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Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
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11/23/09 11:04 PM
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Ok guys, I get it. Some of you have a great big oversized 3/4 or 1 ton truck that is extremely rough riding and if its a diesel, expensive to maintain, I dont, I have a 1500, and according to the published information, I can tow 8250lbs.......so what the eff is the issue here....Im not pulling a 32' stacker......I have posted the weights of the trailer and the capabilities of the truck, but maybe I am not reading it right so I have taken the liberty of posting the website where I gathered my information... now please do not pay attention to the published 10,400lb towing capacity as my truck is not properly equipped and I would not want to confuse anyone... http://www.dodge.com/en/2010/ram_1500/capability/towing_payload/ 
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Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
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11/24/09 01:18 AM
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Do any of the truck makers still showed the "Combine vechicle gross weights" for towing?  I'm wondering if that is the number shown on the bottom of the add in your link? I think the CVGR on my 2006 3500 single wheel is right at 19,800, the same year and equipted 2500 was 16,800 I think. I don't have a clue waht the specs where on the 1500, sorry
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Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
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11/24/09 08:32 AM
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Joshking440, I am sure most of us do not mean to disrespect your decision on your combo. As you point out on paper your combo works, in reality it wont (IMHO) It may "pull the load" but it will do it struggling to maintain stability.
Consider the senario of any freeway driving in normal traffic when there is road construction going on with lane changes, paving unevenness, a retaining wall with just enough room for a small car in the other lane. you will wish the trailer was empty or that you had a 2500. This may seem like the worst case senario but it is one of hundreds that come up.
Like I said before it may "pull" it but you will be white knuckle and stain your shorts more than once when the trailer is loaded with a car, generator, tools, small compressor, a full mini firdge ect. It is not so much about the engine/trans/gear as it is about the truck's suspension and weight pulling it.
I had a similar setup and had to go to an open car trailer. I could not afford nor wanted a "bigger truck" as I only tow a few times a year
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Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
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11/24/09 08:43 AM
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I had an inclosed Haulmark 20' standard height trailer Here is my set up now, a 07 1500 quad cab, Hemi with factory trailer tow package, and the truck now has a nice fiberglass topper for maximum storage area. I am very pleased with its practicality.
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Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
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11/24/09 09:39 AM
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Ok guys, I get it. Some of you have a great big oversized 3/4 or 1 ton truck that is extremely rough riding and if its a diesel, expensive to maintain, I dont, I have a 1500, and according to the published information, I can tow 8250lbs.......so what the eff is the issue here....Im not pulling a 32' stacker......I have posted the weights of the trailer and the capabilities of the truck, but maybe I am not reading it right so I have taken the liberty of posting the website where I gathered my information... now please do not pay attention to the published 10,400lb towing capacity as my truck is not properly equipped and I would not want to confuse anyone...
http://www.dodge.com/en/2010/ram_1500/capability/towing_payload/
I've owned both gas and diesel trucks and found the diesel to be cheaper to maintain and operate.
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Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
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11/24/09 09:46 AM
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I agree its not enough truck to load it to the hill, but my truck is rated for 8,100lbs and all Im sticking in the trailer is a 3,100lb duster, so Im ok.
not everybody can afford a special truck for everything or a biga**ed dually. Hell that 1500 is plenty good. we used to haul 2 1000 lb steers to market in 1/2 ton 48 Ford truck and spray feilds haulling 250 gallons of water around. 1.5 ton trucks were/are hauling 150 - 200 bushels of 60 lb/bu wheat to market. Cars were towing Air streams. People didn't have Sunday go to meeting trucks. You towed and worked with what you had. Some people still have to do that.
PS: People towing trailers at 80 MPH shouldn't be towing. Just because the speed limit is 0/75 you don't have to drive that fast. Remember that you are towing and no matter what the load rating is you have to allow for it. Stopping distances and mauverability are greatly reduced with a trailer. 5 or ten MPH really don't amount to squat in a couple hundred mile trip. If you have to be some where that few minutes sooner - leave earlier. You will have a safer more comfortable ride and save gas to boot.
Is that the story you plan to tell the DOT cop after he puts you on the scales and tells you you're overloaded?
Like Tony said, its all find and dandy what you did 20 years ago, but that's not today. If you're in an accident and overloaded, a lawyer is going to have a field day taking everything you own.
Is was Bob George who got stopped not that long ago and got a nice hefty fine, and sent to get his CDL IIRC.
it depends on what the laws are there. In va. If the truck has car tags then the trailer carrys the weight that means the title of the trailer has to be registered for more than what ever the trailer weights and contents. the truck doesn't matter. if you have truck tags then the title of the truck has to be registered for the weight of the truck, trailer and contents. So you can tow the trailer with a volkswagon long as the trailer is registered for enough weight you might die but they don't care about that. They just want to get our money.
In PA if the trailer is registered at over 10,000lbs its the truck plate that must be registered to cover both the truck AND the trailer as far as weight. They call it registered "in combination". It doesn't matter if this is the law in the state you are from or not. IF you tow through here, you have to comply same as any other states laws you plan to tow through.
You can't put car plates on a truck here, but there are different weight classes for truck plates and the registration price increases accordingly.
The article in the archives about Bob George is a good read.
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Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
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11/24/09 01:36 PM
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That is an awesome Truck and a nice trailer. You will be fine if you are careful and take your time. If you just stay on your game just like every normal person that is towing SHOULD, and use extra caution around those tricky situations, you should be fine.
I would definately use the tow/haul and let the thing tow in OD if it wants. There is NO REASON to not use OD as long as the trans is not hunting and as long as the converter stays locked.
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