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OK, first post on here as have been lurking for the past couple months, and learning quite a bit from everyone’s posts, but also learning should have started researching long ago. This brings me to my dilemma and question for everyone.
Last year the wife and I starting discussing what truck we wanted as we were thinking of getting a toy hauler well shortly after that my vehicle starting having issues and decided on purchasing a truck that I at the time thought would be more than enough because only need to know what the truck can tow right? learned my lesson there, purchased a 2016 RAM 2500 which filled my need of being able to tow up to 17K as we had looked at a couple RV’s and non were over 16k so figured we were good. Well now that I am really starting to look into what I can tow safety and from what have read on this site none of the RV’s (5th-Wheels) that I had been eyeing would be safe to tow due to being well over 2K hitch weight. So if you are looking for an RV and please correct if I am incorrect but I would suggest looking at what the hitch weight of the trailer is as well as the total fully loaded weight of the trailer you are looking at prior to buying a truck, and spec the truck to what is more than capable of towing your trailer. Don’t make the same mistake I did.
Now to my question since obviously I am not getting another truck and I am stuck with the following:
2016 Laramie Ram 2500 Turbo Diesel
4 door short bed 4x4 SRW
GVWR:10K
Payload:1,959
GCWR:23,300
Max Trailer weight:17,200
GAWR: Front 5,750, Rear 6,000
We are looking at the following travel trailer toy hauler.
2017 Jayco Octane T32H
Hitch:1,275
GVWR:13K
UVW:9,600
CCC:3,400
Length:37.11”
Will have an 800Lb Harley in the garage, most of the time.
Can I safely pull this trailer or am I again missing something that limits me in towing this trailer, please be honest as already made probably biggest mistake by getting the truck I have, do not want to that with the trailer. I understand that the engine will pull just about anything but would like to be safe in this new adventure, and if anyone knows of a 5th Wheel Toy hauler that I can tow safely please let me know. Thanks in advance.
Last year the wife and I starting discussing what truck we wanted as we were thinking of getting a toy hauler well shortly after that my vehicle starting having issues and decided on purchasing a truck that I at the time thought would be more than enough because only need to know what the truck can tow right? learned my lesson there, purchased a 2016 RAM 2500 which filled my need of being able to tow up to 17K as we had looked at a couple RV’s and non were over 16k so figured we were good. Well now that I am really starting to look into what I can tow safety and from what have read on this site none of the RV’s (5th-Wheels) that I had been eyeing would be safe to tow due to being well over 2K hitch weight. So if you are looking for an RV and please correct if I am incorrect but I would suggest looking at what the hitch weight of the trailer is as well as the total fully loaded weight of the trailer you are looking at prior to buying a truck, and spec the truck to what is more than capable of towing your trailer. Don’t make the same mistake I did.
Now to my question since obviously I am not getting another truck and I am stuck with the following:
2016 Laramie Ram 2500 Turbo Diesel
4 door short bed 4x4 SRW
GVWR:10K
Payload:1,959
GCWR:23,300
Max Trailer weight:17,200
GAWR: Front 5,750, Rear 6,000
We are looking at the following travel trailer toy hauler.
2017 Jayco Octane T32H
Hitch:1,275
GVWR:13K
UVW:9,600
CCC:3,400
Length:37.11”
Will have an 800Lb Harley in the garage, most of the time.
Can I safely pull this trailer or am I again missing something that limits me in towing this trailer, please be honest as already made probably biggest mistake by getting the truck I have, do not want to that with the trailer. I understand that the engine will pull just about anything but would like to be safe in this new adventure, and if anyone knows of a 5th Wheel Toy hauler that I can tow safely please let me know. Thanks in advance.
