Squattingdog wrote:
Old-Biscuit wrote:
That 5.9L CUMMINS is great motor
Rear Diff 3:73 gearing
Trucks RAWR is 6010#
Truck rear tires are 3195#/each at 80 psi
With only 9000# GVWR you will easily exceed that rating
But stay under/at RAWR and you will be just fine
(Folks are going to flame me....but GVWR is for MFG Class Rating/Warranty and Registration purposes....NOT a 'Legal' issue. Axle/tire ratings are)
GVWR 12K 5vr with a wet pin of 2650# (22%) would be a good match for truck
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I'm trying to understand all this. After looking up exactly what GVWR means and doing basic calcuations, I see that I will easily exceed my GVWR with 2 adults, 2 dogs and the diesel fuel. Of course that's without actually going to a weigh station.
I'm not sure I understand RAWR. I know my rear axle is rated at 6,000#. Are you saying I add my actual (meaning actually weighed) GVWR (gas, people etc.) and the Hitch weight together and they shouldn't exceed 6,000#'s?
Doing the math (without actually going to a weigh station) it looks like I'm at about 5,600#'s, or 400#'s from the axle rating on the three 5th wheel trailers that we like.
Thanks,
-SD
Seems even IF I had a brand new Ram 2500 that my GVWR is almost the same as my 2005. The sticker on my door says 9000#GVWR. I see that the Ford F-250's are quite a bit more in GVWR. Am I missing something here?
My suggestion would be fill the truck with fuel, add any camping equipment, plus the people plus pets that will travel with you, and go to a CAT scale, and have the rear axle weighed. Subtract that number from 6000 and you have the max payload in pin weight or hitch weight you can add and still be within manufacturer specs for the rear axle.
This is exactly what I did with our 2004.5 Ram Cummins Crew Cab, 4WD, standard bed. The difference for me was almost exactly 3000 lbs. Cost to weight at CAT scale was $10. I had a full tank of fuel, the wife, the dog, and anything else we carry in the truck when camping.
