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harley001 wrote:
thinks! guy's for the help i will look into it running 10 ply tires and air bags my truck is a 2007 ram 2500d 5.9l.

thanks again!! great help here. mike

Harley001, welcome to the forum. As stated, you'll need to use the 5er's GVW to get a real world idea of what you're going to be towing. As also stated, take approx. 20% of the 5er GVW and that'll give you an idea of how much weight you'll be putting in the bed of your truck, (pin weight). If 5er does have a GVW of 15,000# , you could be dropping up to 3,000# pin weight into the bed of your truck.

I don't know what GVWR is on your truck, but odds are you'll go over that..at that point, you'll want to know what your rear axle rating is.

Air bags will not add any more cargo carrying capacity for you, only level the load, and just make sure that you don't exceed your trucks rear axle rating by adding a higher weight range tire, only to exceed the rear axle rating.

If I were you, I'd want to know the trucks weight, ready to go camping, fuel, family pets, whatever, add 200# for a 5er hitch...get it weighed...add 2500-3000# for pin weight (if 5er has GVW of 15,000#), you probably be able to tow it, but odds are you might be pushing limits of trucks RAWR, but I don't know what that is.

Good luck in your matching up truck to 5er and Happy Camping to you:)