A NEW SRW vs DRW pulling a short heavy FW

Acei wrote:
I'm thinking something equivalent to a DRV 32ft model, which actually measures 33ft 8 inches.

According to their website, the dry weight is 13.5k, and the dry pin weight is 2.8k. I expect GVWR to be around 16.5k hence when fully loaded, the pin weight might be around 3.4k.

I also realize that many forum members will automatically suggest a dually for a FW of this weight, but once in a while, I see experienced drivers comment that SRW works ok as long as you stay within their published numbers.

My question is, can any of the latest 2014/15 SRW Diesel 1t pickups pull this with confidence? Today's typical high-end 1t SRW trucks all go around 17k towing capacity and their payload limits are beyond 4k as well:

- 2015 Sierra 3500 CC Denali SRW: Tow - 17.1k, payload - 4020lb
- 2015 Ram 3500 MegaCab Laramie SRW: Tow - 16.7k, payload - 4290lb.
- etc.

Seems like these guys can handle the above mentioned FW along with another small/light person and a FW hitch reasonably well, at least on paper.

The reason I'm asking this is because although duallies are nice when you are pulling, it is awful when you are not (at least for my use). It is awful enough that it pushed me towards A-Class + toad direction but I wanted to re-visit FW path again since there's definite benefits going with the FW.