Can my truck pull this?

We are looking to upgrade our tt to a sm fifth wheel,under 30 ft.
But is this one to heavey?
Our truck:2006 dodge ram 3500,short box.i6,deisel 4x4
The rv:http://outdoorsrvmfg.com/glacier-peak-f26rks/#specs

Being a diesel 3500 4x4, it would probably pull that just fine as a 5th wheel. Talk to the seller/company that makes the 5th wheel, they would probably know better I would think.

Your truck will pull that without a problem. Going by dry weight, hell some 1500s could pull that lol

I ask because this is the sticker on the door ,and was told it was to low to pull anything over 10,000.we normaly haul including us,600 pounds at most in truck.

You’re looking at gross vehicle weight rating. That’s completely different than towing capacity. I don’t see anything in either of those pics that says you can’t pull 10,000lbs.

Depending on your truck’s setup (gear ratio, auto or manual transmission, single or dual rear wheels etc) that truck is rated to tow between 14,000 and 16,000lbs.

The gross vehicle rating is 9900lbs which I think is where you are getting confused. Gross vehicle rating is the max approved weight of ONLY the truck. This doesn’t take into account anything you are pulling.

So, even if you factor in the tongue weight of that trailer being 1,995 lbs, you still have around a half a ton worth of extra capacity that you can put in the truck itself between occupants and whatever else you put in there because the label you posted said no more than 2,850 lbs of cargo in the truck.

Then, even if you look at the maximum weight of that trailer being at 12,995 lbs, even with the 3.73 gears and an automatic transmission you’re still over 1,000lbs below your max capacity. If you have a manual OR the 4.10 gears you are more than 3,000lbs below your max capacity.

So in short, yes your truck will pull that.

dry hitch weight of 1995lbs only leaves you 863lbs for you and everything else in the truck.
that 2858 is the number. Occupants and cargo, includes your hitch weight.

Keep in mind, your dry hitch weight will be higher, than specified, once you add your gear to the camper.

I think you can pull it , and many other pull even more, but would be too close for my preferences.

gofishn said:

dry hitch weight of 1995lbs only leaves you 863lbs for you and everything else in the truck.
that 2858 is the number. Occupants and cargo, includes your hitch weight.

Keep in mind, your dry hitch weight will be higher, than specified, once you add your gear to the camper.

I think you can pull it , and many other pull even more, but would be too close for my preferences.

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Actually the more gear they put in the camper itself vs the truck the more it will work in their favor. 500lbs is 500lbs when it’s in the truck, but 500lbs will equal less than 500lbs of hitch weight when it’s in the trailer, depending on how close it is to the center of the axles.

Thank you everyone. You have answered alot of our questions.