new to forum with a few questions -Ram 1500
I have a 2014 Ram 1500 Laramie Hemi with 3.92 gears. Will be getting a Center Line WDH. By my calculations, before adding hitch, i would have around 515lbs for hitch weight (if driver counts toward ...
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You need at least 10% hitch weight of the trailers total weight to have a stable pull, many find 13% to be better. 15% is considered to be the upper limit of what you would want.
Both of these are 11-12% from the factory with nothing in them. If you load them and try to keep the tongue weight at least 12% and load only 1000 lbs into them you would have the following.
Outback, 4710+1000=5710, 5710 x .12 = 685 lbs of tongue weight
Passport, 4685+1000=5685, 5685 x .12 = 682 lbs of tongue weight
I think at the bare minimum, you will be over your payload limit by a little. I don't think the driver counts on the payload sticker, I think they generally only count the driver for the trailer limits.
Honestly, both of my trailers ended up in the 15-17% tongue weight range due to trailer design and because we tend to load a lot in. Since these trailers start out dry with lower % of tongue weight, maybe they will stay at a lower % as you load them. Depends on where the water tanks are, and storage is relative to the trailer axle.
Both of these are 11-12% from the factory with nothing in them. If you load them and try to keep the tongue weight at least 12% and load only 1000 lbs into them you would have the following.
Outback, 4710+1000=5710, 5710 x .12 = 685 lbs of tongue weight
Passport, 4685+1000=5685, 5685 x .12 = 682 lbs of tongue weight
I think at the bare minimum, you will be over your payload limit by a little. I don't think the driver counts on the payload sticker, I think they generally only count the driver for the trailer limits.
Honestly, both of my trailers ended up in the 15-17% tongue weight range due to trailer design and because we tend to load a lot in. Since these trailers start out dry with lower % of tongue weight, maybe they will stay at a lower % as you load them. Depends on where the water tanks are, and storage is relative to the trailer axle.
