She didn't like the DRW.

ramgunner wrote:
We went with a 2014 Ram 3500 CTD/4.10/AISIN transmission/DRW/CC/LB which gives us 29,000 lbs towing capability. Live in town in Las Vegas. It is a long and wide rig.

That said, the DRW and length are things that you grow accustomed to quickly. You realize that you won't want to park with up front most places, so you plan to park out a distance where you can take a couple of spots. It doesn't turn on a dime like my old Wrangler TJ, but my Wrangler TJ could not even tow 2000 lbs safely.

I have seen a lot of folks tow dangerous setups. I've seen them tow over their weight capacity. I've seen them tow tandems with a 2500 SRW. They can get the load moving fine, but often find they have a hard time managing the load once in motion. Often they manage just fine. But you have to deal with your worst day. Can you safely maneuver and stop the load in an adverse situation?

For me, a trip back up to Salt Lake from St. George convinced me to go with a rig that can safely manage whatever I reasonably put behind it. I saw an SRW rig on the other side of I-15 that had just wrecked coming down a small hill. Looked like a RW blow-out but I couldn't be sure - no other vehicles were involved. The 5th wheel was destroyed, as was the truck. I know that the persons in the cab were injured, but there was no safe place for me to pull over as I was on the other side of the freeway. Others on that side did pull over.

About a mile down the road there was a UHP vehicle going their direction, but didn't have it's light on so he wasn't aware of it. It looked like a case of the load getting out of control.

We went with a rig that gives us the best safety margin possible when towing - a safety margin for the worst day. As for around town, you learn the differences and adapt to deal with the width and length. It's not that bad, and even driving around the Las Vegas strip is manageable with it. The capability and safety margin it gives us for that worst day is worth the few parking and tight-area maneuvering issues we run into.

As an "aside", I don't know about a 29,000# towing capability....maybe for the 3500 Dually short bed regular cab with Aisin and 4:10....BUT, you have the same truck I do...mine weighs 9400# ready to tow, full tank of fuel, full tank of DEF, toolbox in the back as well as my Reese 20K Signature hitch, two boxers and the wife and myself...GCWR of the truck with 4:10 is 37,600#....That being said, If I were to hook up to a 29,000# 5er, I'd be at 38,400#, which would put me over my trucks GCWR by 800#...so, sometimes one has to look at the configuration of the truck and weigh it to see just how much they actually could tow....