Opinions Needed

[kenmac]

Opinions ...on towing a 5000# trailer (2 axles with brakes) with a 2006 Dodge Dakota v6 engine 230 HP/210 TQ 6010 GVWR


Thanks

 

[56FordGuy]

Is 5,000# lbs the weight rating of the trailer, or the actual loaded weight? If it's the actual loaded weight, does it include the weight of the trailer, or just the item(s) loaded on it?

 

[kenmac]

rating plate on the trailer ....GVWR 5000#

 

[General Lee]

GVWR is the total weight of the trailer and the load it is carrying. Since yours is 5,000 lbs and since we don't know the size and weight of the trailer, I would estimate the trailer weighs 1500-2000lbs. So figure 3,000lbs of allowable load. Your dodge should pull that weight no problem.

 

[kenmac]

This is a small travel trailer.It's not a car hauler. So, that rating ( I assume )would be the load

 

[56FordGuy]

This is a small travel trailer.It's not a car hauler. So, that rating ( I assume )would be the load

You might be surprised at how heavy travel trailers get once you add food, water, clothes, and other 'household' items. I'd advise weighing it after you get all your stuff in it. It may be heavier than you expect!

 

[kenmac]

You might be surprised at how heavy travel trailers get once you add food, water, clothes, and other 'household' items. I'd advise weighing it after you get all your stuff in it. It may be heavier than you expect!

Best I remember, (looking in the book for the trailer ) That 5000# GVWR rating was total/max weight for the trailer loaded

 

[B7510HSD]

I have an 07 with the v8 and I pull my enclosed trailer with the bike in it and it's about 2500 pulls it fine but the mileage is sure terrible!!! I wouldn't pull that kind of weight unless the trailer had brakes! !

 

[56FordGuy]

Best I remember, (looking in the book for the trailer ) That 5000# GVWR rating was total/max weight for the trailer loaded

That would be the maximum weight the trailer is intended to haul. It could be loaded well beyond that number, though. The only way to know if you're within the weight limit is to load your trailer with the stuff that you would take on a trip, and then go to a truck scale and weigh it.

 

[Bird]

That would be the maximum weight the trailer is intended to haul. It could be loaded well beyond that number, though. The only way to know if you're within the weight limit is to load your trailer with the stuff that you would take on a trip, and then go to a truck scale and weigh it.

Yep, I learned that lesson when we were RVers. Our fifth-wheel came with two 3,500# axles and after I ruined a couple of tires enroute to Alaska, I discovered that we were running 7,300# on a suspension system designed for a maximum of 7,000#.