Do I need a DRW truck?

nycsteve wrote:
I have a Lance 981, with a slide. Factory says its 3500#s wet. Ready to camp its easly 4000#s. Its on a 2011 f350 SRW, which handles it fine, including towing a 14' enclosed trailer.. As far as a daily commutor, the truck is an aircraft carrier on wheels. For me the manuverability gained with a 2 ' shorter supercab vs the crew cab was negligable. Its still huge. I prefer the crew for the additional backseat storage. I have never owned a dually ,but as far as I can see , adding width (optional) of a dually , to the non negotiable lenghth of a pickup would make driving in tight quaters a horror show. Just watching the duallys in Home Depot parking lot unable to use single parking slots without the risk of being clipped or simply not fitting convinces me of this.
There are lighter versions of campers for 8' beds than mine out there. The late model pickups have greater capacities than the older ones. Newer campers are lighter too. Livin Light has a fullsized camper with a slide that looks to be 20% lighter than mine, plus its rot proof .
Look before you leap.

Sounds like you got a bunch of bad driver's. I daily drive mine, park it within the lines just fine and have found very few parking lots that are a pain. I'm not suggesting everyone run out and get a dually but I also don't think they are near as bad or inconvenient as some have mentioned.