Ok guys, right now i own a 1 ton dually that has 247k on it and i'm lookin at sellin it. I'm lookin at a pickup that's a single wheel long bed, but i don't know if i want to get a single wheel. I have cattle and pull a 24' aluminum livestock trailer often. I'm spoiled with the dually with the stability that it offers, especially when you dont have a complete full load and the cattle shift around. So after all that here's my question. I've never owned a single wheel before, how much stability is there gunna be on a single wheel? Am i gunna be regreting buying a single wheel instead of a drw. I'd just like some people that have singles that pull decient sized loads to chime in with their opinion.
Thanks, Adam

 

I would assume your trailer is a goosneck, which is big factor in stability. So I would imagine the SWR would be just fine.

I got rid of my '06 dually in favor of my current '07 SWR, and I pull about 7000# on a bumper pull. The dually was very stable, and my short bed pulls just as good. I do notice a little more axle hop when pulling & going around a corner and hitting a little washboard/potholes sometimes in the pavment.

My main reason for the SWR though was I like to drive my truck unloaded as well as my wife drives it when the weather is bad.. It is sooo much driver friendly to use as a daily driver. If I just simply hauled with it, then I would probably stick with the duals, otherwise it is just two extra tires you have to buy.

 

Yes the trailer is a gooseneck, and two tires extra plus the fiberglass fenders was another reason i was thinkin of goin to a single wheel. I'm just kinda up in the air about what i wanna do.

 

I have a short box 2500 quad cab (SRW) and have towed my 30 travel trailer via the hitch for several thousand miles and had no problems. I do have a hitch sway bar, but reached almost 90 mph on some long down hills a few times with no stability problems. With some pretty strong side winds I still felt things were stable at reasonable speeds.

 

I pull a 33' fifth wheel at about 19,000 combined. My SRW pulls it without any issues,its a very stable tow rig.

I'd have to go considerably larger to consider a dually.

 

I tow a gooseneck loaded at 21000# and my srw pulls it great. Make sure the truck has some good tires for it and you should be laughin.

 

No problems with this 42' GN, however I think I will use it for an excuse to buy a 5500 4x4..

 

My neighbor pulls both a horse trailer, and a stock trailer (cattle) with no problems. This is his second SRW truck.

 

With your 24' aluminum trailer weight wise you are ok without a DRW as long as you run a load E tire in the rear. I haul a lot of livestock and the difference is night and day between DRW and SRW because of the cattle moving. The DRW you just dont feel it.

It is much easier to go with a SRW when towing a camper or something on a flatbed.

 

As one of my cow catching friend says "once you pull with a dually its hard to go back"

 

I agree with Hounddog. After towing with a SRW for years, it only took one pull with a dually to convert me. SRW will be just fine, but when it comes to the cows shifting and the dips and bumps in the road, the SRW just won't handle like the DRW does.

Hmmm, tough decision!

 

I have an '05 SWB with a 30' Travel Trailer. I hook to a regular hitch mount and no anti-sway devices... The only time I ever had any trouble was after camping I had full black and grey tanks that sit all the way to the back of the Travel trailer well past the axel's... Combine that with 35" tall mud tires, a cross wind and 75MPH and once it all got sloshing around it would cause a little rear end sway. Nothing out of control just slowed down to 65 and got to the next rest stop with a dumping station and everyting was fine...

 

This decision just sucks!!! I wish i could buy both and use the dually to pull and use the srw to drive around in. I'm also hoping to up grade to a 30' livestock trailer in the future...maybe i should just buy a DRW again. But from what it sounds like both will work, but like hound dog said...i don't know if i wanna switch.

 

goin from single wheel to dually is a big difference....i also haul cattle and have hauled in both, when they start moving around in the trailor the dually really shines, so much less sway. but when they are tight packed and dont move and its not windy, a single wheel works just fine

 

I would say you have a reason to purchase the dually, that you have had good luck pulling with one in the past, you might want to stick with it. I find most purchase a dually and it is overkill for what they tow. However, in your case, you can actually justify the dually.