A 1-ton vs. 3/4 ton
A friend bought a lightweight 5th wheel trailer, I don't recall the brand. He likes it. His old truck conked out and he bought a new 3/4 ton Ford. I asked him how it pulls it and he bragged on it, lik...
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valhalla360 wrote:
Historically the difference between a 3/4 and 1 ton (SRW version) is a bigger spring pack for the 1 ton. Nothing else is different.
Some of the newer trucks (Dodge in particular) use different spring designs.
When you move up to a dually, it's a whole different rear axle.
Ford uses 2 or 3 differnet axles. GM is the same 2500 up to dually. Ram is only a slightly larger ring gear, same basic axle. Track width of the axles is typically a couple inches wider on a dually to account for rim offsets.
