If the truck came from the factory with P tires and was tow rated for whatever trailer weight is in question (trailer length isn't the key criteria) then there is no problem pulling it.

Rob

 

The truck came with "E" rated 10 ply Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor tires.
The requirement on the door jamb is LT265/70/17E.
The trailer weighs in around 2800 lbs.
I am now reconsidering my original thoughts of putting a "P" rated tire on it.
I can get an "E" rated Discoverer AT3 in a 10 ply for about 50 bucks more per tire than the "P" rated.
801.00 installed at my local shop for the "E" rated.
The tire guy seemed surprised that it called for an E rated tire on a 1500.

 

I'm pretty sure that the E tires are an option on the outdoorsman, the standard are P tires. You can put P tires no problem and the trailer will not affect it. I tow a single axle TT (3800 max) and have no issues.

The door pillar sticker just reflects the build. Another thing, if you go with P vs E you'll gain 1-2 MPGs

 

Many 1500s come with P rated tires. In fact, I thought they all did. My 1500 has about the max trailering capacity (10,200??) and it came with P-rated 275/60R20 tires. The stock Goodyears it had were 114S weight rating, which is rated over 2600# per tire. That's way more than the max vehicle weight at max trailer weight.

Put on whatever you want, but you don't NEED E rated tires for a RAM 1500's towing capacity, especially with a light trailer like that.

Rob

 

My 2011 Outdoorsman came with 6 ply Goodyear wranglers. 285/70/17s.

Just put a new set of Toyo Open country tires P265/70/17s. Just a little shorter tire. Max air is 44 psi. They ride nice and are 65k mile rated. Great reviews and bought them at a really good price. Nice deep tread. I didn't want a AT tire this time because I never go off road. The 1st set of Goodyear OM tires were good for about 35k,not good. Then I replaced those with Firestone destination ATs. Those were good tires and ended up replacing after 70k and still had decent tread. Now with the 265s my speedo reads about 1 mph faster than what I'm going.

 

2012 Ram and on have 10 ply rated "E" tires. Also a full size tire. Outdoorsman are geared to towing,, thus the heavy side wall. P rated tires with heavy loads can cause the tire to squirm, create heat.

If you don't tow heavy trailers or carry heavy weight go to a P rated tire. I tow a 7000lb 5th wheel approx 1200lbs. on the hitch. If i had P rated tires it on towing would be scary also would destroy them.

quote from ram site
Ram 1500 Outdoorsman is outfitted for wherever your adventure takes you. Ruggedly equipped with 17-inch Aluminum wheels, LT265/70 17E OWL on/off road tires tow hooks, fog lamps, rear extra heavy-duty shock absorbers (4x4 models), 121L fuel tank,

cheers

 

Not from my perspective. Towed a 7500 lb travel trailer some 13K miles with... P-Metric tires. Almost half of that distance was with the original Wrangler HPs. The remainder running 20-inch Silent Armors. I've been quite comfortable towing the trailer with these passenger rated tire on the truck.

 

1200lbs on the hitch of a 1/2 ton? I hope you are running weight distribution

 

He said 5th wheel.

 

Yeah it's a 5th wheel-- I use a ISR Series SuperGlide Hitch http://www.pullrite.com/products/isr...standard-rails and Timbren SES Suspension. Right now I running Hercules Terra Trac II E-rated tires.

For the winter I will be installing ( tomorrow) Hercules Avalanche X-Treme P-rated snow tires. I don't haul or carry much weight during the winter.

I tow a lot on secondary roads getting to and from provincial/national parks, I found E rated tire to be very stable and run cool. Chillpond, the reason I said this, those stories are from guys at different Ram Dealers. They told me they had customers (and i mean quite a few) come back complaining their Ram's didn't handle well with P-metric tires while towing, now it could be they didn't have the hitch set properly, but that means there are a lot of rigs not set up properly, not sure, all they told me when they switched to a heavy side wall, it made all the difference.

cheers
Kayakman