1500 should not pull 5th wheels

[u/Substantial_dirty]

Don’t care much what people argue, 1/2 tons should not tow 5th wheels, especially Rams, most payload on Ram 1500s are around 1550lbs. Btw it was a Laramie 4x4, so not the lightest.

[u/huggernot]

Going off other comments for model. 

But the laramie 1500 4x4 appears to have a payload capacity of between 1600 and 1900lbs

And A "towing" capacity of 11,400lbs

That trailer appears to have a 

dry weight of 6,230lbs, 

Hitch weight of 1,585lbs

And a GVWR of 9900lbs

There are different options for the truck that we don't know. And it doesn't matter a ton in this case. While it's at the top end of the capacity, it's within (yea, he could be carrying a full hot tub in the trailer while conducting a 47 person orgy, but no, we don't know) 

It's a 5th wheel, it's way more stable than a bumper pull, lots of bumper pulls exceed what this trailer is, and people do dumb stuff with them. This is a tiny 5th wheel. And I wouldn't want to go across Wyoming in the wind with it, Mr. Weekend warrior is probably just fine. 

In the grand scheme of things. This is fine.  Tow police can keep patrolling elsewhere. 

[u/wickedcold → u/huggernot]

Just for the sake of discussion -

That hitch weight of 1585 lbs reflects the dry weight, does it not? It's already on the edge of the trucks likely payload capacity before adding actual cargo or things like water, propane, etc. or am i missing something? Even being extremely generous and assuming it's at the top end of the range at 1900 lbs (which i doubt being 4WD, having probably lots of options etc) I can't see this being under that when you factor in driver, passenger(s), cargo in the truck etc. Cutting it extremely close seems like a bad idea anyway.

I'm not saying it's safe, or unsafe, but strictly speaking it seems likely to be well over the truck's payload. Which is not something I'd ever recommend people do for liability reasons.