DRW vs. SRW for towing fivers

I would suspect that it depends on how long a 5th wheel you are pulling and how heavy it is. We pull a 38' 5th wheel with a SRW configuration. 95% of the time the truck is not pulling anything. Therefore the smaller footprint and ease of parking was more important than the increase in stability a DRW truck may provide. We have been in some nasty road conditions and high wind conditions and have never felt like the truck or load combination was unstable. YMMV.

Had both Ford SRW > RAM DRW.

I much prefer the DRW config.

I have towed with both and will never go back to a srw.

Denny

I have had both and found that the srw was much more stable and predictable on ice and snow.The dually tended to cut loose sooner and doing side slides with it is no fun,heavy rain also tended to hydroplane the rear.Dry roads the dually can't be beat,we of course have all kinds of nasty roads before we hit the warmth and dry roads going south.

YES duallies are a larger platform and can be more stable.

But SRW has it's place in the towing world up to a point.
For me that is 14,000# (trailer GVWR) above that dually territory

I don't think I recall anyone saying that they wish they had the SRW, but lots do say that they wish they had the dullie.:)
Just saying.
No personal experience though.

We have had both (Dodges). Towing 13,000 ponds+. Prefer the stability. Besides, the DRW gives us exercise walking from the far reaches of parking lots.