so here is my deal i have to drive for work we travel alot and my boss had to pull a goose neck and one job we will be doing soon is a few hundred miles away and we have to bring a forklift with us will my 03 ram 1500 with the 4.7L pull a tandem axel trailer with a fork lift on it?

 

shouldnt have a problem

 

It will, but not very fast, and not with very much power. We just pulled a tandem axle trailer and a mower with a snowblower on front today with a supercharged Silverado 4.8 and that pulled and hardly switched into O/D on interstate. Without the supercharger, it wouldn't have hardly pulled it at all. And that mower is still quite a bit lighter than the forklift will be.

 

Not an issue. I pulled a 1992 e class mercedes on a dual axle car trailer with no problems. Just remember it does help to press the tow/haul button on the gear selector. It extends the first couple of gears before they shift to the next.

 

the tandem axle traile isnt my problem i pull a 22 foot mariah boat all summer its the forklift im worried about will the weight of the forklift screw me.

 

I guess it all depends on how big the forklift is. I can tell you an e class mercedes from '92 is darn close to a normal forklift.

 

Doubtful. Maybe 5500lbs max for the Benz, Our 5000lb capacity propane Clark forklifts weighed about 12K!!! Better find out the exact weight before if falls thru your trailer. It will also put you way over your towing limit.

If it is a battery powered lift, the battery weighs about 3300lbs by itself. Add the chassis, counterweight on the lift and weight of the trailer itself, you are going to be overweight. My 08 with a Hemi and 3.92 gears is only rated to tow 8750. The 4.7L is under 7500lbs.

 

Forklifts are damned heavy! I'd guess you'll be considerably over capacity. I'd think just the trailer is a ton. If the lift is as heavy as I believe they are, you may be talking about 10,000 lbs.

 

Really need the weight of the fork lift. We have several at work with the 5.9 Cummins and weigh in excess of 50k lbs empty.