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Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500....
Posted By: joshking440
Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 03:08 AM
Got a new trailer...actually my FIRST trailer, and Im happier than heck!!!!!
and.....
I know we have talked about this a bit, but I got to try it today so I thought I would share
2009 1500 Crew Cab Laramie 4x4 Hemi
24' United UXT with Finish Line package and an extra 12" in height 4,400lbs empty
Draw-Tite load levelers
North of Chicago to Indy....
Pulled great!!!!!! More power than even I expected, truck rode awesome. Truck did squat around 5" before the load levelers were cranked on. then it squared off pretty good. The ball was even with the top of the receiver.
Stopped awesome, didn't sway, awesome I think even for an empty trailer.....the only downside was 80mph there and 16.6mpg and 65-70mph home and 9.1mpg
Posted By: ahy
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 03:16 AM
Posted By: blownzoom440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 03:29 AM
congrats.i have to pull my 24'8200lb trailer/car with my 4.7 dakota.
you will be fine if you are going 80 empty.
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 03:33 AM
Oh dang...good luck with that
Posted By: Cab_Burge
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 03:37 AM
Make sure you use a good trailer brake controller, also check your owners manual to see what the gross combined towing weight is so you don't get suprised by any law enforcemnet towing enquirys
Posted By: blownzoom440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 03:41 AM
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Oh dang...good luck with that
i only go 50/55mph and only 30 miles to the track.i will upgrade but i am in the planing stage.
Posted By: J_BODY
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 04:53 AM
Hope you have the same feelings of happiness when the car and gear are in there. I towed my 24ft enclosed for a number of years with my 95 1500. Made sure to never be in a hurry. The newer 1500 series trucks are twice the truck my 1500 was. Way more power, huge braking upgrades. Let us know how it does!
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and great looking ride BTW!
Posted By: Challenger 1
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 01:19 PM
Sorry to rain on your parade, but a 1500 is not enough truck for a fully loaded 24' enclosed trailer. Please be careful and let us know what you think in a year from now. And like was already said, what's the gross vehicle weight rating of your truck?
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 01:23 PM
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.
Posted By: Challenger 1
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 01:30 PM
Posted By: Prostock
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 02:40 PM
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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.
Don't forget to include the weight of the passengers and gear in the truck.
Posted By: wldtm
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 07:39 PM
it may not need it, but I wonder if anyone is making a load bag that goes on that truck. not a universal kit, but one that could help the coil spring.
nice truck and trailer
justin
Posted By: modelmakerinc
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 08:01 PM
I am in agreement with others, you do not have enough truck to pull it loaded and feel comfortable driving. Once it is loaded you will find yourself in plenty of white knuckle driving situations. Just my
DAMHIK
Posted By: MoparforLife
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 08:34 PM
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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.
Posted By: Quicktree
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 08:41 PM
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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.
thats all fine and dandy, but if you get in an accident and somebody gets hurt because you are towing with the wrong vehicle prepare to loose eveything you own.
Posted By: MoparforLife
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 08:46 PM
You will see a hell of alot more accidents caued/involving drivers rather than the load they are hauling. Drive accordingly and a lot of this can be avoided. This goes not only for towing.
Drive accordingly and the odds are in likely that you won't have to worry about it.
Posted By: WadeMetzinger
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 09:41 PM
You will be fine for local and small trips but long trips you will tax the Hemi and find it's limits, they aren't designed for the work required pull that much weight and more taxing is the wind you'll be pushing.
Hopefully your running a weight stabilizing hitch and a sway bar, that will make it as safe and stable as possible and extend the limits of your 1500 but if you take frequent trips over 100 miles loaded you'll kill the Hemi unless you stay off the interstates and drive 55mph and when you come up on hill you don't expect to maintain your speed.
I killed my 1500 trying to pull my first 24' trailer on the interstates and I was under 7,000lbs and didn't have the extra 12" height.
So don't get in a hurry and try to stay local and you'll be fine.
Posted By: dave571
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 10:36 PM
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...not everybody can afford a special truck for everything or a biga**ed dually.
There are plenty of rigs that could safely tow that trailer for less than a 1/3 of what the 09 1500 he's using cost
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... 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.
This much I agree with 100%
How you drive when you are towing is definately the biggest factor in towing safely.
Posted By: Challenger 1
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/16/09 11:53 PM
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Hell that 1500 is plenty good.
No it's NOT. 
And dually's are not big assed.
And if everyone would read the OP post, he was not towing at 80 MPH.
Posted By: wheelsup68dart
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 12:28 AM
Congrats on the combo it looks great, BTW it is exactly like my 1500. Put your mind to ease, I have had mine on some pretty big hills loaded and not had any problem. When I towed to Norwalk this year I had trailer.....4000lbs, car 2400 lbs, cargo in trailer misc 750lbs, and to top everything off I hauled a 1000 lbs golf cart in the back of truck, the truck handled it beautifully. Just use your sense about you when towing and realize 70 mph is plenty fast enough. Oh yeah for all you doubters it breaks every bit as good as my 05 2500 4x4 diesel did. The comment made about an inflatable bag inside the rear coil would probably be ideal for them.
Posted By: ro23car
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 12:34 AM
yes 1500 is kinda small the suspension and brakes really arent made for that kind of weight. but congrats on your new wagon.
Posted By: Adobedude
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 12:47 AM
No one has mentioned it, but E rated tires inflated to 80 psi on the tow vehicle are a must. As other's have said, trailer brake controller, maybe an equalizer hitch.
You probably have a 545RFE in it, so you might want to stay out of OD while towing.
Posted By: B1KILLER
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 12:49 AM
Take from a guy that does towing for a living, you mite feel okay, but your not. I do some krazy stuff, and get away with it, and hope DOT never catches me
Posted By: ro23car
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 12:55 AM
there is another thing going on dot here in mich is busting ppl for trucks that does not have the proper gvw. and im sure there was another thread on this and iirc bob george got popped in pa for this.
Posted By: Michael
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:18 AM
Not enough truck.
Posted By: blownzoom440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:21 AM
is there a door on the trailer to get out of your car easier?i wish i would have got it on mine.any pics of the inside yet?
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:24 AM
Of course I have a brake controller, a prodigy p3.
The truck has a "towing" capacity of 8250 as equipped. which means 4400lb trailer with 3200lb car make 7600 lbs and since dont weigh 650lbs i would assume im good, and as far as brakes, i would be willing to bet my 1500 has much bigger brakes than anyones 2500 from more than 4 or 5 years ago....
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:35 AM
inside pics
Posted By: Prostock
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:36 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.
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:42 AM
another
Posted By: blownzoom440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:55 AM
that step is cool!
Posted By: plycuda
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:58 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.
Posted By: nutso suave
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 02:13 AM
if you are worried about the load rating (and the tow rating is in spec as the OP pointed out), get air bags or an 'add-a-leaf' to help stiffen your truck up while towing. the engine has plenty of grunt for that trailer...i have the same engine in the power wagon and i can tow a huge farm trailer with a 23 foot full keel sailboat on it 70 mph up a hill.
Posted By: J_BODY
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 02:38 AM
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i would be willing to bet my 1500 has much bigger brakes than anyones 2500 from more than 4 or 5 years ago....
I'd say they are right up there with them, and I KNOW you absolutely KILL the 94-98 era 2500 series Dodge trucks.
I would be shopping for some "E" tires though. I ran those on my 95 and it felt like I threw an anchor out. Took a little more "oomph" to get them suckers rolling.
I did finally aquire an 01 2500 CTD for pulling duties back around 03. It was a huge improvement, especially after moving to the desert SW where long steep grades are in abundance.
Posted By: pittsburghracer
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 02:40 AM
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there is another thing going on dot here in mich is busting ppl for trucks that does not have the proper gvw. and im sure there was another thread on this and iirc bob george got popped in pa for this.
A stated in this post, the post on towing laws is saved in the tech archives and has some very good info from Bob George. Thanks Moparts for saving that info.
Posted By: Darryls-Demon
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 03:03 AM
Hey,Josh
What gear ratio do you have in your truck?
Nice to see your Duster coming together also.
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 01:53 PM
I have the 3.54 ratio in my truck unfortunatly, but 99.9% of the lariam trucks came that way for some reason
Posted By: Keith Richards
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/17/09 02:10 PM
You have the wrong truck and heaven forbid if there is an accident your insurance company will tell you that also. You need something like this.
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Posted By: Cab_Burge
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/18/09 05:59 AM
The unladen weight of the trailer as it left the factory should be stated on the traler birth certificate, look closely at that and weigh it the first chance you get both empty and again when you are loade up and going to the races. The first new custom built I bought was supposed to weih right at 2900 lbs according to the salesman
Wrong, it weighed 4380 empty when I pick it up at thwe factory
Dang salesman anyway
That was a Pace Shadow 22 ft. 7000 lb gross conventional hieght with one 120 V flourences(SP) light, two 12 v. lights, one overhead vent, four 120 electrical outlets and a cross waist high storage cabinet, no battery, no winch, no tonque jach
verify your wiegths
truck too
Posted By: DaKuda
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/19/09 02:46 AM
That truck will pull that trailor fine....you will have no problems. The '09 1500 is MUCH more truck than say an 1999 2500 and you still see them pulling with no problems.
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/19/09 06:18 PM
I agree, thats why I will continue on as planned, and one day i will be ccol enough to belong to the "i own a cummins" club
Posted By: DaKuda
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/19/09 10:59 PM
I have an 09 Ram like yours and a older 2500 with the Cummins. I cant justify these diesels anymore. Everything on them cost through thr room including simply changing the oil. Our injector pump went out and that was big money. I bought this 09 Ram with the new Hemi and it has plenty of power. Way more than my 07 Hemi....WAY more. Not to mention if it or the trans dies I will let Chryslers lifetime warranty worry with that.
Posted By: HardcoreB
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/23/09 12:49 PM
You have a nice truck there. I gots one meself. Enjoy it and heed the good advise given here.
Posted By: dare_dude
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 03:32 AM
How about HEMI 3/4 ton??????????
Posted By: BloFish
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 03:50 AM
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You have the wrong truck and heaven forbid if there is an accident your insurance company will tell you that also. You need something like this.
Or like this
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 04:04 AM
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/
Posted By: Cab_Burge
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 06:18 AM
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
Posted By: modelmakerinc
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 01:32 PM
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
Posted By: modelmakerinc
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 01:43 PM
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.
Posted By: Prostock
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 02:39 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/
I've owned both gas and diesel trucks and found the diesel to be cheaper to maintain and operate.
Posted By: Prostock
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 02:46 PM
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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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Posted By: Prostock
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 02:49 PM
To the OP, what is the GVW of your trailer? I know many companies register them just under that 10,000 limit.
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 04:49 PM
the GVW of the trailer is 9,900 lbs. We scaled the trailer at 4380 with everything but the car in it, which ways 3190
Posted By: Sub95
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 05:45 PM
I would'nt worry much, just get some dual sway bars.
My 18ft toy hauler dry weight 4370lb. now add 100gal of water and everything else, comes in around 8k last time i weighed it, but being only 18ft and people seeing it, they would not think it would be that heavy and nobody would say it was to much for a 1/2 ton truck, but in fact weighs the same as these bigger 24+ft trailers. I have no problems towing it with a older 1/2 ton dodge.
Posted By: RonP
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 06:21 PM
1st thats a nice trailer.
I think this has been covered so many times and those who don't own a diesel will defend pulling their trailer with a 1/2 to the death. To each their own. I think most folks on here are just trying to point out that it is safer for everyone if you have the right tool for the job. Not to mention the legal issues.
I towed an enclosed a few times with my old 96 5.9 gas ram and then with an 04 hemi ram. Neither seemed to have a real hard time and I could have towed like that for ever I suppose. I just hope those, like me for a while, that have the it pulls with no problem attitude, never get in any kind of accident.
then I broke down and bought my diesel and the whole experience was night and day. Not only is it safer, it feels safer and I maintain the right tags to make me legal.
Posted By: Ron Silva
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 06:36 PM
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.
Posted By: 72chrgrally
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/24/09 06:49 PM
I would suggest you load up you trailer with what ever you plan on taking to the track, go to the closest truck stop and put the rig on the scales so you know for sure what your "package" weight is. If you are grossly over weight for your rig then you have a problem and your DOT will nail you if you are caught. If you are slightly overweight find som places to lose it in the trailer.
Also make sure you take care of the truck if you are going to tow near it's capacity. No o/d and maybe add an auxilury cooler, and change the fluid often. Deffinitly use the load bars. Good luck and nice truck and trailer!
Steve
Posted By: drbill
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/25/09 12:32 AM
I'm sure you answered alot of questions in your head before you purchased the truck and trailer.
I'll assume you won't be towing every day or in mountains.
So I think you have plenty of truck. Especially with the load bars and electronic trailer sway control.
I can only assume Dodge tested these trucks to the stated limit. I know Ford does and this would include emergency lane changes at high speeds.
Posted By: blownzoom440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/25/09 12:48 AM
Posted By: moparniac
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/25/09 12:50 AM
Quote:
bob george got popped in pa for this.
On my way to carlilse with an empty hauler the cop pulled us over (beside us while moving) and said follow me and pulled over another trailer in front of us..... This guys busts trailers all day!
Posted By: MR_P_BODY
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/25/09 01:19 AM
Nice rig..... you wont have any problems IF you have
the trailer and truck balanced... 10%-15% of the trailer
weight on the ball(no more than 15%), good sway control
with a EQ hitch and 4 wheel trailer brakes(most of
the 2 axle trailers only have 2 wheel brakes standard),
I pulled a 26' with a 1500 hemi for a lot of years and
it did great, now I have a diesel dually with a 43'...
stay on top of the brake adjustments on the trailer
Posted By: joshking440
Re: Got a new trailer and towed it with my 09 1500.... - 11/30/09 07:15 PM
The GCWR is 14,000 with 3.55 and 20" wheels for my 1500
It is 15,500 with 17" wheels and 3.92 gears
