Tow Vehical

I have a few TV's. Each fills a different purpose. One has a 25" capacity, the biggest has a 32" capacity and the smallest has a 13" capacity. They all work fine, within their intended purpose.

sidney wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

Buy a loaded 1/2 ton for daily driving in comfort and style. May prefer something other than a pick up truck, may want a high mpg vehicle.

Something other than a pick up?

Well if your not going to take me seriously... I just don't know how to reply.

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NC Hauler wrote:

Buy a loaded 1/2 ton for daily driving in comfort and style. May prefer something other than a pick up truck, may want a high mpg vehicle.

Something other than a pick up?

Well if your not going to take me seriously... I just don't know how to reply.

Why is this even debated? Because that's what we do here on these forums

The solution is so obvious. Really ??

Buy a loaded 1/2 ton for daily driving in comfort and style. May prefer something other than a pick up truck, may want a high mpg vehicle.

Buy a loaded DRW to tow your 5er. Only if that is the size truck one needs to tow with

Build an over sized garage addition to your home to accommodate all your vehicles. Too expensive for most of us...I have a 20 X 22 car port....good enough..

Trade em all in every few years to keep up with technology. Maybe not the smartest or cost effective way to do it, but I'm guilty of trading often, though at 63, I'm near the end of that

Simple,...Maybe, maybe not.... too many variables.

Why is this even debated?

The solution is so obvious.

Buy a loaded 1/2 ton for daily driving in comfort and style.

Buy a loaded DRW to tow your 5er.

Build an over sized garage addition to your home to accommodate all your vehicles.

Trade em all in every few years to keep up with technology.

Simple

One important thing to note is most of us (myself included) started with SRW trucks and soon discovered it was not the best choice for a tow vehicle. You may also note that virtually NO-ONE gets a DRW, then goes back to SRW (unless they step up to a Freightliner). The posts regarding PIN WEIGHT are particularly important to you. Imagine what an insurance company would do if they found out your pin weight exceeded your truck's capacity! Do not pay attention to the thousands of RV'ers out there towing trailers your size with a 2500 or even a 3500 SRW. Then there are brakes to consider-bigger is ALWAYS better(read: safer). No my dually doesn't fit in my garage, yes it is a pain in the *** to drive in town but it is indisputably a far better choice for towing.

Here we go again! Popcorn, please.

The ones I drove had a 7k RGAWR. And 18" tires rated to 37xx. Chris

I believe the 3500's single rear wheeled trucks have larger tire carrying capacity. So there now really is a big difference between the 2500 and 3500 SRW RAM's.

720Deere wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:

john&bet wrote:
My opinion is that there should be no such thing as a 1 ton srw. Thier tires are the same so thier contact point with the road is the same as a 3/4 ton. JMHO.

?? Let's take it a step further, let's just eliminate the 3/4 ton. Why de-rate a perfectly good SRW 1-ton with lighter axles and springs ;)

Exactly! The 1 ton SRW is everything that a 3/4 ton should be. With the half tons creeping up on the 3/4, the decision to buy a 3/4 over a 1 ton never made any sense to me. As far as the tires go, most everybody has a 20" wheel option these days and those tires ratings are more in line with what the rear axle is capable of. Not sure what the contact patch has to do with it.

If you eliminated the SRW 1 ton, you would force a lot of people that don't need it into driving a dually. No thanks, I'll stick with the more legally capable version of the SRW truck.

If you had looked at a 2013 Ram 3500 SRW and compared to a 2013 Ram 2500, there would be a BIG difference...all new frame, front and rear suspension and could even order with the Aisin tranny....the 2500, though specs were raised, was basically the same as the 2012...so, in reality, there was a pretty big difference between the 2013 Ram 3500 SRW truck and the Ram 2013 2500...The big difference also is rear axle weight carrying capacity...ie, util I read something differently, most 2500's don't have the "payload" a 3500 SRW truck has...