How Wide is a Dually? Always Need Dually Jacks?

There's no way my 2009 Silverado Dually will get get under my AF911 without dually swingout brackets

Kayteg1 wrote:
Ties on dually don't stick farther than rear fenders, so at least that issue is out.

well there not supposed to, the same with the front, not supposed to stick out past the fenders, but all the kids are doing it.

Ties on dually don't stick farther than rear fenders, so at least that issue is out.

Good point about the jack feet. I had my jacks on concrete blocks so they had less "travel" to do, and also to give them wider feet. This meant I had to squeeze past the blocks low down with my SRW and the 90 inch spacing between jacks--except at the bottom where it was much less spacing.

My "belly bars" are receivers with the parts that stick out with the chains on them inserted into the receivers and bolted. I had to put them in after sliding in the camper and sitting it down on the truck because the blocks were in the way of the belly bar receivers.

The buyer's truck had belly bars that stuck out already a little with the chain holders on the ends. So he got half way in and couldn't get past the blocks. Couldn't shift the blocks with the camper jacks on them. Had to start over and re-sit the camper on the saw horses to raise the jacks off the blocks and lower the jacks to the ground then raise the camper and do the slide in.

So it must be very difficult with a dually and belly bars that stick out like his did. The two piece kind like mine allows for blocks under the jack feet if you need to do that.

When I bought the TC the previous owner had it stored in his backyard on a very soft spot. One side of my truck would sink and it was quite an experience to get loaded. I don't think the previous owner had ever loaded it on his truck. Probably took 2 hours to get it on there. I store it on a gravel pad with the 5th. Not much sinking issue.
I'm right at my 4018# payload, around 3900#. If we change 5th wheels to a heavier model I will go to a dually.
Comment about a jack spacer....I have to use plywood 1" spacer in the front of my truck bed. If not I can't open the back doors of the truck, they hit the folded dually jacks. A jack spacer will aggravate that issue unless it is between the truck and jack as opposed to the folding "wing" and jack itself. If I'm visualizing the jack correctly.

I haven't made the measurements but suspect you are pretty close. I just unloaded and loaded my 2017 Arctic Fox 990 and 1.5" on each side is about what I had. On my 2001 Adventurer 90RDS I used 2" Aluminum spacers. Both campers on a 2003 RAM3500.

When I had my 1150 Artic Fox with swing out jacks I had about an inch and a half room between the tires and the jacks and when we sold it I delivered the unit because I didn't want them fitting the truck to camper in my driveway, it looked under rated so I offered to deliver.

Bill

Kayteg1 wrote:

TxGearhead wrote:
OK...I have 100 inches clearance between my swing out brackets. If I go dually I'm guessing I will have at least 3 inches total clearance between the rear fenders??
RAM site says 96.5 width, if I'm interpreting it right.

3" clearance is good on flat spot, but it shrinks very fast on slopes.
Bare in mind that most likely you will drive over jacks footing, so pay attention to make sure they have good inner support.

TxGearhead wrote:
OK...I have 100 inches clearance between my swing out brackets. If I go dually I'm guessing I will have at least 3 inches total clearance between the rear fenders??
RAM site says 96.5 width, if I'm interpreting it right.

3" clearance is good on flat spot, but it shrinks very fast on slopes.
Bare in mind that most likely you will drive over jacks footing, so pay attention to make sure they have good inner support.

Wide, very wide.

OK...I have 100 inches clearance between my swing out brackets. If I go dually I'm guessing I will have at least 3 inches total clearance between the rear fenders??
RAM site says 96.5 width, if I'm interpreting it right.