JIMNLIN wrote:
Dodge only made the 6' 4" beds for all the short bed trucks in question. They never made a 5' 8" bed for these trucks.
All 2500 Dodge trucks in question have the same 6000 RAWR. The Mega weighs about 165 lbs more on the rear axle than my quad cab so it has a bit less payload.
Regardless of how you figure how much load a truck can carry you need to first weigh the trucks front and rear axles separately with full fuel, hitch and ready to pull.
Our 2500 trucks can have a rear unladin weight in the 2800-3000 lb range all depending on how much "stuff" the operator carries and truck selections. Now your left with approx a 3000 lb payload.
My 2500 Dodge/Cummins quad cab weighs 2860 lbs on the rear axle which leaves me with around 3100 lb for its payload. I keep a front and rear axle scale ticket in all of my trucks for reference.
The Mega like the quad/standard cab/crew cab is a very capably truck to carry loads not exceeding axle/tire capacities. Or you can be ultra conservative and figure loads on the axles by using GVWR or use the payload number from the tire placard or the brochure payload number or any other number RV folks use to figure how much payload their trucks can carry.
Great advice right here....don't exceed you RAWR and you'll be fine.
