Well not just that, but more often than not, if you are over weight, and you have or cause an accident, your insurance will not cover you. It will all come back on you...seen that too many times.

Not to mention that you open you self up to one heck of a lawsuit...

On paper, the GCWR Gross Combined weight Rating is 11,700lb, that is truck trailer and total load including you. The whole deal going down the road as a package.

In all honesty to be safe, you really need to be towing this with a 3/4 ton.

Seems like people around here have the idea that just because they can latch it up they should be able to tow it without issue.

Perfect example is the guy I saw the other day pulling a 16' tandem axle flat bed with I don't know how many cabinets on it. Yeah...he was pulling it with a 4cyl S-10 and no frame hitch, speaks volumes about that bumper that it can stay on.

 

The GVW is around 6800 pounds if your truck weights more than that then a cop can give you a ticket if he wants.

 

No that is your weight rating on the truck, it can weigh more than that, but that is what it weighed when it left the factory.

The one that you need to be worried about is the GCWR which is 11,700 but that means you have a trailer attached.

The most that can be in the bed is 1510 on a club cab 4.7 non ho, 4x4. So your truck, not towing a trailer can be up to 7520.

 

You will be fine. How heavy is that 57 truck?

 

Okay, 11,700 is the most that you are allowed total with the dakota on paper. 12k is what most are registered at.

So, His truck 6,010 That assumes no accessories, and without him in it.
Chevy ~5000
Parts ~1200

Those alone are 12,210 assuming that 76 is one that requires catalytics, if it is a "Heavy Half" that truck alone weighs over 6000, putting him more around 13k. That's also without a trailer, usually a trailer that can handle that much weight is gonna weigh about 1500-2000 in and of itself, that puts him up over 15k, and at that you are getting close to what most diesel 3/4tons are registered for...16k.

So lets calculate again.

Dakota 6010
Chevy 6000 (lets figure worst case scenario)
Trailer 2000
Parts 1200

Grand total of 15210. That's just the rolling package. Still without passengers, or anything else he may toss on the truck, clothes, luggage, tools, ect.

Like I said before, IF you tow this you take all the risk in your own hands. Insurance will not cover you. If your brakes fail, dodge will not be required to compensate you for anything that happens.

Hey, chances are you wont have any problems, but that once in a great while issue that is normally covered by insurance, or laws will be all on you in this case. We all know how expensive medical bills and law suits can be...unless I was Bill Gates, I wouldn't chance it.

I hate to sound like a douche here, but tbh, if I got hit by you towing that much with a dakota, your darn tootin Id be taking your but to court, and that would more than likely be after my insurance company takes you for having to pay for the damage you inflicted after your insurance would not cover you. Number 1 rule of towing is know your truck, if it isn't rated to handle it, don't hook up, your just asking for trouble.

 

I tried to rent a u-haul to haul Thunder98110's truck from Manhattan to Omaha once, and they wouldnt let me do it, even though i got a 06 4x4 with the v8. IF you do try it, Make sure that the trailer has brakes on it.

 

Read what happened to muddinbill recently...

 

Exactly my point, and this guy is talking about towing around 3 times that much.

Just think bubba, that accident would have been a WHOLE lot worse AND you would have to foot the entire bill if you did this with what you were talking about towing.

 

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