I dont need one either but I really want one...

 

dodgeguy71, did you ever find out the rating of the SRW axle used in the Dodge? T

The best I could ever find out was around 12000 lbs. But there are also allot of variants.

What kind of weight can your 235's handle running as duels?

Jim

 

The tires are rated at around 2700lbs max as duals times 4 is 10,800lbs. My aluminum wheels are rated at 2600 I believe or 2700 not exactly sure. Then I have two steels behind the pretty ones. I believe my rear axle rating is lower than that. It's a Dana 80 just run out of spring. Not sure on the exact number for the axle rate, I had some info on it. I think you can find it at Dodges website. Seems I found all that info when I went out of state to pick up a tractor with my good friend so I would know all my numbers by heart in case I called pulled over by the weight police.

 

I converted my 2500 to a DRW flatbed too. Got the wheels and adapters from another DTR member (Arrowcraft products) and swapped my bed and a fender kit to a buddy for an aluminum flatbed. You can't beat it for a work truck. I've been really happy with arrowcraft too, they helped me out with a number of questions.

The rear axle from my 2500 is quite a bit wider than a factory dually axle, about 7" I think. The tires stick out a couple inches on either side of the bed, which is something to consider. The mud flaps and the rub rails on the bed kind of hide it though.

I put on some timbren overloads too, and they help when hauling skid steer attachments on the bed. The last thing I need to do now is run some stacks, and it will be the official loud obnoxious ugly truck of the neighborhood.

 

I know one thing they said was to make sure I got an 8ft bed when I bought my adapters. I'll look and put a tape measure on mine and see exactly how wide it is. Forgot what year yours is but I'll look and let you know. I know she said something about the earlier model axles, can't remember which years but maybe what Timberman has. I know she said something about in 2000 or so they(dodge) did something and they were able to shorten the adapters a bit.

Best thing is to call Arrowcraft and ask questions, she will answer anything you have, I did'nt stump her and I'm pretty good about asking questions and getting the, "hmmm, I'm not to sure about that" (sidestep)

 

I've done this on my 96, swapped everything from a 94 3500. It was bolt in and go.

 

I measured mine from outside of tire to outside tire at the lower end, bulge and all on tires was right at 98 inches. Happened to see a 3rd gen dually at the dealer and measured the rear on it and got 96 inches. My conversion is a bit wider.