea. It depends on how I load it.

Response: That’s strange because it has this sticker that say it’s 47. (or whatever your sticker says)

I guess not that far off from me who always says, The COG from the manufactuer of the TC isn’t something that matters. Instead, concern yourself with the actual FAWR and RAWR. Except I don’t try to overload the TC COG term.

Yes cog can and does change with loading the camper, but as Kayteg correctly put it, it's 80 to 110% over the rear axle.
So in other words it don't change the CG much.

jimh425 wrote:
Valhalla360. think about this ... manufacturers that bother to list COG, list the COG as a number. Got any idea why they don’t just give a range to match what you say changes?

I’ll help. It’s because it’s a static measurement. No, it doesn’t change just like the weight/height/width don’t. It’s ok to be wrong, and in this case, you are.

If you want to talk about the weight on front axle and weight on rear axle, do that. Just don’t confuse COG with those numbers which will never be known until you stale the truck/TC.

The listed COG is for the empty unit...the manufacturer can't know how you will load it, so that's all they can provide.

It gives you a starting point which is better than, they don't know or won't tell you.

epcolumbus wrote:
I am looking for a truck camper to put on my 2019 Ram 1500 quad cab 5.7 hemi PU truck. I am getting conflicting payload capacities from 1,793 to 1,950 lbs. The truck camper weighs 1,280 lbs. Will this work? Anyone else use this truck with a similar weight of camper? Looking for help.

Here is your no-bullshizzle list of weight ratings:

https://www.ramtrucks.com/BodyBuilder/service/Image?imageId=MtQrP%2FFqLY5r%2Fest8MtGjGgHzAHGUTU0WB3rWuqSY7YmQ2vEhuBWBAvoEbjA%2Bc5q%0A

jimh425 wrote:
burningman, I mentioned that the distribution of weight on the front and rear axles can change. That can be measured by going to a scale that records weight by axle.

How do you measure effective COG?

If your front axle gains weight, your CG is good. If it loses weight, it is behind your rear axle.

jimh425 wrote:
burningman, I mentioned that the distribution of weight on the front and rear axles can change. That can be measured by going to a scale that records weight by axle.

How do you measure effective COG?

You don't measure it, unless you do it how burning man said and actually balance beam the camper, but you can calculate it easily with loaded and unloaded axle weights then measure what you calculated from either support (axle).

The center of gravity on my camper is somewhere between the road, the top of my AC unit cover and my two bumpers.

Has anyone figured out weight capacity of the OP's truck yet?

burningman, I mentioned that the distribution of weight on the front and rear axles can change. That can be measured by going to a scale that records weight by axle.

How do you measure effective COG?