Beltsand
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- Joined
- Jul 2, 2019
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- Ram Year
- N/A (prior 2010,2019,2022)
- Engine
- Cummins
These strings are always entertaining. Before we traded the 5er in on the coach, was running a heavy trailer and had to look hard to find a truck spec that did what I wanted, with the creature comforts I wanted as well. The 20% on the pin is very optimistic. Pin was 24% of trailer. Both axles were well inside ratings, but the truck only had 200 lbs of payload left to play with, and the trailer even less. I would also mention, that this was with only about 1/4 - 1/3 of a tank in the fresh tank (~20 gallons), just enough for hand washing and pit stops on the road. It never felt out of control and HO Cummins never complained. Truck was a '22 3500 Laramie Night, Long Bed, DRW. Hitch was a BW Companion. Trailer was a '22 Montana 3855BR.
Edit: I did have a tool box in the bed of the truck as well.
Here is the math from the setup I was running before we traded:
Edit: I did have a tool box in the bed of the truck as well.
Here is the math from the setup I was running before we traded:
with trailer on hitch | without trailer | Max - sticker ratings | ||
Front Axle | 5400 | 5500 | 6000 | |
Rear Axle | 8400 | 4220 | 9750 | |
Trailer | 12740 | 14000 | ||
Totals | 26540 | 9720 | ||
Truck | 13800 | 9720 | 14000 | |
Trailer | 16820 | 16900 | ||
Pin | 4080 | |||
24% | ||||
Curb Weight | 8744 | |||
Payload | 5056 | 976 | 5256 |