Do I need a dually?
03-02-2011, 10:19 PM
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So slippery it didn't even stick on the truck. 
My fuurd would have been sitting there spinning. Been there, done that, paid the recovery bill - hate fuurd. Ram to arrive soon.
My fuurd would have been sitting there spinning. Been there, done that, paid the recovery bill - hate fuurd. Ram to arrive soon.
03-02-2011, 10:24 PM
#32
With age comes the cage
That is a slick as it comes..
I am still voting for the single 19.5"s on a 4500. Put a puller bed on it or a pickup bed..
Go here and click on the custom truck bed link:
http://turnoverball.com/index.asp
I am still voting for the single 19.5"s on a 4500. Put a puller bed on it or a pickup bed..
Go here and click on the custom truck bed link:
http://turnoverball.com/index.asp
03-03-2011, 01:02 AM
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If you have ever driven a dually and felt the stability, you KNOW it's better with a load. Logicly you are spreading the rear load across twice the contact surface, twice the tires, wheels and across a wider stance.
Yes, the spring packs are the same, but the tire sidewalls are only carrying half the load as a SRW tire, as are the wheel rims. Frankly, the tires will fail much sooner than the springs.
I've changed SRW tires that had sidewalls completely broken down after towing a max load for just 10,000 miles. The tires were rated high enough, and never went flat but the sidewall failed and the truck was almost uncontrolable in a curve.
I just built a bigger garage.
I'm buying a new DRW for these reasons and more.
Yes, the spring packs are the same, but the tire sidewalls are only carrying half the load as a SRW tire, as are the wheel rims. Frankly, the tires will fail much sooner than the springs.
I've changed SRW tires that had sidewalls completely broken down after towing a max load for just 10,000 miles. The tires were rated high enough, and never went flat but the sidewall failed and the truck was almost uncontrolable in a curve.
I just built a bigger garage.
I'm buying a new DRW for these reasons and more.
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