Towing: Will the 1500 meet my needs or am I waiting for the 2500.

[devildodge]

So here is the specs on the used REBEL.
7100 GVWR and 17000 GCWR

So the curb weight is 5573.

Take that from 17000 and you get 11427.

See...you can not tow an 11000 lb trailer...they didn't even give anything for a driver...you need a driver.

 

[devildodge]

My truck.

GVWR is 10000 and GCWR is 19800

So curb weight is 7003.

19800 minus curb weight is 12797.

You see...you can not tow 12797

I weigh 300lbs...a WDH weighs about 120lbs.

So at minimum I can tow a 12377 lb trailer...but that includes tongue weight...so at 10 %...I could tow a 11,139 lb flat bed equipment trailer.

Be back in bit

 

[devildodge]

The trucks have basically a 60/40 split for weight empty.

So the REBEL will have 3343 on the front axle and 2229 on the rear.

My truck would be 4201 front and 2801 rear.

With my last weigh slip I can see how the weight of us, our stuff and our trailer add up.
Front 179 lbs and rear 2239lbs.

So this is 2418lbs added to the truck. This is our family of 4...wood for the weekend. My toolbox and tools...and the stuff under the rear seat of the truck.

So...easy to see why...even with a 5700lb trailer...the 1500 is not going to work for us.

 

[devildodge]

Well, what could I do just to tow our current trailer with a REBEL.

HMM...have to take the family...so say 730 lbs.

TW on trailer...not sure...gonna guess 720.

Well...there is 1450lbs...got 77 lbs left over. I am not very comfortable with that

But, I see plenty members here towing 9 to 10k trailers...gosh I am concerned.

 

[devildodge]

Well, I finally made the decision to leave the 2018 and older RAM club and made a decision on a 22. I really, really wanted to try to make a 1500 work.

After years of research. After watching people pull much more than they should. Seeing time and again how capable the RAM 1500 has become...



I had to stay with the HeftyDuty!

I am anxious to follow along with these new Hurricane powered RAM light duty trucks.

And, the red RAM does give a nod to.... Tornadoes!!!!!