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- Hackettstown, NJ
- Ram Year
- 2022
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- hemi 6.4
6k trailer is the dry weight. No water, no gear, no propane, no food - and sometimes they leave the AC out of that equation. So the reality is 7800#+/-.
Check your tires - can't be P rated at those loads.
Then add passengers, fire wood...
Some will argue - but IMHO 24' is max for a 1500, especially with the 3.21
Totally agree with you. I had a 31' trailer with a empty weight of 6050lbs. I took it on 11 trips and when loaded was always a knuckle buster. Yes the truck pulled it, but as not happy. I had a WDH and still had to use airbags to help control the tongue weight. Manufacture rated tongue at 740lb, when I got it measured with loaded trailer it was a little over 1050lbs. My truck has a payload of 1540lb so left around 500lb for me and my family and stuff in the bed. I have gone to a 24 foot trailer and its a night and day difference. With 8 trips on the new trailer no more knuckle buster and the truck is much happier. A manufacture rated tongue weight of 420lb turns into 680lb when loaded.