2014 Ram Mega Cab - Towing Capacity Help
We bought a 2014 Ram Mega Cab 4x4 a little over a year ago hoping to upgrade to a nice 5th wheel. At the time coming from a half ton truck I thought a 2500 would tow anything, after all the max trail...
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JIMNLIN wrote:op wrote:
I just want to be safe as the first priority.
Howdy neighbor.
I'm just up the road aways from Tulsa.
Just to let folks know in Oklahoma we have no weights to register our private use trucks at nor do we have to buy any weights for our tags. That for our commercial side.
As long as you stay within the trucks axle/tire load rating (FAWR/RAWR) you and everyone on the road will be safe. A GVWR or GCWR or tire placard number on newer trucks or a tow rating aren't used for any legal purposes. Your payload number your looking at just became mandatory in '06 so trucks before that year don't have a tire placard payload number although some truck makers started before '06.
As with any truck the owner/operator needs to know the trucks front and rear axle weight numbers .
Your 3500 SRW Mega's rear axle may weigh in the 3000 lb range which leaves the truck with a 3500 lb payload. Payload means the hitch/occupants/junk we carry plus the pin weight.
Load the truck road ready and get some separate axle weights. Then you know what your working with. The 3500 SRW diesel powered truck will pull anything the DRW will but its way short on wheel/tire and rear springs
Oh yeah when you get a scale ticket keep it in the trucks glove box for future reference.
Thanks JimNLin, axle weights are pretty much what I'm going with and I'm hoping to drop by a cat scale here in Tulsa this week or next to get some separate axle weights.
