Towing a TH / Truck choice
Hello! I have some questions about towing these large toy haulers and truck choice. The TH category seems to have gotten super heavy and jumped to crazy lengths so I am trying to do my homework be...
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lmcracing wrote:
Makes me curious looking at specs. The ford is either severely under rated for towing or they are not on par with Ram which is surprising. The F350 tows less (15700) than my Ram 2500 does (17100)..
Even in the DRW category they are not real impressive.
Remember that the tow rating number is pretty much useless if you don't have sufficient RAWR capacity to carry the tongue or pin weight. Most Class 2B trucks have about 3000-3500 rear axle capacity available (which may be over their GVWR) resulting in a 15K lb FW with 20% pin weight.
The Ram 3500 DRW that has a 30K lb tow rating has to be a stripper basic model to be able to handle the driver and pin weight. I bet the GVWR of 14K lbs is exceeded pulling that FW/GN even if you could stay under RAWR.
I bought my Ram 5500 because I need over 7000 lbs reserve rear axle capacity before loading up. Even the Class 4 trucks would be close to or over their maximum RAWR or GVWR for my application.
