I didn’t give all the twists and snags and complexities.
I have an oddball trailer. custom built with 3 axles. It uses a plain old bumper hitch but with a large ball size. I have the ball so no prob there. I just can’t find a truck with the tow rating that has a bumper on it. My one ton pickup won’t budge this thing. This trailer is loaded heavy. I estimate it between 17500 and 22500 lbs. Tongue weight is small, about 500 lbs.
What I probably need is a ford F550 with a bumper and a diesel motor with two tons of weight on the back for traction. Or maybe an old ford c600 or an international loadstar might do it if they have bumpers. The last time I towed this trailer I had an old Ford F650 which I no longer have.
I think I’m going to start calling friends to ask if I can borrow an old heavy haul farm grain truck or something.
The RAM 3500 is rated at 22,500# towing capacity IF it has the Cummins diesel engine AND the 6 spd auto tranny.
You have another problem. Ball hitches are not constructed to meet this large of a towing capacity.
You have other problems.
You need 10% (or more) of the weight on the hitch, otherwise it will wander all over the place unless you drive slowly.
Triple axle trailer, right? 7,500# axles? Tire sizes & condition?
Brakes? Stopping is ALWAYS a bigger problem than pulling.
Have you ever pulled a 10,000 trailer, let alone “estimated .. between 17500 and 22500 lbs”?
Do yourself and everyone else on the road a favor and hire someone with the equipment, insurance and experience. (easiest bet, go to a used mobile home transporter company. They will have the ball hitch on the back of their semi-tractor and are used to loads that size)
I’m not putting you down, I’m just an “old grouch who has been there, done that and scared myself doing it” type of guy. I once moved a 12’x16’ T&G wooded building that I rolled onto a U-haul car transporter using poplar logs as rollers. Lashed it down with come-alongs & chains, then pulled it a mile or so down a level country road at 10 mph using an RX4 Mazda station wagon.
Yeah, I know, “crazy is as crazy does”.
;-)
” just can’t find a truck with the tow rating that has a bumper on it.”
You don’t know much about towing if you, one, built a heavy trailer without knowing what was going to tow it, and two, if you thought a bumper hitch would pull 10+ tons. Obviously, your knowledge of such matters is lacking since you also thought FR was the place to get an answer.
If you’re not taking it too far you might want to contact some tree services or others that use dump trucks ,, they often have the type of hitch you need to haul around chippers and loaders and such on trailers..