Truck Dually Wheels

avvidclif1 wrote:

wesdlewis wrote:
I have owned both, I have a 40 ft 5th wheel and a SWD (3500) now there are a few differences the stability is not as good and the brakes are smaller. I would never buy another SWD, stick with the DWD.

With a 40' 5th wheel you are probably over on all the ratings for a SRW 350/3500. And then wonder why it isn't stable and you need DRW. Duh

And you are 100% sure on this?

This truck handles the weight just as good as the truck in the next picture.....

wesdlewis wrote:
I have owned both, I have a 40 ft 5th wheel and a SWD (3500) now there are a few differences the stability is not as good and the brakes are smaller. I would never buy another SWD, stick with the DWD.

If you have a SRW 3500 then it's brakes are the same as the same year DRW 3500.

wesdlewis wrote:
I have owned both, I have a 40 ft 5th wheel and a SWD (3500) now there are a few differences the stability is not as good and the brakes are smaller. I would never buy another SWD, stick with the DWD.

With a 40' 5th wheel you are probably over on all the ratings for a SRW 350/3500. And then wonder why it isn't stable and you need DRW. Duh

I have owned both, I have a 40 ft 5th wheel and a SWD (3500) now there are a few differences the stability is not as good and the brakes are smaller. I would never buy another SWD, stick with the DWD.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

Michelle.S wrote:
Granted you don't need an 8 Lb sledge hammer to drive nails, but at the same time you don't us a 16 Oz Claw Hammer to drive Rail Road Spikes.
You get what you need to do the job and forget about all the bandaids trying to make something do a job it's not up to.

So what you are say is that it don't matter if the OP buys a 2005 DRW or a 2014 DRW it will be better than a 2014 SRW?

I guess Ram is putting bandaids under their trucks now by putting air bags on them.

The bags are part of the suspension. There is only one spring now plus one bag on each side. So they have engineered the combo to do what they claim. It's not an add on/bandaid.

The suspension on my 2005 is engineered for it, just not by Chrysler.

Pretty sure there were more duelly farm & construction trucks than oil field trucks..... Brother in law has a 1936 Ford duelly spent its life in Virginia. They were used to haul heavy loads. I drove a 1 ton duelly dump truck in college for a job in IL. Almost bought a 1948 1 Ton International duelly in IL (Wish I had it was $800 back then).......... Friend has a 1952 Ton Chevy duelly but wants too much for it. It started life as a dump truck. Interesting it is 5 lug but heavy duty............

We live in the middle of the oil field that really took off in the 50s. There are a lot of dually oil field trucks, but I would dare say their are more SRW then DRW out in the oil field.
l just went from a SRW 6.7 2011 and went to 2014, 6.7 DRW and can't say its much worse fuel per gallon if any.

B.O. Plenty wrote:
So are you trying to say that dually pickups were developed for use only on the the oil fields?? I find that pretty hard to believe as there were duallies before there were oil field worrkers..

The oil fields and workers have been around over 100 years and I don't recall seeing any pictures of duallys in the early days! There weren't even pickups like we have today.

transamz9 wrote:

Michelle.S wrote:
Granted you don't need an 8 Lb sledge hammer to drive nails, but at the same time you don't us a 16 Oz Claw Hammer to drive Rail Road Spikes.
You get what you need to do the job and forget about all the bandaids trying to make something do a job it's not up to.

So what you are say is that it don't matter if the OP buys a 2005 DRW or a 2014 DRW it will be better than a 2014 SRW?

I guess Ram is putting bandaids under their trucks now by putting air bags on them.

The bags are part of the suspension. There is only one spring now plus one bag on each side. So they have engineered the combo to do what they claim. It's not an add on/bandaid.

Allworth wrote:
How many people driving a dually realize that they were NOT developed to improve stability? The original purpose was to reduce ground pressure.

Oil field workers in West Texas and New Mexico found that the rear wheels of their pickups, when loaded with welding machines and other equipment, would break through the crust on the desert sand and bog down. Before cell phones and/or affordable two-way radio this sometimes brought about a long walk to get somebody to come pull them out.

Duals cut the rear ground pressure in half and reduced the break-through.

If you draw an overturning force triangle with the load apex at the trailer pin; the base right angle at the ground under the center of the rear axle; and the support apex at the center of the rear wheel(s) the difference in moment resistance between single and dual is almost negligible. If you look into the mind of the guy with the dually, the difference is enormous!

Half again as much rubber on the ground for braking is a different matter.

(Yes, I have used both to pull the same trailer and have gone back to SRW, but with a long bed. JMHO)

So are you trying to say that dually pickups were developed for use only on the the oil fields?? I find that pretty hard to believe as there were duallies before there were oil field worrkers..