Great advice on here. I can tell you that the 5.7 with 3.92’s will not only pull your rig well but when not towing can blow the doors off many a sport sedan
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I can confirm. My first tow was a short trailer I borrowed from the wife's uncle for a yard sale of some **** in storage.A friend tows that exact size trailer and load with a 1500 Hemi no problem. He doesn’t have the 3.92; with the 8 speed transmission it’s not necessary. Personally I’d get a 3.92 if I lived in the mountains or I was towing often. Otherwise I would not because fuel economy will be less with that gearing.
My recommendation is don’t use the trailer backup system that works like a video game. Unless you want to be forever a ***** to tech and unable to back up on your own. Learning to backup a trailer is not hard to learn. And a longer trailer is easier to back up than a short one. A 24’ will be easy. What’s hard is the 8’ utility trailer hidden behind the tailgate you can’t even see.
Well, certainly an option to stay at home. But you did the right thing to investigate what you need. Since you have the trailer and toys, start there. Load up the trailer (block the rear so it doesn't tip back) and when fully loaded weigh your hitch tongue. That will tell you what kind of vehicle you need in a 1500 or 2500 and it is all based on the weight you got from the trailer plus know the weight of the people and stuff you would carry in truck. You can figure this out by taking current vehicle to a scale, empty except for full tank of gas. Then load everyone and everything in vehicle and go back to scale. Subtract two numbers and that remainder plus the trailer tongue weight will dictate a 1500 or 2500. IMHO I think you might want to be in a 2500, just more substantial feeling with a trailer but you might be fine in a 1500.Wow, that is a lot to digest! Thank you to all! Think I will stay home! Can ride my Polaris here without having to tow them somewhere