SO???

 

Well, yours can't. There are some that can. It'll take a 3500 with a Cummins.

 

9600lbs is MAX IF you have 17" wheels and 3:92 gears
1k less if you have 3:55's
1k less if you have 20" rims

Here's Dodge's calculator but it's grossly under weighted
http://www.dodge.com/towing/D/vehicl...amily=RAM_1500

says I can only tow 5,050lbs...lol I tow 6500lbs regularly.

 

What are you looking to pull?? An end loader??!!! The weight you are talking about is three times what your truck weighs!!!!

 

Where do you live? I want to stay as far away as possible!!

If you get into an accident and happen kill someone, that's negligent homicide..fyi!


Also, it's not how much weight the trailer can handle, it's the amount of weight on the trailer Plus the weight of the trailer. I would assume any trailer capable of towing that much is close to your tow rating EMPTY!

 

Thank you everyone for your responses so far. I asked what "A" truck can pull rather than " My" truck to avoid anyone thinking I'm going to do this with my truck & accidentally kill myself or/& other motorists.

I have stumbled on a very nicely priced 24' cattle trailer that I would like to pull about 40 miles. I will then repaint it & sell it.

I asked how to figure out if "A" truck can pull said trailer because I have other trucks at my disposal. That being said, on MY truck the sticker on the door says "GVWR 06700lbs"

Please, educate me as to what exactly that means. As I understand it that means my truck with everything in it & a trailer tongue wight must not exceed 6,700#. Is this correct?

Thanks

 

According to this website as I understand it states "maximum trailer weight: 18,450#. That is greater than the 17,500 I want to pull. So does this mean I can pull this?

 

The website also states a 2500 can only pull a 13,550# trailer........I am confused.

 

The trailer's GVWR is a useless number in your case. That's the max limit it can weigh and likely only weighs less than half that since it's for cattle. You need to find out what it actually weighs including most importantly the hitch weight. Your 6700gvwr would include your fully loaded truck weight + tongue which might very well be enough for this empty trailer. Your truck is likely somewhere around 5500# which would leave just over 1000# for the tongue weight. As for tow rating, just about any full size truck would have a rating high enough to pull this trailer empty as you plan on doing. It's the payload number that will get maxed out way sooner. Very few single rear wheel trucks (even 3500's) would even come close to being rated to pull 17500# if any. But then again you're not going to be pulling anywhere near this amount of weight. Don't get hung up on tow ratings, a loaded Dodge 2500 diesel will be over the truck's GVWR before even coming close to hooking up to 13.5K unless it's an empty trailer with a low hitch weight. Most tow rating can never actually be reached unless towing something like a boat or empty trailer with low hitch weight.

 

That's max for the class, not a 1500. Anyway, the trailer won't weigh nearly that much empty. The "GVWR" for you truck is the max weight of the truck with full payload. Your "GCWR" is probably around 12,000#