Towing question

[FireInTheWire]

Does that improve towing capacity?
Asking because I don't know

Do Airbags Increase Payload Capacity? (Towing Capacity)

Air bags do not increase the payload weight limit on your vehicle. Your suspension system, axles, and springs can only handle a certain amount of weight

thecampingadvisor.com

Seems that answer is no.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Looks like a Gen Y phantom hitch. Doesn’t increase tow capacity/tongue weight/payload.

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[dsgrey]

Looks like a Gen Y phantom hitch. Doesn’t increase tow capacity/tongue weight/payload.

Phantom Drop Hitch (2" Shank) 5K - GEN-Y HITCH %

Gen Y Hitch Phantom Drop Hitch (2" Shank) 5K. Get the best hitch on the market.

genyhitch.com

Must be a millennial since Gen Y is the millennial group.

 

[Grumps21]

As others have stated, he probably likes the different height settings to easily adjust to the trailer and weight he’s pulling. Beats lugging around two or more different hitch offsets. A 7000# loaded lowboy is gonna squat the truck more than say a three rail motorcycle trailer with a total weight of 1000#. If I had more than one trailer that I pulled often, I would have a similar setup

 

[HKSig]

He can put whatever hitch he wants . I just wondered can he..or should he tow at the capacity of that hitch with a half ton?

It's a Dodge. It's just for show.

 

[mongoose]

How in the heck does a half ton truck use something like this?
Isn't this overkill?
I'm assuming that hitch with braces has around 18-20k limit

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I’ve used overkill hitches just because that is what I had laying around.

 

[no2gates]

It's a Dodge. It's just for show.

^^^ Best post of the day !!! ^^^

 

[vmax]

It's a Dodge. It's just for show.

Now Dammit..that's over the line right there!

 

[vmax]

^^^ Best post of the day !!! ^^^

 

[Sam7sf]

Rams are shipping crates with wheels. Engines the only good thing inside.

 

[Grumps21]

It's a Dodge. It's just for show.

I’m not sure about that. There was a time where I’d back one manufacturer or another, but I think we have passed the point of where the lines of efficiency and reliability cross. Government mandates have made them all the same level of crappiness now.

 

[Havok1]

Looks like the truck may be lifted a little so the flexibility of drop is probably the main reason, not tow capacity. The hitch that’s on my truck right now is “overkill” but I bought it for my last truck, and there’s no reason to buy a new one for each truck. what I have now will work well no matter what size or height truck I have in the future, regardless of its tow capacity.

 

[reddog]

Just me maybe but I'm thinking that thing is going to turn into a plow if he drives through a good dip in the road. Of course I live in an area of over 1200 miles of dirt roads and live 4 miles back from the closest pavement and dips and holes are a common thing here.

 

[justmax]

As others have stated, he probably likes the different height settings to easily adjust to the trailer and weight he’s pulling. Beats lugging around two or more different hitch offsets. A 7000# loaded lowboy is gonna squat the truck more than say a three rail motorcycle trailer with a total weight of 1000#. If I had more than one trailer that I pulled often, I would have a similar setup

and it's gramps for the win! I have an adjustable hitch for my minivan.

 

[orbitup]

Too beefy is fine; doesn't mean he's using extra capacity of hardware.

Wear suggests he only uses the 2nd slot from bottom- drop hitch. Ugly solution, but a solution.

Yep. He probably needed a drop hitch and went all out. Who among us hasn't done the same thing?

 

[wakosama]

Or maybe he just 'believed' the salesman that it was what he 'really' needed.

 

[Eastexasrick]

It's a Dodge. It's just for show.

Dodge with 17K in tow, all for show