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Offline kenz

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Easier tow rating guide
« on: May 09, 2010, 05:55:48 am »
Found this, just punch in your info and it will give all the numbers for towing with your rig. Start at the top with the year, more drop down menus at the bottom. I had to scroll up to see them. It told me that I can get a bigger trailer.  :punk:


http://www.dodge.com/towing/D/vehicle_to_weight.jsp
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 11:30:40 am »
Sweet find :up:

However, I think 16,400lbs of trailer looks good on paper, but is a little more then my truck can handle in real life.
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2010, 02:58:09 pm »
Nice calculator. Thanks for sharing. Very straighforward and easy to use.
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2010, 03:11:31 pm »
Quote from: rocko on May 09, 2010, 11:30:40 am
Sweet find :up:

However, I think 16,400lbs of trailer looks good on paper, but is a little more then my truck can handle in real life.

Rocko Click on the Ram 2500/3500 them continue adding your info with the drop down boxes, It ends up being like 13000 or so for yours
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2010, 03:59:29 pm »
Yea I should have went a little more into it :argh:
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2010, 03:59:44 pm »
12750 here. No difference noted between standard and 5th / goose neck trailers.  ::?:
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2010, 04:09:46 pm »
Nick they did have a Disclaimer about Tongue Weight and Hitch Ratings


While it's not listed in the charts, tongue weight is also an important consideration. The recommended tongue weight is between 10 & 15% of the trailer weight. However, the maximum tongue weight on Class III (The bumper ball) is limited to 500 lbs, and Class IV (The receiver hitch) to 1200 lbs.This requirement overrides any recommended GTW rating, between 10% and 15% of gross trailer weight (GTW). Additionally, the GAWRs and GVWRs should never be exceeded.
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2010, 04:16:34 pm »
Max. trailer tow weight is how much it can tow, regardless of hitch. The "bumper pull" hitch weights, for our trucks anyway, is usually rated at the max. rating for the hitch. The class lV hitch on our trucks is rated at 1000lbs tongue weight and max. 10,000lbs trailer weight. So even though I can tow a max 15k plus trailer weight, I'm limited to 10k for a bumper pull.
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2010, 06:26:05 pm »
Making this a sticky so it's always easy to find :up:
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Re: Easier tow rating guide
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2010, 01:09:04 am »
Quote from: lilfroger on May 10, 2010, 06:26:05 pm
Making this a sticky so it's always easy to find :up:

Cool.  :2cool:
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