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Ram 3500 towing capacity

Ram's 1-ton. The cited maximum is a gooseneck rating on a dual-rear-wheel truck. A conventional number is not invented to fill the gap.

Cited years

0k6.3k12.5k18.8k25k2010: 12,000 lb conventional20102011: 12,000 lb conventional2012: 18,000 lb conventional+6k2013: 17,980 lb conventional2014: 17,000 lb conventional2015: 17,960 lb conventional20152016: 17,960 lb conventional2017: 17,960 lb conventional2018: 19,550 lb conventional2019: 17,810 lb conventional2020: 23,000 lb conventional+5.2k20202021: 23,000 lb conventional2022: 23,000 lb conventional2023: 23,000 lb conventional2024: 23,000 lb conventional2025: 18,150 lb conventional20252026: 23,000 lb conventional+4.9k2026
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
2010Conventional12,000 lbFirst cited year for this hitchRam
2010Fifth-wheel17,600 lbFirst cited year for this hitchRam
2011Conventional12,000 lbUnchanged from 2010Ram
2011Fifth-wheel22,700 lb+5,100 lb vs 2010Ram
2012Conventional18,000 lb+6,000 lb vs 2011Ram
2012Fifth-wheel22,750 lb+50 lb vs 2011Ram
2013Conventional17,980 lb-20 lb vs 2012Ram
2013Fifth-wheel30,010 lb+7,260 lb vs 2012Ram
2014Conventional17,000 lb-980 lb vs 2013Ram
2014Fifth-wheel24,400 lb-5,610 lb vs 2013Ram
2014Gooseneck30,000 lbFirst cited year for this hitchRam
2015Conventional17,960 lb+960 lb vs 2014Ram
2015Fifth-wheel24,410 lb+10 lb vs 2014Ram
2015Gooseneck30,000 lbUnchanged from 2014Ram
2016Conventional17,960 lbUnchanged from 2015Ram
2016Fifth-wheel24,820 lb+410 lb vs 2015Ram
2016Gooseneck31,210 lb+1,210 lb vs 2015Ram
2017Conventional17,960 lbUnchanged from 2016Ram
2017Fifth-wheel31,210 lb+6,390 lb vs 2016Ram
2018Conventional19,550 lb+1,590 lb vs 2017Ram
2018Fifth-wheel31,210 lbUnchanged from 2017Ram
2019Conventional17,810 lb-1,740 lb vs 2018Ram
2019Fifth-wheel35,100 lb+3,890 lb vs 2018Ram
2020Conventional23,000 lb+5,190 lb vs 2019Ram
2020Fifth-wheel26,860 lb-8,240 lb vs 2019Ram
2020Gooseneck35,100 lbFirst cited year for this hitchRam
2021Conventional23,000 lbUnchanged from 2020Ram
2021Fifth-wheel26,830 lb-30 lb vs 2020Ram
2021Gooseneck37,100 lb+2,000 lb vs 2020Ram
2022Conventional23,000 lbUnchanged from 2021Ram
2022Fifth-wheel29,810 lb+2,980 lb vs 2021Ram
2022Gooseneck34,650 lb-2,450 lb vs 2021Ram
2023Conventional23,000 lbUnchanged from 2022Ram
2023Fifth-wheel29,810 lbUnchanged from 2022Ram
2023Gooseneck37,090 lb+2,440 lb vs 2022Ram
2024Conventional23,000 lbUnchanged from 2023Ram
2024Fifth-wheel29,810 lbUnchanged from 2023Ram
2024Gooseneck37,090 lbUnchanged from 2023Ram
2025Conventional18,150 lb-4,850 lb vs 2024Ram
2025Fifth-wheel26,080 lb-3,730 lb vs 2024Ram
2025Gooseneck36,610 lb-480 lb vs 2024Ram
2026Conventional23,000 lb+4,850 lb vs 2025Ram
2026Fifth-wheel36,720 lb+10,640 lb vs 2025Ram

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. 202636,720 lb cited
  2. 202536,610 lb cited
  3. 202437,090 lb cited
  4. 202337,090 lb cited
  5. 202234,650 lb cited
  6. 202137,100 lb cited
  7. 202035,100 lb cited
  8. 201935,100 lb cited
  9. 201831,210 lb cited
  10. 201731,210 lb cited
  11. 201631,210 lb cited
  12. 201530,000 lb cited
  13. 201430,000 lb cited
  14. 201330,010 lb cited
  15. 201222,750 lb cited
  16. 201122,700 lb cited
  17. 201017,600 lb cited

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