[SteveC7010]

Originally Posted by Paddler

Hi Joe,
A word of caution, it is very easy to find yourself under-trucked in 5er land. With your 2500, you will need to keep a close eye on the pin weight of your 5er choices. I would imagine your truck's payload capacity is around 3000 lbs. Thus you would want the empty pin weight below 1800 lbs. Yes, this is the voice of expensive experience talking.
Have fun shopping!

I agree with this 1000%!

We've talked with a number of folks that are somewhat hung up on buying a new 1500 series truck because of the high tow ratings. But they overlook payload ratings of the truck and that is a serious error, especially when considering TT's and 5er's that are going to weigh in around 8-10K dry.

Both tongue weight (for TT's) and pin weight (for 5'ers) matters big time. 1500 trucks are generally rated around 1,500-1,600# payload in the bed of the truck. 2500's are rated right around 3,000#, and the 3,500# duallies come in at approximately 4,500# or better. (3500 single rear wheel trucks generally fall in the same weight rating as a 2,500, but there are some exceptions. Study specs closely.)

Our new Cougar is factory spec'd with a pin weight of 1,565#, but I suspect it is actually quite a bit higher. An even ton would not surprise me.