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Ohio5pt7

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26ft White Hawk, truck handles it perfectly. 6500lbs dry.

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Where are you at payload wise? I was looking at another post and it made me wonder if I exceed mine. My tt is 5804 dry and ~7500 loaded. From what I understand its 15% of trailer weight loaded plus hitch weight, plus anything in the truck so in my case .15 of 7500 is 1125, then my big ass is 300, kids are another 100 then 150 for the wife puts me at 1675. Then put bikes ~100 and a grill~ 100 means I'm at 1875 at best. Granted my truck pulled this set up thru the mountains no issues but it's only rated at like 1430 payload. Just wondering if there ever was a issue if I would get no coverage in a accident. Food for thought.

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Loudram

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Where are you at payload wise? I was looking at another post and it made me wonder if I exceed mine. My tt is 5804 dry and ~7500 loaded. From what I understand its 15% of trailer weight loaded plus hitch weight, plus anything in the truck so in my case .15 of 7500 is 1125, then my big ass is 300, kids are another 100 then 150 for the wife puts me at 1675. Then put bikes ~100 and a grill~ 100 means I'm at 1875 at best. Granted my truck pulled this set up thru the mountains no issues but it's only rated at like 1430 payload. Just wondering if there ever was a issue if I would get no coverage in a accident. Food for thought.

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Tongue weight is ideally between 10% and 15%. 12% is where you really want to be. Until you weigh it you won't know for sure. My trailer is about 7200 loaded but we have a rear kitchen so much of the weight is in the back. My pass thru has the usual stuff in it for a full hookup plus a couple of chairs, small grill, patio mat, and a few other small things. Without that stuff my tongue would be too light because of the rear kitchen. So it all depends on trailer layout, packing style, and packing location as well as amount of stuff you have. To be honest I don't know what my tongue weight is but I have an idea based on dry tongue weight and what I have loaded in the trailer and where it's at.

But your right in pointing out one big weak point with 1500 Rams and that is the payload. As you found out you'll run out of payload before you're past your tow limit.
 

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26ft White Hawk, truck handles it perfectly. 6500lbs dry.

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Very similar to my sons 2018 Grand Design Imagine 2670MK. I think it is 6500 or 6600 dry. I towed it with my 2013 1500 no problem. I had the 3.55's and it did rev pretty good on hills though. I think my payload was about 1350ish. I figure the trailer was probably about 7500 when I towed it so maybe 1000 tongue weight. I was by myself in the truck and no other gear. I'm about 270 but I think I read they factor in 150lb driver when calculating payload so I was really close but probably ok. Truck towed it great. We both have 2018 2500's now so no issues there anymore
 

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Where are you at payload wise? I was looking at another post and it made me wonder if I exceed mine. My tt is 5804 dry and ~7500 loaded. From what I understand its 15% of trailer weight loaded plus hitch weight, plus anything in the truck so in my case .15 of 7500 is 1125, then my big ass is 300, kids are another 100 then 150 for the wife puts me at 1675. Then put bikes ~100 and a grill~ 100 means I'm at 1875 at best. Granted my truck pulled this set up thru the mountains no issues but it's only rated at like 1430 payload. Just wondering if there ever was a issue if I would get no coverage in a accident. Food for thought.

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Im not sure how it would be calculated with the weight distributing hitch as well. I use the blue ox 1000lb setup. My truck only drops about 2-3" in the rear with the trailer hitched. We travel light, the heaviest thing we bring in the small grill the trailer came with. Our kitchen is in the back which helps as well and its only myself, wife and 2 dogs in the truck. I buy my firewood at the camp sites to keep it light. I would like to find a scale around here to weigh in and figure out where im at..
 

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I’ve seen multiple posts about weights, tongue weights, dry, wet etc some are asking if they can or can’t pull specific travel trailers or asking for an idea of what they should be pulling. Here is my two cents on the topic.

1) know all of the numbers for your tow vehicle, GVWR, GAWR front, GAWR rear, GCWR, Max trailer wt, Max tongue wt, Max payload.

2) go weigh YOUR tow vehicle on a certified scale....when you change bumpers, add tool boxes, camper shells, stereo subs etc it changes your vehicles weight.....weigh exactly as you would going on a trip (full of fuel, people, stuff)

3) now you will know ballpark area on weights for a trailer that you can pull....search for one in that weight class....if you buy it, re-weigh fully loaded as if you were headed on a trip two times.
1) get weight with trailer hooked up to the tow vehicle
2) get weight of trailer alone (on the trailer scale only)

Sometimes a trailer will be under Max trailer weight but will put you over on tongue weight....or over on gross axle weight. Or you could have to much payload in the bed (this takes away from your tongue weight) so you will have to distribute the weight in the trailer if you are under on those numbers.

All of that is factual stuff haha

here’s my two cents, most vehicles can physically pull travel trailers, especially with these fancy load distribution hitches.....the problem is that it gives you a false sense of security. If you are lucky you will just put the strain on YOUR vehicle and bust shocks, u-joints, transmission......here’s my biggest problem out of the entire equation, if you are over and cause mechanical problems, or can’t stop effectively because it’s too much weight you are risking the lives of not only yourself but everyone around you.

Go out enjoy life but don’t chance things because you read that someone else does it so it must be ok....know the laws and your vehicle, don’t risk it.


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We have a 1989 Wilderness Yukon.

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Put tow mirrors on the 99 after the tow with the 2003IMG_88011.jpg

Haven't snapped a pic with the 2015 hooked to it yet.

We used to tow with thisindex.jpeg
And when I fell for a sob story and sold it to a guy, we decided not to sell any of our Dodge trucks again. We did sell our 2013 Ram Cummins though (was gonna buy a 2019 but I like owning a truck not paying for it), but we just can not let go of our camper...too many memories, but probably within the next 3 years we just may.
 
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