Fifth generation (DT)

2025 Ram 1500 towing capacity

Max towing, 202511,550 lb

Maker5,239 kg

The 2025 Ram 1500 tows up to 11,550 lb (Tradesman Quad Cab 6 ft 4 in box 3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo Standard Output 4x2 with the 3.92 axle ratio, per the 2025 Ram 1500 Payload & Towing Weight Capacities).

The lowest rating is 6,370 lb, for the Tradesman Crew Cab 5 ft 7 in box 3.6L Pentastar V6 eTorque 4x4 with the 3.21 axle ratio.

2025 Ram 1500 Payload & Towing Weight Capacities (25MY_Ram_1500_Customer_PayTow_2.0)

Configurations: 13
Payload: 1,190–2,370 lb
GCWR: 11,900–17,000 lb
Tongue: up to 1,100 lb

2019 Ram 1500 Rebel 4x4, front three-quarter view — Photo: Kevauto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized.

01 / Ratings

Every 2025 Ram 1500 configuration

13 configurations Ram sells, each with the ratings Ram publishes for it. A package that changes a rating gets its own row.

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2025 Ram 1500

Makerin pounds

2025 Ram 1500 towing capacity, GCWR, payload and tongue weight by configuration, in pounds
Configuration	Max towing lb	Max tongue lb	GCWR lb	Max payload lb	GVWR lb	Axle ratio	Tow check
3.6L Pentastar V6 eTorque
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with Payload and towing guide row with GCWR 12,900 lb (3.6L, 3.55 axle)	7,680	up to 1,100	12,900	up to 2,370	up to 7,200	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with Payload and towing guide row with GCWR 13,370 lb (3.6L, 3.55 axle)	8,110	up to 1,100	13,370	up to 2,370	up to 7,200	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with GVWR option 6,800 lb	up to 8,110	up to 1,100	up to 13,370	1,940	6,800	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with GVWR option 7,200 lb	up to 8,110	up to 1,100	up to 13,370	2,370	7,200	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with HFE (High Fuel Efficiency)	6,720	up to 1,100	11,900	1,190	6,010	3.21	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x4with 3.21 axle ratio	6,480	up to 1,100	11,900	1,810	6,800	3.21	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x4with 3.55 axle ratio	7,480	up to 1,100	12,900	1,810	6,800	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x2with 3.21 axle ratio	6,580	up to 1,100	11,900	2,010	6,900	3.21	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x2with 3.55 axle ratio	7,580	up to 1,100	12,900	2,010	6,900	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x4with 3.21 axle ratio	6,370	up to 1,100	11,900	1,780	6,900	3.21	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x4with 3.55 axle ratio	7,370	up to 1,100	12,900	1,780	6,900	3.55	Check load →
3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo Standard Output
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with 3.21 axle ratio	8,470	up to 1,100	13,900	1,870	6,900	3.21	Check load →
Tradesman MostQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with 3.92 axle ratio	11,550	up to 1,100	17,000	1,870	6,900	3.92	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with HFE (High Fuel Efficiency)	8,480	up to 1,100	13,900	1,820	6,875	3.21	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x4with 3.55 axle ratio	8,350	up to 1,100	13,900	1,980	7,100	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanQuad Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x4with 3.92 axle ratio	11,450	up to 1,100	17,000	1,980	7,100	3.92	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x2with 3.21 axle ratio	8,410	up to 1,100	13,900	1,850	6,900	3.21	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x2with 3.92 axle ratio	11,510	up to 1,100	17,000	1,850	6,900	3.92	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x4with 3.55 axle ratio	8,240	up to 1,100	13,900	1,890	7,100	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x4with 3.92 axle ratio	11,340	up to 1,100	17,000	1,890	7,100	3.92	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with 3.21 axle ratio	8,380	up to 1,100	13,900	1,820	6,900	3.21	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x2with 3.92 axle ratio	11,480	up to 1,100	17,000	1,820	6,900	3.92	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x4with 3.55 axle ratio	8,160	up to 1,100	13,900	1,790	7,100	3.55	Check load →
TradesmanCrew Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x4with 3.92 axle ratio	11,260	up to 1,100	17,000	1,790	7,100	3.92	Check load →
3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo High Output
LimitedCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x4	9,340	up to 1,100	15,873	1,340	7,100	3.92	Check load →
RHOCrew Cab · 5 ft 7 in box · 4x4	8,380	up to 1,100	15,160	1,520	7,800	3.92	Check load →
LimitedCrew Cab · 6 ft 4 in box · 4x4	9,920	up to 1,100	16,134	1,380	7,100	3.92	Check load →

“Not published”: the maker doesn’t print it. —: not in the documents we hold yet. Scroll the table sideways for every rating.

SourceMakerEvery figure above is Ram’s, from this document.

2025 Ram 1500 Payload & Towing Weight Capacities (25MY_Ram_1500_Customer_PayTow_2.0) · FCA US LLC (Stellantis North America)

How Ram rates towing: Maximum Trailer Weight Capacities, SAE J2807 compliant; trailer weight and payload ratings are mutually exclusive; capacities include a 300 lb passenger weight (guide footnotes); highest of this configuration's chart rows (6,720, 7,680, 8,110); the exact figure needs the GCWR-row package picked.

Documents last checked Oct 9, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

The 2025 Ram 1500 belongs to this generation; every configuration, its clearance, angles and weights are on its page.

Ram 1500 DT (2019–present): full specs

02 / Why

Which one tows the most, and why

Each figure below is the gap between two of Ram’s own ratings for configurations that differ in one thing only.

What moves the rating

Maker

Tows the most: 11,550 lb

Tradesman Quad Cab 6 ft 4 in box 3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo Standard Output 4x2 with the 3.92 axle ratio.

Axle ratio
3.92 axle instead of 3.55
+3,100 lb
Same configuration otherwise · 3 pairs in the table
Axle ratio
3.92 axle instead of 3.21
+3,080 to +3,100 lb
Same configuration otherwise · 3 pairs in the table
Axle ratio
3.55 axle instead of 3.21
+1,000 lb
Same configuration otherwise · 3 pairs in the table
Build
4x2 instead of 4x4
+100 to +220 lb
Same configuration otherwise · 5 pairs in the table

Best rating by engine

3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo Standard Output11,550 lb
3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo High Output9,920 lb
3.6L Pentastar V6 eTorque8,110 lb

The line is the highest rating on this page. Each bar is that engine’s best configuration.

03 / By year

Ram 1500 towing by model year

The highest rating each model year, from that year’s documents. Years rated the same in every configuration share one page.

04 / Next

Check it against your load

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05 / FAQ

Questions people ask

Which 2025 Ram 1500 configuration tows the most?

The Tradesman Quad Cab 6 ft 4 in box 3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo Standard Output 4x2 with the 3.92 axle ratio, at 11,550 lb.

Which package unlocks the 2025 Ram 1500’s 11,550 lb rating?

The 3.92 axle ratio: Ram rates the Tradesman Quad Cab 6 ft 4 in box 3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo Standard Output 4x2 at 11,550 lb so equipped.

What is the max tongue weight of the 2025 Ram 1500?

Up to 1,100 lb for the Tradesman Quad Cab 6 ft 4 in box 3.6L Pentastar V6 eTorque 4x2 with the Payload and towing guide row with GCWR 12,900 lb, as Ram prints it. Tongue weight is the trailer’s downward push on the hitch; it counts against payload.

What is the GCWR of the 2025 Ram 1500?

11,900–17,000 lb by configuration; the most is 17,000 lb, for the Tradesman Quad Cab 6 ft 4 in box 3.0L Hurricane I6 twin-turbo Standard Output 4x2 with the 3.92 axle ratio. GCWR is the most the loaded vehicle and its loaded trailer may weigh together.

Has the Ram 1500’s towing capacity changed by year?

Highest rating by model year: 2027, 11,530 lb; 2026, 11,610 lb; 2025, 11,550 lb; 2021, 12,750 lb; 2020, 12,750 lb; 2019, 12,750 lb; 2018, 10,620 lb; 2017, 10,640 lb; 2016, 10,640 lb; 2015, 10,650 lb; 2014, 10,450 lb; 2013, 10,450 lb; 2012, 11,500 lb; 2011, 10,450 lb; 2010, 10,450 lb; 2009, 9,100 lb.

Does four-wheel drive change the 2025 Ram 1500’s towing capacity?

Yes: 4x2 instead of 4x4 is rated +100 to +220 lb on otherwise identical configurations (5 pairs in Ram’s table).

These are Ram’s published ratings, not a weighbridge. Your own vehicle’s GVWR and axle ratings are on its certification label, and only a scale tells you what your loaded rig weighs. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.