jayhardy
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I've had a new Montana 2955RL w/ 2 slides for 2 years (quessing 10,00lbs) with a '06 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel. I have no problem hitting any speed over mountain passes getting 15-18 miles per gallon. Someone please tell me (besides an RV or truck Dealer) how big of a 5er I can pull (how many slides or length or weight). I want to get as big a 5er I can for the $50,000 I have invested in the Deluxe Dodge Ram.
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donn0128
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Boy are you asking for the stars and moon!
Go out and weigh your truck loaded ready to camp configuration. Subtract that number from the trucks GVWR and that is how much carrying capacity you have left over for pin weight. As a general rule of thunb, ANY fiver you look at will have a pin weight right at 20% of the trailers GVWR Stick to a fiver that will by adding the calculated pin weight will keep you Under the trucks GVWR. Lots of people tow over and if YOU choose to do so, then all bets are off. Personally I have done it and will never recommend to anyone, even my worst enemy to ever do it. Just not worth the effort and worry.
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dshelley
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jayhardy wrote:I've had a new Montana 2955RL w/ 2 slides for 2 years (quessing 10,00lbs) with a '06 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel. I have no problem hitting any speed over mountain passes getting 15-18 miles per gallon. Someone please tell me (besides an RV or truck Dealer) how big of a 5er I can pull (how many slides or length or weight). I want to get as big a 5er I can for the $50,000 I have invested in the Deluxe Dodge Ram.
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jay
You have $50,000 invested in a 2006 3/4 ton Dodge Ram?
This truck pulls a 10,000 pound trailer at any speed over mountain passes and gets 15-18 miles per gallon while towing?
And you wish to read opinions of how much length and weight you can actually pull?
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fla-gypsy
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Sorry, can't help with that without much more info. Chances are you are already over capacity of the 3/4 ton truck with pin weight but I sense you are not willing to entertain that idea based on your post.
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It is amazing how many folks have no idea what their truck is capable of. There ought to be a law an I wish there was. This person is asking a question because he wants to learn and he gets these.."it can pull anything" answers. The truck has specifications and ratings.. those are the manufacturers statement of what their truck designed to do. It is foolish to ignore them..
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JIMNLIN
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we can't tell you how long or how many slides or color or ...... but we can tell give you three different weights to stay under.
The first weight is stay under your trucks 9000 GVWR which is about 80 percent of your trucks max tow/haul capacities. Your state may have uprate GVWR registration/tags/stickers/etc if more is needed but you will need to stay under the trucks GAWRs.
The second weight from your truck is using FAWR/RAWR/tire caps to figure how much weight your 2500 may carry. Pretty simple but I wouldn't recommend going over GAWRs. Choose a 5er with actual 2400-2500 lbs of pin weight for that little 2500 truck.
The third way is load it like you want which makes it very simple but I wouldn't recommend it.
I tow a 11200 GVWR 28' 5er with two slides with a 2500 Dodge. I'm 600 lbs under the trucks 6000 RAWR and 200 over the trucks GVWR. You and I both are just about at max loads for these little 2500 trucks.
Keep in mind the Cummins/tranny/axles are the same from the 2500 HD up to the 3500 DRW truck, so they pull about the same weights. The difference's is how much the truck can carry.
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cruiserjs
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Stop guessing and get to a proper scale. and remember_
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jayhardy wrote:I've had a new Montana 2955RL w/ 2 slides for 2 years (quessing 10,00lbs) with a '06 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel. I have no problem hitting any speed over mountain passes getting 15-18 miles per gallon. Someone please tell me (besides an RV or truck Dealer) how big of a 5er I can pull (how many slides or length or weight). I want to get as big a 5er I can for the $50,000 I have invested in the Deluxe Dodge Ram.
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jay
Is this a serious post? That 2955 weighs over 12k. You might be getting 12-15 MPG, but not with the Montana hanging on the back. As for a bigger 5er, you are over the truck's GVWR now...you need less 5er, not more.
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up2nogood
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Kind of sorry you asked now huh ???, you are getting replies from door sticker guys, I have had this dance before with these fella's, No there should not be a law ,but there should be some options, but you won't get that here. I will say one thing check the difference between that truck of yours and the same truck in a 1 ton and see the difference and then I think you can make your decision without these guys. Remember just one thing its safety not door tags.
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Blaster Man
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up2nogood wrote: Remember just one thing its safety not door tags.
True...and the numbers on the door will keep you out of trouble if you adhere to what the engineers on the manufacturer's payroll decide are safe for that particular vehicle.
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