How much weight in bed of ram 2500?

[Frankb]

Have an 07 2500 5.9 Cummins, Auto, crew cab, 6 foot bed
Anyone know about how much weight is on rear axle with truck empty?
Need to move 7,000 pounds and would rather rent a smaller trailer and put some tile in the bed
Thanks

 

[RemCharger]

Have an 07 2500 5.9 Cummins, Auto, crew cab, 6 foot bed
Anyone know about how much weight is on rear axle with truck empty?
Need to move 7,000 pounds and would rather rent a smaller trailer and put some tile in the bed
Thanks

How much can the biggest trailer you can rent hold?? If that makes sense?

 

[Frankb]

3,600 pounds

 

[AR67GTX]

Isn’t the max recommended GVW shown for the particular pickup as built, on the door sticker? Of course you would need to know your actual curb weight. I never haul that much in my 1500 so I’m just going from a rather foggy memory.

 

[wahya]

3,600 pounds

Don’t forget the hitch weight on there as well(plus the 3400)

 

[Jerry Hall]

Have an 07 2500 5.9 Cummins, Auto, crew cab, 6 foot bed
Anyone know about how much weight is on rear axle with truck empty?
Need to move 7,000 pounds and would rather rent a smaller trailer and put some tile in the bed
Thanks

I carried 2 1/2 pallets of grass sod for a friend in the bed of my 06 2500 Dodge Cummins. I don't know the actual weight but I didn't feel the truck was overloaded. We made 2 trips because I didn't think my little trailer could stand the weight of the other 2 1/2 pallets.

Per Google:
A typical sod pallet probably weighs about 2500 to 3000 pounds. One pallet contains 450 square feet of sod.

 

[Frankb]

I think I can carry a pallet (3500 pounds) in the back of my truck. I was hoping someone would know the weight over the rear axle of this truck empty - save me a trip to the Cat scale.
Yes, on the vehicle ID sticker GVWR is 9,000 pounds. But, also on same sticker GAWR front is 4,750 and GAWR rear is 6,010 = 10,760
So 2 different numbers on weight from the manufacturer. I don't know which one is the correct number to use

 

[Budnicks]

Yes, on the vehicle ID sticker GVWR is 9,000 pounds. But, also on same sticker GAWR front is 4,750 and GAWR rear is 6,010 = 10,760
So 2 different numbers on weight from the manufacturer. I don't know which one is the correct number to use

It's your front axle & springs is rated for a different load/weight "payload"
than the rear axle is GAWR
that's not the actual weight of the truck, that's the weight it can bear

the GVWR is an approximate weight laden weight, full of fuel & passengers
not payload

So the rear axle is rated for 6,010#s, 3 tones +
Tech. usually the weak points are the lug nuts, not really on an 8 lug bolt pattern
the suspension can carry more that that, but you could be on the bump stops
probably not, they rate it like 80% of the actual load

 

[SlingLow]

If you put 3,500 lbs on a trailer, you can expect about 10%, or 350 lbs tongue weight. Another 3,500 lbs in the truck and you're under 4,000 lbs for your load. No problem. My camper is about 4,000 lbs loaded and my F250 hauls it just fine with a 2,000 lb trailer behind it. 7,000 lbs in the bed is a bit more than I'd want to do.

 

[Detective D]

I am just curious, would you get pulled over and fined if you went over weight? This all seems so foreign to me, like I wouldn't even consider researching this. The only people getting pulled over by me in rural WI are the tools that load a back hoe onto a car trailer. If I was doing what you are, I would load stuff down until I had concerns for the tires or that it would bottom out on the springs and "keep it under 80" on the way home. Figure it this way, if your 7000lb truck has a 3000lb pallet on the back, now it weighs the same as a new EV Hummer

 

[wahya]

3,600 pounds

Ok, found this near you. 6500lb put some of the load in truck bed and the rest in this.
Hopefully you have a brake controller.

 

[Jerry Hall]

Dodge built real Trucks from the beginning of the Cummins era. The 2500's of which I have owned 14 since 1991 to 2006, were for work and daily transportation. My business ran 2 or sometimes 3 most all the time. We put over 200K miles on each and every one. My 06 is just at 167K now and is as new. Loading those 2 1/2 pallets of sod just sat the truck level, and was about 3" from the bump stops. If there's a weak link in my 06, it would be stopping that much weight. I don't know what they have become since 06, because I didn't want to move up to the 6.7 Cummins. My opinion is put that 7K of tile in the bed and move it.

 

[68-500]

Ya I don’t think you should put 7k in the back of a 2500. I wouldn’t put that much in a 3500. I would guess your pickup weighs 7k if you put another 7k in it your now 14k. Thats quite a bit over GVWR. I think find you small car hauler trailer.

 

[Mackman]

Isn’t the max recommended GVW shown for the particular pickup as built, on the door sticker? Of course you would need to know your actual curb weight. I never haul that much in my 1500 so I’m just going from a rather foggy memory.

That truck if 4WD weighs about 7200 lbs. empty.

 

[wahya]

Ya I don’t think you should put 7k in the back of a 2500. I wouldn’t put that much in a 3500. I would guess your pickup weighs 7k if you put another 7k in it your now 14k. Thats quite a bit over GVWR. I think find you small car hauler trailer.

Or a landscape trailer. That same place in Tucson has one with surge brakes that has a 5500 lb capacity. Put 1500 or so in truck bed. $65/day, done. Why worry?