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Frank,

Chrysler, just like Ford and GM, advertise "BS" in their charts. You posted a link to the RAM towing charts and speak of "the gospel" (truth ????) about SAE J2807 towing standards. Those standards, just like everything before them, is only as good as the documentation presented to the consumer.

Examples from the chart you posted:

LINE 1 (first truck in the chart):

GVW: 9000 PAYLOAD: 2680 GCWR: 18300 MAX TLR: 11510

When doing the math, if the truck is at GVW, with a GCWR of 18300, the max trailer weight is 9300, not 11510.

LINE 5 (first diesel in the chart):

GVW: 10000 PAYLOAD: 2630 GCWR: 24300 MAX TLR: 16450

Doing the math on this one, if the truck is at GVW, with a GCWR of 24300, the max trailer weight is 14300, not 16450.

Every truck listed is "advertised in the Chrysler chart" well above the "true max towing rating".... Chrysler's "sleight of hand" is that they deduct the payload from the trailer rating. They do this by "SAE certification" that excludes the payload from the max trailer rating.

There is NO WAY to tow a trailer without having "payload" exerted on the truck. So, is it "false advertising" or is it "using different conditions to maximize the chart"???

The OP's truck, just like every other truck, has optional equipment (not included in the chart "base model" that will decrease the "maximum rating" that is depicted in the chart. Adding spray in bed liner, running boards, electric windows, floor mats, etc, all add weight to the "base model truck" and decrease the payload, which also decreases the max trailer rating, (IF YOU FOLLOW THE GCWR) from the maximum rig weight.....

Every manufacturer reflects their advertising with similar charts, every manufacturer "lies" by advertising the maximum trailer rating with an empty truck, a condition that simply can't be accomplished. Consumers really need to actually look at the chart and analyze it, not just pick a number and expect that it will "stand on its merit" as an individual rating. All of the ratings matter and all of the ratings affect each of the other ratings.