Can a RAM 1500 tow
a Zone RV Summit?
DS / DT (Laramie / Limited) (2019), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Zone RV Summit's published ATM of 4,500kg exactly matches the RAM 1500's braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe RAM 1500, manufacturer published
- 4,500kg
- Towball ratingThe RAM 1500, manufacturer published
- 450kg
- ATMThe Zone RV Summit, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 4,500kg
- Ball weightThe Zone RV Summit, manufacturer published
- 250kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Zone RV Summit uses all but 0kg of what the RAM 1500 is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.
This is a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.
That comparison uses the RAM 1500's and the Zone RV Summit's own manufacturer figures, with nothing estimated that we could look up instead. Where a figure is an estimate rather than a published number, the page says so beside it.
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RAM 1500
DS / DT (Laramie / Limited) (2019)
Always check your compliance plate
Online databases use factory-standard specs. They don't know about your bullbar (adds weight), suspension upgrades (can change GCM), or how much you're carrying.
How to find it
Open your passenger or driver door. Look for a silver or black metal plate riveted to the pillar. This plate overrides everything you read online.
Why the numbers move once you load up
The figure most often left out of the sum is payload, which is everything you add after the vehicles leave the factory.
- • Bullbar and winch: both add weight to the front of the car, and it comes out of your payload.
- • Passengers: everyone in the car comes out of its payload, not just the driver.
- • Tow ball mass: this comes out of your car's payload, not just your towing limit.
Always weigh your rig fully loaded.
This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.
Improve your stability
The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch spreads some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is what the ball weight takes off it.
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Other caravans a RAM 1500 can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Zone RV Summit
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Ram 1500DS Classic (Express / Warlock), tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- Toyota TundraLimited (Official Aus RHD), tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- Ford F-150Lariat / Raptor (Grey Import), tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- Ford F-350RN (7.3L Diesel), tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- Isuzu N-SeriesNPR 45-155 Tradepack, tows 4,500 kg brakedClose
- RAM 2500Laramie (6.7L Cummins), tows 6,942 kg brakedComfortable
Treat this as a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van, and where we do not hold a published ball weight we estimate it at 10% of ATM.Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.
These are factory figures for a standard vehicle. A bullbar, a winch, a second battery or a full water tank all come out of what you have left to carry.