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Ram 1500 towing capacity

Ram's half-ton since Ram became its own brand for 2010. Earlier trucks are filed under Dodge Ram 1500. The 2025 and 2026 powertrains are not the same: the HEMI left and then came back.

Cited years

0k3.8k7.5k11.3k15k2010: 10,450 lb conventional20102011: 10,450 lb conventional2012: 11,500 lb conventional2013: 10,450 lb conventional−1.1k2014: 10,450 lb conventional2015: 10,650 lb conventional20152016: 10,640 lb conventional2017: 10,640 lb conventional2018: 10,620 lb conventional2019: 12,750 lb conventional+2.1k2020: 12,750 lb conventional20202021: 12,750 lb conventional2022: 12,750 lb conventional2023: 12,750 lb conventional2024: 12,750 lb conventional2025: 11,600 lb conventional−1.2k20252026: 11,610 lb conventional2026
Highest cited conventional rating per model year, in thousands of pounds. Labels mark the largest changes from the year before, counted only where both years are cited. A dashed tick is a year with no cited rating; it is not zero and is not estimated.
YearHitchCited maximumVersus prior cited yearSource
2010Conventional10,450 lbFirst cited year for this hitchRam
2011Conventional10,450 lbUnchanged from 2010Ram
2012Conventional11,500 lb+1,050 lb vs 2011Ram
2013Conventional10,450 lb-1,050 lb vs 2012Ram
2014Conventional10,450 lbUnchanged from 2013Ram
2015Conventional10,650 lb+200 lb vs 2014Ram
2016Conventional10,640 lb-10 lb vs 2015Ram
2017Conventional10,640 lbUnchanged from 2016Ram
2018Conventional10,620 lb-20 lb vs 2017Ram
2019Conventional12,750 lb+2,130 lb vs 2018Ram
2020Conventional12,750 lbUnchanged from 2019Ram
2021Conventional12,750 lbUnchanged from 2020Ram
2022Conventional12,750 lbUnchanged from 2021Ram
2023Conventional12,750 lbUnchanged from 2022Ram
2024Conventional12,750 lbUnchanged from 2023Ram
2025Conventional11,600 lb-1,150 lb vs 2024Ram
2026Conventional11,610 lb+10 lb vs 2025Stellantis

Every model year

A filled mark means that year has a cited rating. An empty mark is still a real page: generation, what changed, and an explicit gap instead of a guessed number.

  1. 202611,610 lb cited
  2. 202511,600 lb cited
  3. 202412,750 lb cited
  4. 202312,750 lb cited
  5. 202212,750 lb cited
  6. 202112,750 lb cited
  7. 202012,750 lb cited
  8. 201912,750 lb cited
  9. 201810,620 lb cited
  10. 201710,640 lb cited
  11. 201610,640 lb cited
  12. 201510,650 lb cited
  13. 201410,450 lb cited
  14. 201310,450 lb cited
  15. 201211,500 lb cited
  16. 201110,450 lb cited
  17. 201010,450 lb cited

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