Looking for some final info before I make my first CTD purchase.

I know the differences in the 2500 vs 3500, but what about the SRW vs DRW?

Is the weight sticker differ?

I know the DRW can carry more payload due to extra tires, but does the door sticker say?

Hope I am making sense with my question.

Thanks...

 

the GVWR on a SRW is #9900 and the dually is #12000. they both share the same GCWR of #23000, you can pull a larger trailer with the SRW but cannot carry as much on the truck.

 

So now I know the total weight capacities, what is the actually available after deducting truck and passengers?

I am figuring this correctly?

 

Will dually fenders match the contoures of a short bed truckk? I thinkk itd be awesome to have a short bed dually,

 

The GVWR for my truck is 11500 lbs. I weighed my truck on the CAT scales here locally and the numbers are as follows. This is with a full tank of fuel, me (220 lbs) and my two kids(100 lbs total) in the truck.

STEER AXLE 4060 LBS
DRIVE AXLE 3100 LBS
TOTAL ALXE 7160 LBS
GVWR 11500 LBS
NCC 4340 LBS

Also, to get the 23000 GCWR, you'll need the 4.10 gears. The 3.73's give you 22000.

 

no the fenders will not fit. They come all the way up to the filler neck. if you had a shorter box they would cover your fuel filler door.

 

I weighed mine with maybe 300 pds of extras, includes myself, 5th wheel hitch, crap in cab,

it was Front-4750 Rear- 3450 GVWR 12200, about 4000 pds payload,

max per axle is Front 5200 rear 9350

IMO im glad dodge doesnt make a short box dually, every time a see a ford like that my stomach gets weak,

 

I have a 03' 4x4 3500 with DRW and a 05' 4x4 2500 with SWR. The DRW hauls a trailer better and carries a payload better. I also owned a 97' 4x4 F250 with alot of suspension upgrades. The F250 had a suspension that was much more ridgid than my 3500 DRW but, my dodge 3500 DRW does haul alot better. Maybe its the tire roll or the wider stands of the duel rear wheels.



P.S. the 97' ford powerstroke was the biggest pile of junk I have ever owned!!!!!!!

 

So the only real need for the dually is if I had to run a fifth wheel / goose neck of some sorts..

Is there no other real benefit for dragging around those two extra tires? You can only fit so much in the bed correct?

What about snow is the dually good in the snow? Does the snow pack between the duals?

 

The trailers I haul are gooseneck horsetrailers. The 03' is always hooked up. If I didn't have a gooseneck I would have bought a SWR 3500.DWR trucks are kind of hard to park in parking spaces in town.

 

Doolys are great for heavy loads in the bed, especially campers. 4 rears tires are nice to have if you have a blow-out. Don't know if you ever blew a rear tire at 60 mph with 3000 lbs in the back, but it's not fun. Doolys are terrible in the snow compared to singles. They don'y not track well. The 2 rears are always fighting for the single track made by the front tires. Rear of truck goes side-to-side a lot. So with that, I have a camper and a SRW because I'm am in the snow a lot.