Trailer Hitch Weight Ratings

The Junk Drawer is for those Off Topical discussions where we can ask questions of the community that we feel might have the ability to help out.

Moderator: Harold_V

User avatar
SteveHGraham
Posts: 7788
Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:55 pm
Location: Florida

Re: Trailer Hitch Weight Ratings

Post by SteveHGraham »

Thanks, guys. It's a 2500 Cummins long bed. Trailering stuff (factory) but no big mirrors.
Every hard-fried egg began life sunny-side up.
rrnut-2
Posts: 691
Joined: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:40 pm
Location: Bennington, NH

Re: Trailer Hitch Weight Ratings

Post by rrnut-2 »

Mirrors should flip outwards, counterclock wise, then they are big enough.

Jim B
User avatar
ALCOSTEAM
Posts: 762
Joined: Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:20 am
Location: illinois

Re: Trailer Hitch Weight Ratings

Post by ALCOSTEAM »

My little truck is a 97 Dodge 1 ton, diesel and manual trans. The trailer I use the most right now is a bumper type 14' 14,000gvw dump trailer. the trailer empty is 4500 ish pounds. I have had 9K+ on the trailer and the truck did ok although I really took it easy and ran the back roads. I have a set of air bags I intend to put on the back to help out the springs. iirc the gvwr of the truck is either 12K or 14K. It would be nice to have another 50 or 75hp under the hood but unmodified the 5.9 will run forever, modified you never know.

This was a fair load. Caboose wheel sets going to a machine shop with a lathe big enough to do some journal work on them.
Attachments
caboose wheels.jpg
Post Reply