Dan,
A 5000 pound receiver should be sufficient. A receiver is different from a  
bumper mounted system. Make sure you get the receiver. It will allow you to  
change out balls of different sizes and givers you a variety of things to attach 
 the ball to, allowing for height adjustment. Remember, you want the tongue 
of  the trailer to be horizontal as much as is possible.
I also have the Ram 1500, what engine and transmission do you have?
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 3/17/2008 8:28:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
johnsondan at comcast.net writes:

I am  planning to have a trailer hitch installed on my Dodge RAM 1500 so I 
can tow  our new recycled Rhodes back from Edenton.  No mountains - just from  
Edenton up to Virginia, over to Solomons Island, MD.

Will a trailer  hitch rated at 5000 pounds be sufficient or should I go to 
10000?

I'm  not planning to routinely trailer the boat; otherwise I would 
automatically go  up to the larger hitch.  But I certainly don't want to do anything 
unsafe  either.

Dan

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