Chicobico said:
Good morning World
My wife and I presently presently thinking about downsizing, kids on they're own. So we have been looking at some RV's mainly the Toy Haulers. We own a 2011 Dodge Ram 3500 HD with the Cumin's diesel (6.7), also it's a 4x4 Laramie srw Can it pull the 40+ foot Toy Hauler? If air bags where installed would help?
Chicobico said:
Hi there,
The units we have been looking at are the Cyclone by Heartland. one weighs 14,750lbs hitch weight is 3250 lbs and another unit is also a Cyclone it weighs 14,800 lbs and hitch weight is 3090 lbs
The short answer is
no -- withone exception
Both those trailers have a Gross Vehicle Weight of 18,000 lbs. What you cited were unladen/dry weights. I assume you plan to haul something in those trailers. Being that they are toy haulers, I suspect that something would be a bit more than clothes, utensils, food, and water.
You spec a 2011 Dodge with a 6.7L, SRW, and 4x4. You do not spec cab or bed length. Most importantly, you do not spec the rear axle ratio. A perusal of Trailer Life's tow rating table for 2011 indicates a very wide range of tow ratings for that truck depending on cab, transmission and axle ratio.
The only combination of that would not be grossly over-matched by your trailers would be a truck with a 6-speed automatic and a 4.10:1 rear axle. I assume that you will want a long bed. With that assumption, the best rating would be
17,300 lbs for a long bed with a regular cab. Even that rating is 700 lbs below par for the trailers. Other transmission and axle combinations top out at 13,700 lbs, some 4300 lbs under-rated for the trailers.
Moreover, we had not even considered the Rear Axle Weight Rating of your truck versus the tongue weight of your trailer when it is loaded. We use 25% of trailer GVWR to estimate that. (Air bags aren't going to give you anything here.)
I fear the best you can say for your truck with these big trailer, is that it is marginal. If I were you, I would nail down your actual truck tow rating with Dodge and start looking for trailer with a GVWR less than than that tow rating. 10% less for an additional safety factor might well be worth considering, depending on the type of toys you going to be playing with.
