DRW or SRW

I'm in your situation somewhat. See my set-up in the signature. Loaded up, with the golf cart in the back, we're 26,500 lbs.. I have a RAWR on the truck of 7000 lbs. and depending on how much fuel is in the truck (I have an auxiliary tank) and how the camper is loaded, I'm 6800 lbs. to 7200 lbs. on the rear axle. Having the golf cart in the back plus a full tank of generator fuel helps.

A fellow member asked me about my experiences because he was contemplating a new F350 SRW or F450. He has an XLR similar to our Vengeance. This is what I told him.

Any where from 65 mph and lower, we are solid as a rock. Cruise control set and its solid and smooth. 65-70 mph and I can tell some difference. Not a worry and we usually tow around 68 mph on the interstates.

Above 70 mph and I need to stay extra aware. Its still solid but I can tell if some bonehead does some weird maneuver in front of me and I have to do some evasive action, there might be some trouble.

I had an F450 before this SRW F350. If the truck was primarily meant to be a camper hauler or I like to tow above 70 mph, I'd say get the dually. But being a daily driver, I'm totally happy with the SRW.

You'll get used to driving the dually.

In my town we have a Facebook group called "Nice Parking, Moron!" where people post pictures of horrible parking jobs around town. I'm determined to keep my picture off of that page, so I stick it between the lines every time.

Dually all the way. You won't be happy with a SRW. Like others have already mentioned and I do the same. Get your yourself a commuter car.

Dry pin weight on that toy hauler is 3700 lbs. Although there are ways to safely carry that with a SRW, you really need a DRW for a 19K lb GVWR FW.

you already know that you need a dually. Just get it and be done, you will eventually get used to it as a daily driver. I get a kicked out my friends who have all these toys big trailers new trucks and complain about fuel prices and the cost of new tires.

Real world experience:

My buddy and I had very similar trailers, big 41' Weekend Warriors.
Our loads were almost identical. Full water, 3000lb sand rails in the trailers etc.

I have always had a dually, he always had a SRW Chevy.
Was he always right there with me towing? Yes.

He left his rig at home one trip and went down with me.
He said the entire way, "I can't believe how much more solid your setup feels".
He couldn't tell when a semi went by us, he couldn't tell when the wind was blowing... etc.

Not sure how much more real life you need than that.

Frankandbeans wrote:
Buy dually, get a cheap commuter car for daily driving duty. Easier to park, drive, and cheaper on fuel than either a SRW or DRW truck.

This is exactly what I have for a set up.

Buy dually, get a cheap commuter car for daily driving duty. Easier to park, drive, and cheaper on fuel than either a SRW or DRW truck.

Forget the tow capacity, look at the payload for each. You need to be able to support the heavy pin weight of that toy hauler. The SRW may not have enough payload.

Towing and carrying are two different things. The towing capacity is for a bumper pull based on a stripped truck with no passangers or gear. What is the trailers pin/tongue weight. Add that to the loaded ready to travel weight of the truck. I would suspect you will be way over any SRWs load carrying capacity.