3/4 Ton vs 1 Ton

rhagfo wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

Me Again wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Me Again wrote:

CampingN.C. wrote:
Just speaking on ride quality alone, my new dually rides better than my 15 2500 with coils did.

And for the weight po-po...I towed a 42ft toyhauler just fine with a 3000lb pin weight on a 2500.

Sure you did, however you were most likely over the 6500 RGAWR of the 2500.

A 3k pin weight should not put a Ram 2500 diesel with a rear GAWR of 6500 over its rating. Even though the truck is almost 8k, a little less than 3k is in the rear so adding another 3k would give you a little over 500 to spare. Of course adding passengers would take away from that 500, but a lot of that weight will go towards the front axles that is rated at 6k GAWR on the diesels.

I am at 3760 on rear axle ready to tow. That is Demco 6099 picture frame and B&W manual slider(270 lbs), no tail gate, V-Box in back of bed with two sets of golf clubs, front box full of tools, Honda EU2000i, 6 gals of diesel, two gallons of gas. Stuff just adds up.

My pin weight is around 3K which is light for a 16K 39'4" 5er. Dry weight on this model in 2435 which 18+% of dry weight.

Looks like you could have used a LWB truck, but then again would loose some load carrying capacity.

I believe that the LB SRW has more payload than the SB by about 400# if I remember correctly. Had the SB/LB with Chris before he bought his current TV.