Hans1979
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- Nov 8, 2020
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- Location
- Arizona
- Ram Year
- 2019 Tradesman 3.73
- Engine
- 6.4 hemi
Hello all. Currently have a 2019 ram 2500 Tradesman 6.4 with 3.73 short box. Looking at selling our home and going full time RV for our family of 5 for 6-12 months. While in the market trying to find out what will be both safe, legal and comfortable to tow. We are planning on staying in AZ at property for 6 months and then towing back to home state of Texas for good. So we don't plan on towing mountains much if at all and won't be moving spots every few weeks. Current specs are Max payload:3213.09 lbs, Max Towing: 14713 lbs, GCVWR of 21,500. As it stands i think we are down to two trailers. Both grand design. 3250BH bumper pull with GCVW of 10,195 and tongue weight around 1200. next up is a grand design 31MB with GVWR of 11995 and pin weight of 1,834. I do not plan on using a 5th wheel hitch but switching to a goose box to save weight and bed space. I have crunched the numbers and I can honestly say i don't really ever plan on towing with anyone in the truck. so mainly unloaded with a few odds and ends. I need to hit the scales to check a real world weight. I am trying to crunch numbers but if i am ever stopped will they combine the GVWR of the max number on the truck with the GVWR on the trailer and then state that the max of the combined two is 21,995 which is over the GCVWR of the truck. or is it based off actual scaled weight of the combination? I am very OCD about these things and basically refuse to tow something that is not legal due to not wanting the fallout if God forbid an accident happens.
Thanks in advance for any help with this
Thanks in advance for any help with this