I am new to towing I have a 2005 Ram 2500 QC LB 5.9 2 wheel drive auto. I am look at buying a 32 ft 5th wheel that has a dry weight of 10300 lb per sticker on trailer. I know the engine will have no problem but what about the rest of the truck? I will be living in it full time and only tow once in a year or so. I will install a max brake control and maybe airbags. I have 265 70 17 e rated mitchelins for tires and 3.73 rear end. I know nothing about this so any advise will be appreciated.

 

I tow a 10m lb 5th wheel with no problem , and did an 11m lb travel trailer before that. Your tow rating is above what you want to tow.
I did put a set of air bags on when I got the 5th wheel since the pin weight was around 2m lbs.
You'll have no problem doing what you want to do.

 

Thanks Rrloren
Jay

 

Be aware that a dry weight rating is BEFORE options. Before fridge, slides, ac, water hearer, tanks of water, etc, etc. Your rig could be well over the dry weight rating.

 

I tow a 11K 5er see sig for the rest and that is why I bought my 2008 Dodge.
From what I have researched on this and other sites you should be able to pull that camper.
On the door frame is a list of weights that the truck should not exceed. For a 2008 they are GVW of truck 9,000 LBS, Front axle: 5200LBS, Rear axle: 6010 LBS, with LT265/70RE tires. In the DODGE 2008 towing guide the GCVW of both the truck and camper should not exceed 20,000 LBS GCVW. The max GCVW of a trailer for a LBQC, 4x2 is 13.2 LBS.
I hope this helps you some what.

 

So the dry weight really means nothing then. I will see if I can have the trailer weighed be for I buy it. thanks guys.

 

Will a 2500 pull a 10k 5er??

Does a bear crap in the woods??

You bet it will, but be careful, cause its real easy to forget its there after you have been pulling for awhile.

 

The question is not whether it will pull it. It is the same basic drive train as a 3500. Your concern is the pin weight. How much does your truck weigh with full fuel, two people (or whatever), the dogs, the tools etc. Subtract that from the 9900 pound allowable GVWR - - that is what you should not exceed in pin weight. 20 - 25% of about 12,000 pounds (trailer loaded) is about 2400 to 3000 pounds. BINGO. You just went quite a bit over your total GVWR.

Bob

 

Thanks for the info you saved kept me from making a big mistake. I found another trailer the owner had it weighted at 10750 lb so that will have a pin weight of say 2200 lb my truck weights about 7200 lb but my gvwr on my truck is 9000 lbs so it will be 350 lbs over? I am very confused!

 

Here Ya Go. When you get to the web page select by vehicle, next page middle top find 2005.

See the link, http://www.dodge.com/towing/D/home.html?year=6

With 3.73 Axle Ratio Axle Ratio [i] You Can Tow 13250 lbs
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) [i] = 9000 lbs
Payload [i] = 2385 lbs
Curb Weight [i] = 6615 lbs
Curb Weight Front/Rear = 3987 lbs/3987 lbs
GAWR Front/Rear [i] = 4750 lbs/6010 lbs
Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) [i] = 20000 lbs

 

Thanks for the info looks like this one will be within the truck limits.

 

If you are living in it full time you will more than likely add some significant extra weight in the additional household items you will be storing in the compartments etc.

 

You need to start thinking and adding up the weight of the items you intend to bring with you in the 5er they will add up much faster than you think.

Add those to the actual dry weight of the unit and then see where you end up

This will give you the real world GCWR and pin weight you need to be prepared for with your truck. On the larger trailers the training wheels of a 3500 dually add stability and confidence as well.

 

Personally, pulling it only 1-2 times per year I'd get what best suited me for the task at hand. Living in it full time, I'd get the biggest I could afford. Take it very easy driving it to wherever you are setting up.

 

IMO The ability to stop that much weight should be as much of a concern as the ability to pull it.
Jay