therink
01-14-2014, 05:29 PM
Funny story to share. My brother and fellow Keystone RV owner called me tonight to say he put a deposit down on a 2012 Ram1500 Laramie Hemi 3:55 axle to tow a new toy hauler TT with gvwr of 8000 lbs he is about to purchase. He currently tows a 6500 lb TT with a Durango (another story).
I asked him what the gvwr of the ram was and he said he didn't know but it tows 10,000 lbs. After I finished chuckling, I told him to find out what the gvwr on the truck was (I knew it would be around 1200). He called me back and said it was 1200 lbs. I explained that the tongue weight of his future 8k toy hauler TT would be 13% or around 1100 lbs and as long as he carried no passengers, hitch, cargo in the truck and he weighed less than 100 lbs he is as good to go.
After a long silence, he said I will have to look into this. Lol
long story short, he ended up calling truck dealer cancelling the sale on the Ram and decided on a f150 ECO boost with 1800 gvwr. I told him he needed a 3/4 but close enough.
I just thought I would share this as so many people don't understand that payload is the most important for actor when matching an rv to a tow vehicle. There must be 2 or 3 posts a week on this topic in this forum.
Steve
I asked him what the gvwr of the ram was and he said he didn't know but it tows 10,000 lbs. After I finished chuckling, I told him to find out what the gvwr on the truck was (I knew it would be around 1200). He called me back and said it was 1200 lbs. I explained that the tongue weight of his future 8k toy hauler TT would be 13% or around 1100 lbs and as long as he carried no passengers, hitch, cargo in the truck and he weighed less than 100 lbs he is as good to go.
After a long silence, he said I will have to look into this. Lol
long story short, he ended up calling truck dealer cancelling the sale on the Ram and decided on a f150 ECO boost with 1800 gvwr. I told him he needed a 3/4 but close enough.
I just thought I would share this as so many people don't understand that payload is the most important for actor when matching an rv to a tow vehicle. There must be 2 or 3 posts a week on this topic in this forum.
Steve