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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Welcome !!! ...to the world of RV'ing
Simple math to figure, but complex because of the multiple components
and their weights/ratings
As a bare minimum, you need to gather the OEM ratings and the biggie
actual weights AFTER they are fully loaded ready to go RV'ing
Know you do not have the trailer yet, so you decide or guesstimate what
it will actually be. Otherwise, use their maximum ratings weight provided
by the OEM (GVWR)
Need to gather:
Then plug those numbers into the generic formula for the TV's ratings:
Everything else will be people, pets, ice chest, fire wood, bicycles,
lawn chairs, etc, etc, etc and the WD Hitch system
Here is a visual of how the various weights stack up and the RATINGs
system looks like
howmuchcanitow howmuchshoulditow
Simple math to figure, but complex because of the multiple components
and their weights/ratings
As a bare minimum, you need to gather the OEM ratings and the biggie
actual weights AFTER they are fully loaded ready to go RV'ing
Know you do not have the trailer yet, so you decide or guesstimate what
it will actually be. Otherwise, use their maximum ratings weight provided
by the OEM (GVWR)
Need to gather:
- TV GVWR
- TV front GAWR
- TV rear GAWR
- TV GCWR
- TV receiver ratings
- Trailer GVWR
- Trailer GAWR
- Trailer Percentage tongue or it's actual
Then plug those numbers into the generic formula for the TV's ratings:
GCWR => TV + trailer + everything else
Everything else will be people, pets, ice chest, fire wood, bicycles,
lawn chairs, etc, etc, etc and the WD Hitch system
Here is a visual of how the various weights stack up and the RATINGs
system looks like
howmuchcanitow howmuchshoulditow
