Towing a 5'er with a RAM 2500

[RVRunners]

Where did you come up with the 3800-pound payload rating? That's more than my 2015 Ford F350 or my 2016 GMC 1-ton 3500 truck had.

Yes 3,800 pounds payload would be above average payload for SRW one ton trucks.

[kevinpo]

Hello,
There are a half dozen models or so of the Ram 2500 series with payloads of 3990 and 3880. They can be found by searching Ram towing charts which are PDF files listing all the configurations and their respective payloads.

Regards,
Kevin

[Canyonlight]

Have a 2017 Ram 2500 with 3800# payload so the Solitude 321RL's 2600# pin weight is no problem. The factory air bags really help with payload.

That is impressive and unusual for even the bare bones 2 door 2 wheel drive quipped 2500 series gasser. Maybe this is close to your truck's configuration.

To learn more and help understand, please post a picture of the yellow payload sticker from the drivers door frame for your truck and share the configuration, pkgs. options, etc. if you would be so kind.

I would suspect the numbers which Kevin shared in his post #22 are for bare bones 2 door gassers "keys and heat" as we used to refer to them.

Dan

[GENESIS]

Have a new 375RES. Had a 2018 ram 2500 Cummins crew cab 4x4 auto. Air bag suspension upgrade. Empty the 375 was 2759 pin. Was I overloaded by pin, yes. Truck was rated 17,200 trailer. I didn't hear right thing and went with a 2018 Ram 3500 drw crew cab 4x4. HO motor and Aisin transmission with 3.73 gears. With the 2500 I was "safe" but there was zero margin of safety. With the 3500 beast? Not a worry in the world. Got a screaming end of year deal on the 3500 and excellent trade in on the 2500.
Although as always, YMMV.

Not to be argumentative, but are you sure you have a 3.73 rear end? I have the 2017 version of your truck and the rear end is a 4.12. And IIRC from the published RAM info, the max tow for our truck can only be achieved with 4.12 gears. And you can tell this by the rear differential cover - if it's finned aluminum you got a 4.12, if not you have the 3.73.

Tom

[Misfit]

just checked the window sticker, says AISIN and 3.73 gearing

[BigKahuna]

@Misfit, looks good.
Thanks for all the replies everyone, been off the grid for a little while. We are looking at the 29RS so, with some airbags we will be fine. I will be over the max payload but, not by much, couple hundred pounds at most. Stay safe....

[kevinpo]

I would suspect the numbers which Kevin shared in his post #22 are for bare bones 2 door gassers "keys and heat" as we used to refer to them.

Dan,
You would be pretty much correct if looking for one on a dealers lot. The Tradesman single cab log bed with just a few options is all I could find in stock. Ram makes it almost impossible to search by payload (spent 2 hours) but easy to search by towing capacity Go figure.

Regards,
Kevin

[stonewallfarms]

Where did you come up with the 3800-pound payload rating? That's more than my 2015 Ford F350 or my 2016 GMC 1-ton 3500 truck had.

I attached the original sticker. You can lookup the capacity off the RAM towing website with my VIN... 3c6ur5hj3hg537056

So I did lie (sorry, was going by memory) it's only 3134#. Still plenty for our Solitude though.

Plenty of 2500 configurations hit that 3800# though.

[bertschb]

I think folks are looking for the sticker on the driver's door. That's where each truck has it's own unique payload rating.

Here is the payload sticker from my 2016 GMC 3500 SRW:


Most 3/4 ton trucks used for towing (e.g. diesel, crew cab, 4x4, etc) have payloads well under 3,000lbs. I suspect that's why folks were surprised when you mentioned a 3,800lb payload rating.

[CWSWine]

I have seen several gasers around 3,000 but I also have seen Ram 2500 Diesel with high options under 2,000 pounds of payload. I would still check the weights since my Solitude 310GK and 2350 dry pin but loaded for just a weekend trip in jumped to 3100 pounds and 30-day it was within 200 pounds of my 7050 rear axle rating. Seems that the GD dry pin weights are little low.

I attached the original sticker. You can lookup the capacity of the RAM towing website with my VIN... 3c6ur5hj3hg537056

So I did lie (sorry, was going by memory) it's only 3134#. Still plenty for our Solitude though.

Plenty of 2500 configurations hit that 3800# though.