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I know there's going to be some people who will yell at me....
From a safety stand point, I'll be on back country paved roads with minimal traffic, like the odd farmer. All flat with one 30mph limit down hill. Most of the way is a 65mph limit, but I can do 45-50mph if need be.
It's 62ish miles round trip, so only 30miles loaded, I'd rather not have to make a second trip.
The Truck: 2012 Laramie Crew Cab, 5'7" bed, 5.7L hemi, 3.92 gears, 20" wheels with factory tow pack including brake controller.
The Load: 2 Lifts of 2x4x16 dry econo grade spruce. They didn't have the weight of a 16' lift, but a 14' has a "shipping weight" of 4557lbs. She (the shipping lady at the mill) guessed the 16' lift would be 4775ish, my rough math has it closer to 5230lbs/lift.
The trailer: is a 20' long hydraulic tilt deck.. no idea what it weighs, but empty it pulls easier than my 18' flat deck with no tilt and 1/2 the capacity. The trailer brakes actually work really well, even with 12000lbs on the deck.
All in, I'm speculating 10460 for the wood, 3000ish for the trailer.
The only reason I'm even contemplating doing it is because my 04 Durango towed a 12000lbs tractor on the same trailer, and the D was only rated to tow 8750lbs. (Yes a few of you yelled at me for that already)
So putting the fear of killing and mameing mass amounts of people aside (anywhere I'll be doing more than 30mph I may only see one other vehicle, if I even see that one), could my Ram pull it without shredding a diff or tranny? I have 4 turns of which only 2 have stop signs, no up hills.
From a safety stand point, I'll be on back country paved roads with minimal traffic, like the odd farmer. All flat with one 30mph limit down hill. Most of the way is a 65mph limit, but I can do 45-50mph if need be.
It's 62ish miles round trip, so only 30miles loaded, I'd rather not have to make a second trip.
The Truck: 2012 Laramie Crew Cab, 5'7" bed, 5.7L hemi, 3.92 gears, 20" wheels with factory tow pack including brake controller.
The Load: 2 Lifts of 2x4x16 dry econo grade spruce. They didn't have the weight of a 16' lift, but a 14' has a "shipping weight" of 4557lbs. She (the shipping lady at the mill) guessed the 16' lift would be 4775ish, my rough math has it closer to 5230lbs/lift.
The trailer: is a 20' long hydraulic tilt deck.. no idea what it weighs, but empty it pulls easier than my 18' flat deck with no tilt and 1/2 the capacity. The trailer brakes actually work really well, even with 12000lbs on the deck.
All in, I'm speculating 10460 for the wood, 3000ish for the trailer.
The only reason I'm even contemplating doing it is because my 04 Durango towed a 12000lbs tractor on the same trailer, and the D was only rated to tow 8750lbs. (Yes a few of you yelled at me for that already)
So putting the fear of killing and mameing mass amounts of people aside (anywhere I'll be doing more than 30mph I may only see one other vehicle, if I even see that one), could my Ram pull it without shredding a diff or tranny? I have 4 turns of which only 2 have stop signs, no up hills.