Weight requiring duals?
I'm thinking of going from our A to a Fiver and thinking about a new truck. I've been told that once over 17,000 lbs. total weight that I'll need a dual wheel truck. True/False? I know that t...
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Lar's wrote:I fought off the dually as long as I could - even brought the trailer home with our SRW SB. It was after I weighed and found I had maxed out the tire load range on the rear that I caved in and got a dually - within the week I might add :)
Sorry I couldn't chime in, we were off playing all day.
I think the actual weight unloaded was in the 15K range. In looking at all that space for "stuff" in the front, adding to the pin weight, which I think was2800 ++, and I could see another 1000 lbs easy. Just looking at what I carry in my bays is scary.
I really don't want a dually, or a long bed for that matter, so guess I'd better talk DW into something smaller and lighter. It's gonna be hard to go from real wood to something imitation like.
We were looking at a Dynamax 38 RL
Thx for all the replies.
I'll be honest - the dually tows like a dream, but the other 90% of the time I hate the truck and it sits in the garage. DW won't touch it. I had to get a third car for a daily driver.
