Truck Dually Wheels

transamz9 wrote:

Gary66 wrote:
Had single rear wheels on a 99 Ford, after upgrading to 2012 Ford F450 with dual rear wheels, id never go back, it is much more stable when towing heavy 5th wheel trailers.

HAHAHA!! This is the norm. People go from a 10 year old SRW truck to a new DRW truck and claim that the duel tires are the only way to go.

It takes a while for some people to figure out that life is better with the right tool for the job.

Ken

Gary66 wrote:
Had single rear wheels on a 99 Ford, after upgrading to 2012 Ford F450 with dual rear wheels, id never go back, it is much more stable when towing heavy 5th wheel trailers.

HAHAHA!! This is the norm. People go from a 10 year old SRW truck to a new DRW truck and claim that the duel tires are the only way to go.

Yeah, you have to get used to a few things with duallys. They won't fit in most car washes. They are a tight fit at many drive thru's. You have to watch them in CGs (I met a particularly unsociable tree stump in one). If you want to park close to the door, between cars, at Walmart you will have to have some good parking skills. It takes the same time to do vehicular gymnastics as it does to park further out & walk.

Had single rear wheels on a 99 Ford, after upgrading to 2012 Ford F450 with dual rear wheels, id never go back, it is much more stable when towing heavy 5th wheel trailers.

I love my DRW Ram. Pulls smooth and stabil. If going with gas the expenses aren't too bad. If you go with diesel then oil changes get more expensive because usually the diesels take more oil and you have to change the fuel filter every couple of oil changes.

The Mad Norsky wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:

The Mad Norsky wrote:
Please remember that as far as maneuverability goes, it is usually NOT the dual rear wheels that makes the difference.

LENGTH of the vehicle is the real problem, and this exists for both single and dual rear wheel vehicles.

Considering most pickups sold today are crew cab versions of some sort, adding in either short or long box onto that makes for a long vehicle, irregardless, as I said, to dual or single wheels in back.

And it is usually this length that makes it tough to turn into parking places.

Not suggesting a SRW is easy to squeeze into a small parking spot...

I hear this comment frequently but the number of dually fenders that have been hit suggests the width is an issue.

I also see dually's with the fender dings. The question I get is where are they dinging them??? The circumstances.

As far as parking, maneuvering mine, length has always been the biggest problem, as the turning radius of the vehicle itself presents the problem.

I tend to believe it is parking. Once going down the road, if the mirrors and the RV fit thru, the duallies have to fit.

It's when you are manuvering in parking lots where the mirrors and the duallies may not track thru the same radii.

It's not a bad thing to get a dually but as long as you are within the approved weight ratings, there is no need to spend the extra money.

valhalla360 wrote:

The Mad Norsky wrote:
Please remember that as far as maneuverability goes, it is usually NOT the dual rear wheels that makes the difference.

LENGTH of the vehicle is the real problem, and this exists for both single and dual rear wheel vehicles.

Considering most pickups sold today are crew cab versions of some sort, adding in either short or long box onto that makes for a long vehicle, irregardless, as I said, to dual or single wheels in back.

And it is usually this length that makes it tough to turn into parking places.

Not suggesting a SRW is easy to squeeze into a small parking spot...

I hear this comment frequently but the number of dually fenders that have been hit suggests the width is an issue.

I also see dually's with the fender dings. The question I get is where are they dinging them??? The circumstances.

As far as parking, maneuvering mine, length has always been the biggest problem, as the turning radius of the vehicle itself presents the problem.

C-Bears wrote:
You should purchase the truck you need for towing the fiver you either have, or the fiver you will be getting.

I just recently bought a SRW. For my current TT it is overkill. We may look at a 5er someday, but since it is just the wife and I, we will probably not go with a big, heavy 5er that needs the DRW.

I recently spent over a year living at a RV Park in my TT. I saw lots and lots of RVs. The newer TTs have a lot more slides and are much more roomier than my current one.

So I opted for the SRW truck.

I agree with NC about the wife driving a dually. My wife loves ours, whether as a daily driver or when pulling the fiver. When we are on a road trip, she is always asking if she can drive. The only thing is - she wants me to park the fiver, especially with a back-in. She likes to be outside to give me "advice" on what to do. :D

Parking: I used to park way out in the lots where there was a lot of room. But now I have no problem with the width and can usually put it in the space with the "hips" within (close, but still within) the lines. The only drive-thrus I don't attempt are the ones with a narrow drive and a tight turn. I take that back, we have one Starbucks drive-thru like that and I can get it around the turn if I go up on the curb a little on the curve. So, for that one, I normally park and go inside. I agree that the length of my truck (23') is more of a problem than the hip width. A minor problem with the drive-thru is that you can't get as close to the window and have to reach a bit farther for your food. But that is really a nit.

The one thing I can't do is use the automated car washes. The dual rears won't fit on the tracks and the scrubbers would not be good on the hips.

But all-in-all no real problem with my DRW.

The extra stability & the extra safety that comes with that stability is well worth whatever minor negatives the dually has. Our lives are worth it.