Can a Ram 2500 tow
a Cadillac RV Ares?
Laramie (6.7L Cummins) (2016), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
The answer is on the compliance plate
The 2500's braked tow rating is 6,942kg. The Ares's compliance plate carries its legal maximum weight (ATM), so ask the dealer for that number. If it sits under 6,942kg with room for your gear, this pairing works.
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The figures above are the Ram 2500's and the Cadillac RV Ares's as their makers publish them. Loaded weight goes against the braked towing rating, and ball weight against the towball rating.
Ram 2500
Laramie (6.7L Cummins) (2016)
Cadillac RV Ares
Starting from $76,990
Always check your compliance plate
Online databases use factory-standard specs. They do not know about the bullbar on your car, a suspension upgrade, or how much you are carrying. Each one changes your real limits.
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, including the driver, comes out of its payload.
- • Ball weight: the weight the van puts on the towball comes out of your car's payload as well as its towing limit.
Work out what this van is allowed to carry, then check the figures before you pack it.
Always weigh your rig fully loaded.
This is a guide off the makers' published figures.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. 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.
Every figure here describes the two vehicles as they left the factory. Anything fitted since then changes the numbers, and the plates on your own car and van are the ones that count.