Well I did as advised and came up with the following
Background: The yellow tag on my truck door states that I have 1940lbs Cargo Carrying capacity (including passengers) for my Truck but as per advice I was informed that the most accurate determination of Cargo Carrying capacity is to weight the truck with passengers and a full tank of fuel. Doing this I came up with the following:
CAT Scale weight of Truck + 2 passengers = 8630Lbs (full tank of diesel)
Plus 250lb (estimated) 5th wheel hitch weight = 8880lbs
Plus hitch weight of Grand Design 230RL 5th wheel (1195lbs) = 10075lbs
Plus loaded trailer weight (2000lbs x 20% = additional 400lbs on the pin)
10075 + 400 = 10500lbs. 500lbs over the GVWR of 10,000
There is a general opinion that I should be able to handle the 230RL 5th wheel with my 2016 RAM 2500 Laramie Longhorn but I am concerned that once the 230RL is loaded up I may be too far over the 10,000 GVWR of my truck and the specified payload.
In folks opinion, considering a normal load on the 230RL 5th wheel, i.e. LP tanks full, all liquid tanks full, batteries, groceries and all personal living items would I still be in what would be commonly considered a safe load condition with my 2016 RAM 2500?
Also I know the RAM will put up a warning when overloaded but does anyone know what that point is? Will 500lb over set it off? Does it throttle or limit speed or even prevent the truck from starting?
Thanks for letting me tap your experience and knowledge
Rgds
nonrev
Background: The yellow tag on my truck door states that I have 1940lbs Cargo Carrying capacity (including passengers) for my Truck but as per advice I was informed that the most accurate determination of Cargo Carrying capacity is to weight the truck with passengers and a full tank of fuel. Doing this I came up with the following:
CAT Scale weight of Truck + 2 passengers = 8630Lbs (full tank of diesel)
Plus 250lb (estimated) 5th wheel hitch weight = 8880lbs
Plus hitch weight of Grand Design 230RL 5th wheel (1195lbs) = 10075lbs
Plus loaded trailer weight (2000lbs x 20% = additional 400lbs on the pin)
10075 + 400 = 10500lbs. 500lbs over the GVWR of 10,000
There is a general opinion that I should be able to handle the 230RL 5th wheel with my 2016 RAM 2500 Laramie Longhorn but I am concerned that once the 230RL is loaded up I may be too far over the 10,000 GVWR of my truck and the specified payload.
In folks opinion, considering a normal load on the 230RL 5th wheel, i.e. LP tanks full, all liquid tanks full, batteries, groceries and all personal living items would I still be in what would be commonly considered a safe load condition with my 2016 RAM 2500?
Also I know the RAM will put up a warning when overloaded but does anyone know what that point is? Will 500lb over set it off? Does it throttle or limit speed or even prevent the truck from starting?
Thanks for letting me tap your experience and knowledge
Rgds
nonrev