DRW regrets?

kohldad wrote:
For those of you which have gone from a SRW truck to DRW, do you wish you had just gone with a lighter TC and stayed with a SRW?

looks like the DRW crowd hijacked your question :). Yeah I own a DRW 4x4 truck also but it has its limitations where I go at different times.

I've had three different TC's some years back. The first one was a 8' TC amd wife says bigger. So I came up with a 11.5' TC.
Having my own business with several one ton DRW trucks available I used one for the new 11.5' TC.

Making the same trips as previous years to our favorite places in CO/NM back country was no longer possible.

Sold the 11.5 footer and settled on a 9.5' model TC and a SRW. All was better then as we could go where we wanted.

Roadlover wrote:
Not for a moment. I love both my camper and truck.

X2

jimh425 wrote:
RZAR66, instead, you "needed" a completely different truck. :)

Yes, I completely agree with that statement.

RZAR66, instead, you "needed" a completely different truck. :)

Three weeks with my first dually, no regrets so far and it's my daily driver. First time with the camper on last weekend and it was very stable even with strong crosswinds driving down the freeway. What's even better, no aftermarket suspension helpers needed. With my SRW one ton Ford with the same camper I needed an aftermarket swaybar, shocks, upper and lower stable loads and Nitto tires.

kohldad wrote:
For those of you which have gone from a SRW truck to DRW, do you wish you had just gone with a lighter TC and stayed with a SRW?

No.

I wonder though if I should have gone with a Ram 4500 Flatbed instead of ''just'' a Ram 3500 dually.

AKSuperDually wrote:
I was recently stuck in the mud, when I really shouldn't have been....and it is easily blamed on the DRW. I just need another truck for getting firewood.

Other than the off-road performance, which I often could really use....I don't regret DRW at all.

I just need a half ton SRW truck for heading into the woods without a camper.

I've had 3 4x4 duallies and never had a problem getting stuck in dirt, mud, snow etc. All had lockers in the rear and performed just fine. I think tires are more of the issue. I off-road in them, too.

trail-explorer wrote:

Raften wrote:
My biggest gripe about a DRW is filling and checking tires.

My cousin says the same thing. He has to remove the wheel trim rings on the rear duals to get at the valve stem.

Buy some flexible valve stem extensions and it's a breeze. Extensions

Raften wrote:
My biggest gripe about a DRW is filling and checking tires.

My cousin says the same thing. He has to remove the wheel trim rings on the rear duals to get at the valve stem.

no regrets,1995 Silverado dually with a lance 915,its a heavy camper loaded with all of our stuff.Aftermarket sway bar helps the side to side motions