Heaviest load would be this 95 ram 1500 and other than that I've towed this 86 ranger this summer. I've also hauled beds full if wood and usual truck stuff haha

 

i know the picture is worthless.. its off of my old *** flip phone cuase thats what i have to use right now, but you get the point lol she was screamin that day, the dodge is also on its little 33s, not the 38s he normally has on it.

 

i don't know if your talking about mine or not, but I do wish I had 4:11 gears that certainly would have made it a little easier.

 

I don't know if your talking about mine or not, but I do wish I had 4:11 gears. That would certainly have made it a little easier. I have the 5.4 with 3:55s and she would pull picking up speed going up hill if I needed to. Of course we don't even want to talk about mpg.

 

Mpg..I know right, and no you are in the 8k club but some others.

 

I routinely tow a 26' travel trailer.
Trailer: 6500lbs dry, 86 gal water (714lbs), the rest of our stuff
Truck bed: Generator (158lbs), charcoal grill, extra gas, chain saw...
Truck inside: 2-4 people

My guess with trailer and gear is around 8200lbs.
Towing through the Uinta Mts. over passes in excess of 10,000'

 

The step side looks super good! I want to change mine out to a step side

 

couple things i've hauled ...tractor prolly the heaviest ....idk if the car was heavier than the tractor or not ....but they both heavy either way LOL

 

On my biggest pull, and it was not an easy pull. It was around 10,000 pounds -
1600 kg trailer (Weight on the registration card)
2200 kg truck (Weigh scale weight)
400 kg belongings (All my personal stuff, + tools + 500 pounds of cinder blocks for winter weight)
250 kg plow / tires. (10 tires, 8 foot plow / plow mount)

That was with 3.73 gears on my stock 5.4 with a sct xcal tuner. And a 5th wheel trailer to help with the weight. On a hidden hitch, I doubt it would be possible to go that big with the weight.

My truck kept speed up, but would in no way gain speed on any of the big hills. We actually slowed down to 50 km/h on the biggest hills with the rpm's jacked up in first gear.

Any more than that and I doubt the truck would handle it safely. So anyone saying they pull more, I think it could be done, but you would need no hills, very little stop and go, and a bigger cooling system for sure. My transmission kept the floor super warm, so I hate to think how hot it was inside of it.

 

It was a pita for me because I didn't have trailer brakes, not cool. The guy that sold me the boat misinformed me, It was the mechanical brakes . I just converted to electric in my boat thread. Much nicer.