DRW vs SRW Trucks

adambeck7 wrote:
yea, you can make it down many (most?) FS roads with a dually, but like i said there's also a lot of FS roads that a dually pickup truck with a triple slide 4000lb camper will not make it down that a SRW with a 3000lb non-slide camper will make it.

i've noticed that many FS roads here in CO (where there are good non-crowded dispersed camping spots) are more like very rocky trails than they are logging roads or bumpy FS roads.

That likely has more to do with the overall size of the behemoth triple slide camper, versus the smaller camper, rather than how many tires are on the rear of the truck.

Those giant, multi slide campers are built to maximum width, maximum length, maximum height and maximum weight and are not well suited to real off roading, regardless if the truck has duals or super singles.

I'm in with the 'smaller is better' school of thought, where truck-mounted campers and off roading are concerned.

I need to build a 2x4 frame under the new camper to set it higher, for more roof/overcab clearance. Also, if I were doing more serious off roading, I would be wanting to put it on a regular 2 door cab truck, instead of my crew cab, with it's wide turning radius and low breakover angle.