Dually ride vs regular truck

CumminsDriver wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
My 15 RAM Dually with factory rear air ride with the rear tires at 35psi rode as good or better than a friends 3500 GMC SRW short bed.

Loaded and unloaded the truck rides GREAT!!!

Sounds like you changed your position on the ride quality...

OP,
Depending on your wife's back issue I would seriously consider a Motorhome. If anything you can get up and walk around. We have a Dodge DRW 07 model and that rides terrible and has been retired as a daily driver (because of the ride)to pulls a cattle trailer ever now and then. We even put a Ranch Hand front bumper on it to help with the ride.

I don't know why your Dodge Dually rides so bad, I've owned 2007 and 2009 Dodge Duallys and I thought the ride was pretty good for Dually pickups, and both were setup to haul a 5000 lb slide in camper. The 2013 Chevy 2500HD I had before my current truck in signature rode harsher than the Dodge Duallys. Some of that was due to having to run no less than 60psi in the rear tires when the truck was empty because of the TPMS. My current Chevy Dually rides great for what it is. No TPMS on it enables me to run 40 psi in the rear duals empty.

"I thought the ride was pretty good for Dually pickups" is a very relative term. The 07 truck I mentioned was by BIL daily driver truck and although he doesn't have back problems he just grew tired of the rough ride. Again the OP is asking if these trucks ride are suitable for someone with back issues and having a truck that bounces around and jolts you is not going to set well with a back problem no matter how comfortable the seat is.

Having said my dad's new '16 Chevy Duramax 2500 also has a surprisingly rough ride but he thinks he has to run 70psi in his tires due to the TPMS. I think he'll he figure out what is the lowest psi required pretty soon.