Hey everyone

My wife and I were having a discussion as for why our dually (see sig) is better than a short bed 4 door truck for pulling. My reasons were no trailer wag, more stability, less worries about a blowout in the truck and the long bed helps also. However, I am just basing my opinions on what I heard throughout my life.

So, anyone who has pulled with both, let me know so I can explain with more authority. Thanks.

 

If you are towing heavy you are crazy not to have duals.

Otherwise they are expensive ornaments.

IMHO, JP.

 

I agree with the above, Also if you get a flat/ blow out on a single wheel truck with a heavy load going down the road, thats BAD. With a dually, if one goes, there is another to help you get some where to fix it.

However, duallys don't fit thru the bank drive thru. ha ha

 

Comparing the stability of dual-rear-wheels to singles is about like comparing Cadillacs to Datsuns.

I have pulled many thousands of miles with SRW and several millions with DRW.

I will vote for the duals.

 

i agree with all the above also duallys dont get pushed around as much with a trailer, i hauled lots of hay with an 02 3/4 ands say by bye to the tires quiker

 

The dually in my sig is my fist dually. But I can tell you it is way more stable and doesnt get pushed nearly as bad as my 250 did.

Could someone explane to me why a long bed is better than a short bed for towin/haulin.

 

Last one was a 2500 short bed. No comparison in stability.

 

Years ago I had a dually but got rid of it due to lack of need. Last year I bought a 2001 2500 CTD for towing a 32' 5ver. In Jan/Mar we hit horrible wind going down to TX and again coming home.

I'm back to a dually or I should say I will be when the new truck gets here! Absolutely no comparison between a SRW and DRW in windy conditions.

 

Dually dually definetly dually. just no comparison

some people say they don't want that wide of a vehicle my answer my mirrors stick out farther then my fenders
My only complaint is it got old always washing my truck by hand, but just recently found an automated one
I have blown a tire on my dually, and it was nice not having to change the tire at night with 16 cows in the trailer. Did I mention it was cold, toooooo

 

I've never towed anything heavy without my dually.

What's all this talk about stability, wind, blowouts and getting passed by semis?

I always thought that was a SRW myth.


...........Jim

 

i have had both, the dually is way more stable

same load same curve the drw will easily take it 10 mph faster

the reason the long bed is more stable is simple physics, the trucks length acts like a lever against the forces from the trailer, the longer the lever the more force it can put to bear on the opposing force, just the same a long trailer will have the same effect a 30 footer will be able to exert more force on the tow rig than a twenty footer of the same weight

 

Amazing how past decisions come back to haunt us. 10 years ago I had an external 3 bay garage built for 2 old corvettes and my tractor. The contractor tried and tried to talk me into 9' wide doors but I wouldn't listen (I had sold my dually so didn't anything that big).

So when I retired I decided I wanted a woodshop. 2 bays are now for woodworking, the 59 Vette is sold, and the tractor lives outside. I was going to sell the 65 Vette and park a new 3500 SRW in its place but after fighting that wind through NM I decided on a dually which won't fit into the garage.

So saved my old vette from being sold, but now I have to build another garage for the durn truck ... sure wished I had listen to that contractor, he wasn't all that dumb after all!!!!

 

Rockhound, it makes perfect sense, thanks for the explanation.

 

How many tires have you blown on a pickup? In my short 20 years of driving I've blown exactly 0 (zero).

Now in my 13 years of driving a semi.....

 

I subscribed to this board as we will be retiring in 1-2 years and we are looking at full time RVing for a while and I am trying to make a truck decision. I was in the same boat as to which way to go, duals or single. However, when I read roughstock’s post, I was immediately reminded of a situation we had in the early ‘90s. We were towing our 5th wheel trailer on I-45 just south of Ennis TX when we had a blowout on the passenger rear. We immediately started a very bad fishtailing (of the truck, not the trailer) from what seemed like 45 degrees one side to 45 degrees on the other (right / left). Fortunately, there was no one along side of us when this happened as we were all over both lanes (she later said that she was praying and holding the dog while I was cussing ... usually it was the other way around). When I finally got it under control, we were off the interstate, off the shoulder and on an embankment that sloped down to a ditch and then up onto the feeder. Since I was afraid of the rim digging into the earth and perhaps flipping the whole rig, I opted to continue driving down the embankment and up onto the shoulder. Having been reminded of this situation, I now realize that I must convince my wife that the dually is a must for our future truck. – John -