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What do you tow w/ 4.7 quad - 12/4/2003 1:03:40 PM    Tomm   Posts: 3 Joined: 12/1/2003 From: United States Status: offline I am looking to tow a tavel trailer with my Quad Ra 1500 4.7 3.55 rear end, Rated to tow 6400#. I would like to buy a trailer that weights is 5000# then family 400# and stuff 600#, so aprox 6000#. What do you tow with your trucks that are like mine, and ill I be satisfied towing with this set up. Yes a cummins wold do better but I don't own a cummins. Thankyou for any cnstructve replies.... Tomm ps towing on flat lands of Florida and ony 2-3 hour max trip lengths.. Post #: 1

What do you tow w/ 4.7 quad - 12/4/2003 2:21:33 PM    HEMI TT Posts: 827 Joined: 11/14/2003 From: United States; Phx, AZ Status: offline travel trailers, boats, jet skiis, quads, dirt bikes, mt. bikes, yard choirs - rock, trees, plants....... ect.......... (in reply to Tomm) Post #: 2

What do you tow w/ 4.7 quad - 12/7/2003 1:58:21 AM    5.9rm   Posts: 94 Joined: 11/17/2003 Status: offline i think you should be fine since you live in flordia where there are no major inclines.  i used to have a 5th wheel that i towed with a '99 1500 5.9l with no problems.  you gas mileage is gonna be down the crapper, but oh well..... aaron (in reply to Tomm) Post #: 3

What do you tow w/ 4.7 quad - 12/22/2003 10:38:24 AM    KaZsMiR   Posts: 12 Joined: 12/22/2003 From: United States Status: offline I've towed a UHaul Auto Transport and a Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo for about 600 miles over a 3 rather hilly areas [read small mountain range].  She did rather well.  I think we were cruising around 70-75mph most of the trip...  even up the mountain (had it in 3rd the hole time going up, but the temps did good, just peaking over the middle mark).   Trailer and car were probably about 4000 pounds. KaZsMiR37977.445462963 (in reply to Tomm) Post #: 4

What do you tow w/ 4.7 quad - 12/22/2003 5:46:34 PM    TimInTheGorge   Posts: 52 Joined: 12/17/2003 From: Goldendale, WA. Status: offline Like kaZ and 5.9rm said.... you'll be fine.  If you were haulin' that load in the Rockies or the Cascades on a regular basis, I'd have a different opinion....  Not that I'm any kind of expert (since I've owned my Ram for all of two months) but I do know my truck has plenty of power when my '20 foot, 2.5-3K pound boat is taggin' along, and I'm dealing with significantly steeper grades... (Overall weight for my setup depends on the #'s of fisherman, the #'s of fish in the box, and the quantity of beer remaining in the cooler).     My guess is, you'll be finer than frog hair.....  Tim     TimInTheGorge37977.7430324074 (in reply to Tomm) Post #: 5

What do you tow w/ 4.7 quad - 12/30/2003 6:55:50 PM    mattn   Posts: 4 Joined: 12/30/2003 Status: offline I have the same setup as you do and I tow close to if not over the towing limit.....Have a 5700 pound camper trailer, plus gear, plus family.  family weighs in at about 600 and gear can be as much as another 1000...depending on activities.   camper is a 27' travel trailer and I use a weight distributing hitch....I wouldn't be able to tow safetly with out it.  Only problem I had was with an extremely steep hill.  Transmission was hunting for gears and would change between 1st and 2nd gear.  Solved problem by using 4wheel drive low on this particular hill....switching to low I was getting into 3rd and 4th gear and conquering the hill at about 35 mph.  While towing with this trailer I get between 5 and 10 mpg depending on city or highway, hills or flats.    I would say that if you are going to go over 5000 pounds with your dodge definately get some sort of help for the suspension.  but your dodge can easily handle up to 7000 if not more. (in reply to Tomm) Post #: 6

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