calling all weight police
I know I'm over on the hitch weight, but not sure by how much. My truck is a 2018 Ram 2500, diesel, 4X4 Crew Cab. At the scale with the 5th wheel trailer attached, the steering axle was 4820 lbs. The ...
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The truck weighs around 6800 lbs. If I add the hitch and drive axle weights and subtract the weight of the truck alone, I come up 3680 or about 880 lbs over on the hitch weight. Is my math right?
My older quad cab short bed 2wd '03 2500 Dodge/Cummins/NV5600 gross weight scales at 6820 lbs. The 4wd models of my same truck of that era scale in the 7100-7200 lb range from the factory.
Your newer gen 2500 4wd trucks probably weighs closer to 7400-7500 lbs from the factory. It gains weight as we load our junk in it.
Just curious but where did you come up with hitch weight number. I understand how we get a hitch weight but I our trucks don't have a hitch weight sticker number or even a brochure number.
Are you talking about the payload sticker number ?
