Are Dually Extension Brackets Unsafe?

Bedlam wrote:
I only have a couple snow trips on my DRW. It does tend to float more than my SRW and I would not like the drive if I did not either have the TC on the rear or 4wd engaged. My SRW had many snow trips and also was not that good in 2wd when empty due to the heavy diesel up front and light bed over the drive wheels. Once I started taking the TC skiing, I used 4wd much less than I used to in previous years. Where I live much of the snow is right at the freezing point, so it gets slick in hurry once you apply pressure or heat from the tires to it. My DRW has traction control where my SRW did not - I'm still getting used to that in slick situations and how it reacts verses having to control spin myself.

Bedlam makes some great points...

I live in Kodiak Alaska where the weather goes from rain to snow to rain frequently, and makes for really icy and slick conditions. The company i work for has a fleet of 60+ trucks and vans, many dually. Any of the dually's have more problems in the slick stuff, even with studded tires, unless they are 4x4. (we have both) On my F350, my summer 19.5's are terrible on wet grass, mud snow and ice... but make my camper rock solid. In the winter here I run 235x85x16 studded mud and snows and carry chains. The set that I have now have taken me and my truck lots of places that others had problems going. I had a dually long-bed one year older than my current truck, but didn't have a camper then. It was similar in the snow to my current F350, very tail light, but throw a load in the bed and it plowed right through most situations. If you are really worried about the snow, either go with the cable chains, or get what I got, and that is the Cam-tightened chain link chains. Real easy to install, excellent traction etc...

Hope this helps.
Garry