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| I'm going to be purchasing a 42' aluminum 3 horse trailer with LQ. I have a brand new Dodge RAM 3500 (2012), but it's not a dually. Does anyone pull a trailer of this size with a truck similar? I'm not worried about the pulling power, just the load on only 2 wheels and not 4. Thanks for any feedback! |
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Location: Chesapeake, VA | I have a f-350 crew cab dually and a 37' long aluminum 3 horse with LQ and my truck squats...almost to the point i'm seriously thinking about getting bags. |
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Location: Mena, AR | So what is that a 13' or 14' LQ? What your payload rating on the 2012? You can go to the RAM website and enter your VIN number and it will tell you what the payload number is on that truck. Whatever your trailer weighs in at figure 20% to 25% to be on the bed of the truck to be on the safe side. I have a RAM 2013 single axle 3500 and got the '13 instead of the '12 because of the increased payload of the 2013. The box on my trailer is 23' (8.9 short wall) and I am very happy with my rig. Personally I feel like if you go over a 10' short wall you need a dually for stability. Find out what your payload number is first. |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | OP... Is that 42' on the floor or 42' total length...? Looks like you are already shy two tires and several springs... |
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| My 3 horse with 14' SW is 27-28' on the floor I think, so about 35-36' total. Empty it weighs about 11,000 and the pin weight is at the maximum for a SRW 1 ton. I bought a Dually for it, better safe than sorry. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Originally written by retento on 2013-09-10 1:45 PM
OP... Is that 42' on the floor or 42' total length...? Looks like you are already shy two tires and several springs...
Even if it's overall...we're still talking 34' on the floor....too much for a SRW.
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| It's actually a 17' short wall. I'll go onto the RAM site and look that information up. Thanks! Good suggestion! My RAM is a 2012 with the 460. I might need to upgrade my truck... It's a shame, because I've got the top of the line truck, but with only 2 wheels in the back, LOL! |
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| It's 42' from nose to end (goose-neck). |
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| Agreed! Might need to go that route. |
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Location: Vermont | After you weigh it fully loaded...you may want to look at the next notch up in tow vehicles... |
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Location: Arkansas | yes on dually. yes on upgrade to next family of tow vehicles, for stopping control as much as anything. just a thought. |
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Location: Claxton, Ga. | Yes on the dually. I have a 4 horse with 12ft SW and my rear axle weight requires a dually, which I have. It is 32ft on the floor, so 40ft total.SRW just don't have the capacity to do it.
Edited by Spooler 2013-09-10 10:03 PM
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Location: Sumas Washington | I would reccomend a Dually, the new (2013-2014) duallys all have higher load capacity than the previous 1 ton trucks. In some cases MUCH higher. I purchased a new 2013 Diesel 3500 and am amazed at how much better it handles my Platinum trailer than my 2004 modified truck did. |
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Location: Ohio | Often times its not about can you but should you. We have a Lakota 3horse with 15ft SW. About 10K empty. Fully loaded around 14K. We could pull it with our old 2007 F250. That would pull almost 16K. The handling with that was work though. Wind would push us around and stopping is tougher. Now with our 2012 F350 dually, I sometimes forget the trailer is back there. Pulls like a dream. The driving is so much more relaxed and the wind does not push us around. Our trailer is 38ft long total length, with what you are looking at, I would get the dually. You won't regret that decision. |
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Dually needed?
