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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual Recommended Distribution Hitch Adjustment
Towing With 1500 Air Suspension
1. Set air suspension to normal ride height. No action isrequired if already in normal ride height.
NOTE: The vehicle must rem

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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual 3. Under the instrument cluster or touch screen radiosettings, enable jack mode. Jack mode will be canceled
and procedure must be restarted if the vehicle is driven
at speeds above 5mph (8 kmh).
4. Me

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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual Towing With 2500/3500 Air Suspension
1. Position the truck to be ready to connect to the trailer(do not connect the trailer).
NOTE: Normal Ride Height (NRH) or Alternate Trailer
Height (ATH) can be us

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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual 4. Measure the height of the top of the front wheel openingon the fender to ground, this is height H2.
5. Install and adjust the tension in the weight distributing bars per the manufacturers’ recomm

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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual Trailer Hitch Type and Maximum Trailer WeightHitch Type Max. Trailer Weight / Max. Tongue Weight
Class III Bumper
Hitch - 1500 Model 5,000 lbs (2,268 kg) / 500 lbs
(226 kg)
Class IV - 1500 Model 11,00

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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual Consider the following items when computing the weight
on the rear axle of the vehicle:
•The tongue weight of the trailer.
• The weight of any other type of cargo or equipment put
in or on your ve

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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual WARNING!(Continued)
cause a loss of control, poor performance or damage
to brakes, axle, engine, transmission, steering, sus-
pension, chassis structure or tires.
•
Safety chains must always be used

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Ram 4500 Chassis Cab 2018  Owners Manual •An electronically actuated trailer brake controller is
required when towing a trailer with electronically actu-
ated brakes. When towing a trailer equipped with a
hydraulic surge actuated brake sys