Good morning, I came across the below thread on ram forum this morning. A bit overweight you think? Not good. While some may complain about the weight police, of which I am a sworn member of (lol), some folks just don't know any better, so we have our place. Haha. Have a good day yall!GOverweight ram

I'm more concerned about the hitch the there are using. It looks like it just clamps onto a tube.

Are you talking about the poster in the thread or the pic on the second page! the only issue I see is the poorly installed hitch in the pic. A properly equipped 1/2 ton Ram can handle 7k lbs. Looks like he was improperly setup, too much tongue weight and poorly installed hitch.

fireman41 wrote:I'm more concerned about the hitch the there are using. It looks like it just clamps onto a tube.That's an add-on from Curt which is perfectly fine, if they add the bolt through the hitch to the bumper.

Not configured very well, but doable. He's just barely over GAWR the way it was sitting.

dodge guy wrote:fireman41 wrote:I'm more concerned about the hitch the there are using. It looks like it just clamps onto a tube.That's an add-on from Curt which is perfectly fine, if they add the bolt through the hitch to the bumper.So I looked it up when the hitch is rated at 1000 lbs tounge and 10000 lbs trailer if used with a weight Distributing hitch. So if installed correctly it would be ok. But personally I would have installed a complet new hitch.

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fireman41
Explorer
May 11, 2017
I'm more concerned about the hitch the there are using. It looks like it just clamps onto a tube.
dodge_guy
Explorer II
May 11, 2017
Are you talking about the poster in the thread or the pic on the second page! the only issue I see is the poorly installed hitch in the pic. A properly equipped 1/2 ton Ram can handle 7k lbs.

Looks like he was improperly setup, too much tongue weight and poorly installed hitch.
dodge_guy
Explorer II
May 11, 2017
fireman41 wrote:
I'm more concerned about the hitch the there are using. It looks like it just clamps onto a tube.

That's an add-on from Curt which is perfectly fine, if they add the bolt through the hitch to the bumper.
TurnThePage
Explorer
May 11, 2017
Not configured very well, but doable. He's just barely over GAWR the way it was sitting.
fireman41
Explorer
May 11, 2017
dodge guy wrote:
fireman41 wrote:
I'm more concerned about the hitch the there are using. It looks like it just clamps onto a tube.

That's an add-on from Curt which is perfectly fine, if they add the bolt through the hitch to the bumper.

So I looked it up when the hitch is rated at 1000 lbs tounge and 10000 lbs trailer if used with a weight Distributing hitch. So if installed correctly it would be ok.
But personally I would have installed a complet new hitch.
Camper_G
Explorer
May 12, 2017
Seems to me a 30' toy hauler would put most half tons over their payload rating right? Half ton rams in general do not have very high payload ratings due to the coil spring rear suspension.

Seemed awfully low in the back to me. Maybe not though.

Have a good day guys
Tvov
Explorer II
May 12, 2017
In that thread the person says he was 5,000lbs Over GCWR. Here we get excited when people might be 100 pounds over GCWR.

But another poster there said that the manufacturers recently changed how they rate trucks, so the guy would be okay towing that. I am not sure what to make of that.
afidel
Explorer II
May 12, 2017
Tvov wrote:
In that thread the person says he was 5,000lbs Over GCWR. Here we get excited when people might be 100 pounds over GCWR.

But another poster there said that the manufacturers recently changed how they rate trucks, so the guy would be okay towing that. I am not sure what to make of that.

It's a typo, he's 500 over.
TurnThePage
Explorer
May 14, 2017
Camper G wrote:
Seems to me a 30' toy hauler would put most half tons over their payload rating right? Half ton rams in general do not have very high payload ratings due to the coil spring rear suspension.

Seemed awfully low in the back to me. Maybe not though.

Have a good day guys
I agree that a 30 foot toy hauler is typically too big for a half ton. But the tongue weight can be easily managed simply by toy placement. The Ram 2500s also have coil rear suspension. I don't hear anybody complaining about lack of payload, not counting the power wagon of course.
Camper_G
Explorer
May 14, 2017
BillyW wrote:
Camper G wrote:
Seems to me a 30' toy hauler would put most half tons over their payload rating right? Half ton rams in general do not have very high payload ratings due to the coil spring rear suspension.

Seemed awfully low in the back to me. Maybe not though.

Have a good day guys
I agree that a 30 foot toy hauler is typically too big for a half ton. But the tongue weight can be easily managed simply by toy placement. The Ram 2500s also have coil rear suspension. I don't hear anybody complaining about lack of payload, not counting the power wagon of course.

Correct, the PW has a soft suspension for off roading. I think it's 2000 or less. Also, the half tons suspension is tuned for ride quality, but yes they are both coil sprung. I like it on my 17

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