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    ranger tim
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    Ram 2500 short bed and 303rls

    We are looking to buy a Model 303RLS Fifth Wheel and we are looking at a Dodge Ram 2500 Short Bed truck with a diesel motor. Does anyone have this model truck and Model 303RLS Fifth Wheel? How does it pull? We are worried about rear axle weight.

    Tim

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    I have a 2010 3500 SRW Dodge and pull a 303. With the RV several hundred lbs. under its GVWR, I am several hundred lbs. over the truck's GVWR, 10,100 lbs., but several hundred under each of the truck's axle ratings. I figure the trailer's pin, as loaded now is about 2,500 lbs.
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    Tim,

    You didn't say what year your Ram is (or give the specs). One thing that has changed in the past 6 - 8 years for all makes of U.S. trucks is that the ratings have gone up. Our 2013 GMC 3/4 ton crew cab diesel has the same GVWR that KeithS's 2010 1 ton SRW has. I suspect the newest Ram 3500s have correspondingly higher ratings, but you'll have to check your door sticker and weigh the truck to know what you have left over. Depending on your model year, you may be OK - there are lots of people out there pulling 303s with 3/4 ton trucks (we pull a 337 with a pin weight of about 3K and are within the axle ratings for our 3/4 ton truck). Only your door sticker and a weight slip from your local CAT scale will tell you for sure.

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    Thanks , Looking at 2014 -2016 Ram 2500 we are just looking to see if we can get by with a 2500 (easy to find used vs the 3500 )

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    I am towing a 2015 303RLS with a 2008 Ram 2500 diesel, short box (6'4"). This trailer is well within the trucks towing range and it handles very well all conditions encountered so far.

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    X2 on what Larry said, we have an '08 Ram 2500 with 6.7 Cummins, IMO it is the perfect truck for our 2016 303RLS. We get 11.5 -12.5 MPH on the highway at 65MPH. No problems with this truck after 60K plus miles towing a 41' Sandpiper, a Reflection 293 and our new Reflection 303.
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    BTW, you will need a "slider hitch" with the short bed. I have one but didn't use it on our first trip with the 293, tight back-in site and several thousand dollars later the truck looks like new.
    Marvin & Marion
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    ranger tim
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    Thanks for all the reply and info.

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