travelmaybe wrote:
Okay... Okay.. Okay... don't eat me alive, PLEASE! Just so you know I am a woman that is not "mechanically minded" :)
Question.. I see that everyone and I do mean everyone says, dually, dually, dually.. But why? What does a dually do with the same engine that a single rear wheeled truck with the same engine does not?
I have a single rear wheel 2012 Duramax 2500 and a 2009 F-550 that is a dually but I just haven't found the information that tells me the difference. I want to pull the toy hauler with the 2012 Duramax but like I said, everyone says dually is the way to go.
Please advise...
It would be more fair to compare a 350/3500 single rear wheel truck to a 350/3500 dually but in the newbie terms that mean the most to not only you but me as well,
the most prominent characteristic that answers your question is how much weight you can put on that rear axle.
Dually's increase not only how much a truck can haul in them, but how much they can tow behind them.
More tires = more weight displacement, = more braking, = better stabilization = more drag, = more fuel consumption, = more maintenance, = more costs
