Hi all,

I have a 4x4 2006 1500 QC Ram with the 5.7 and 3.92 with factory class-5 towing package.

I would like to know if I can haul a ~10,000 pound boat?

http://www.fourwinns.com/2009/model/V288#overhead

I would transport it approximately 60 miles toward home for clean-up and then about 20 miles to put it in the water a couple days later.

Please let me know your opinions.

Best,
J

 

ouch 10k with a half ton... thats a toughy. the 06 qc hemi 4x4 is rated at 8800 max trailer i think. seemed like that was what the guy at the dealership told me. youd be better off finding a buddy with a 3/4 ton.
could you do it? yeah but that seems like quite a strain on a stock truck, suspension wise anyway. ive towed a 7500lb tractor before i put on any of my mods and it seemed to hold its own.

thats a d@mn nice boat by the way.

 

ya 10ks pussing it if you dont have mods and some sort of helper spring, 5th wheel might help

 

Thanks guys.

Do you think it would handle it just to get it back and then put it in the water?

Come end of season, the Ram won't need to pull it out of the water or tow it to storage.

Just this one time deal.

Thoughts?

 

not legally. you would be over your Gross Veh. weight by a few thousand pounds. its only like 13k for a half ton
but it should handle it just fine

 

since its a one time deal, just go realllllly slow and understand the risk you're taking. that load is way too big for the truck to SAFELY pull. it should pull it, but you gotta understand the risk you're taking in doing something (breaking something, wrecking, hurting others/lawsuits to name a few)

 

Serious liability to exceed the towing capacity by that much.

 

Something will break. That something might be a person.

Looks like the 10,000lbs doesn't include the trailer, so add some there.

GCVWR is something like 13,000. 10,000 boat + 5,000 truck and you are already 2,000lbs over, not including other stuff in the truck and the trailer.

Being overlimit can have the insurance company say "too bad" if something happens. Being knowingly overlimit can give you really nasty legal headaches.

Then, as others have said, it's not safe. Do you really want to be responsible for "something bad happening".

For what it's worth, I had trailer brakes (actually the wiring) fail when needing to do a sudden stop. The truck *did* stop, but it definitely took extra time, and I was well within my towing capacity. I'm conservative when I tow. No more than 75-80% of max payload, GCVWR, etc. If everything is working, I'm fine. If something fails, I still have some reserve capacity. When you are overloaded you have no reserve.

 

I have basically the same setup in my 05. 3.92, 5.7, Tow package. I have towed roughly 10Klbs several times and I can say it tows ver well for being over. First time I did it, I had no trailer brakes, nothing to help with the weight and it was about 60 miles of hilly terrain. Took me 3 hours to make it to my destination. Of course now I have a weight distro hitch, Bags, Dual axel Trailer brakes, my brake fluid is flushed every year, and I have upgraded my brakes and tranny cooler. I will also soon be getting 4.56 gears.

Trailer brakes or not, Check your brakes first, Give yourself PLENTY of stopping room, Try to stick to one lane. Take it slow and try to use your brakes sparingly if they over heat your screwed, Specially if the fluid boils. Oh and is some ahole cuts you off (You know they will), Let off the gas and back off as quickly and safetly as possible.

And by all means get that thing unhitched as soon as you get there, Don't let that kind of weight sit on your truck for long.

 

well since its a one time thing I think it would be a better idea to rent a bigger truck from somewhere like a 3500. I would feel better paying and renting to be safe and not take a risk with a nice truck and nice boat just my 2 cents