Tow Rig question SRW or DRW for 5th RAM
I'm sure this has been debated millions of times, but here is a new spin. At what weight would you consider a DRW to be mandatory whilst towing a fifth wheel ? 10k 11k 12k 13k 14k 15k 16...
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broark01 wrote:
On the highway, has the cross wind ever blown your 5th wheel so hard sideways that the swerving motion of truck and trailer deployed your trailer steps? This happened to me driving a high profile 2013 F350 FX4 SRW on I90 through Wyoming. At that moment I was convinced of 3 things:
1) High profile SRW packages are not the answer to towing heavy high profile loads.
2) SRW is not the answer for towing high profile loads in windy conditions.
3) Strap the steps.
Yikes that must have been scary. I am on my second dually and have absolutely no regrets. Our previous trailer was a 12k lbs 30' fifth wheel and there was a noticeable difference in towing stability from the F-250 PSD that I was towing it with to the F-350 DRW. We now have a high profile 16k lbs triple slide fifth wheel and the Ram DRW handles it with ease. I will never go back to a SRW truck as long as we are towing a fifth wheel.
