ok thanks guys, i have a round 7-prong plug in and a real nice drop hitch. my dad has a trailer-brake controller, and there is a place down the road the rents big-azz flat-bed trailers. hopefully now the guy will just want to trade even for my atv.

and no the lady doesnt come with the truck, she comes with me..... hehe she would be so pissed if she knew i put a pic of her up here.lol

 

i say just slap your front plate on it and drive it home..that what i did when i bought my lifited jeep..just have someone follow behind you in a different car. i did it threw 4 states lol

 

Get caught and your screwed. What happens if you broke down? You don't know the vehicle enough to drive it on the roads without breaking down! A rig that noticeable is going to bring obvious attention. It's not a green 4dr civic he's taking home.
Also, putting a plate from a different car is very risky and you can get arrested and fined worse than if you had no plate at all. It's at least a 4 ticket event if you got caught either way.
When i bought my Exploder, the guy suggested I do that. i only lived 6 or 7 miles away, but it was through alot of traffic lights. I opted to pay a flatbed towtruck company $85 to deliver it to my house. Much cheaper than dealing with tickets and fines. A flatbed driver would probably run that truck up onto the bed and let all of the air pressure out of the tires for clearance. That would give a lot of drop.

 

yes i would dare not drive it the 40 miles home, i would tow it myself. a flatbed ride that far around here would be $250++, its in deliverance country.

i was just worried about towing it on such a big trailer and what not, never really towed anything bigger that a bass boat. but i guess if the deal goes through i will take some pics of how we load it up and everything and hopefully it wont become a before-and-after picture either.lol

 

Take on od off!

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but here, and in other posts of this nature that I have seen around here everyone is saying for a 1500 4x4 if the total weight is below 9,000 lbs you are good to go.

However, WITH the tow package your truck is rated 5,000 lbs @500 lbs tongue weight on the receiver hitch and a max of 12,000 lbs with 1,200 lbs tongue weight WITH a weight distributing hitch! Given the numbers previously estimated you are looking at approximtely 8,300 lbs so about 800 to 850 lbs tongue weight.

I always see someone noting that BRAKES are needed but nothing about a weight distributing hitch being needed as well in these situation.

So, for me and any others, someone please jump in and correct my confusion on this.

 

I tow 6-7klbs all the time with my 10' dump trailer as it weighs 2800lbs itself. I believe weight distribution hitches are meant for longer trailers like campers..etc.

 

Ram4wd, technically you are correct. Weight Distribution hitches are expensive though and although nice, not an absolutely necessity unless you're lookin at closer to 1000lb tounge weight. Brakes are a little different because thats a TON (ok 4.5 tons) of weight to be stoppin with just the trucks brakes. Its really a safety issue. But yes, if you wanna play legalities, youre correct, a weight distribution hitch is certainly in order