Pickup truck tow vehicle stability tests
Always lots of anecdotal statements on rv.net around dual wheel vs single rear wheel "stability". Anyone have any links that point to actual testing results under controlled conditions?
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transamz9 wrote:Huntindog wrote:
And as for comparing a dually with a SRW that is 5 years newer and stating that the newer SRW is better.... Well that depends on just what 5 year span one is talking about. From about 2000-2010, capabilities were pretty constant. The big three substantially redesigned and upped the capacities from 2011-2013.... But those capacities were raised for the duallys as well. So that argument falls flat.
No the argument don't fall flat. Dually is a dually as far as what everyone is saying. The way all the people that are pushing the "dually is more stable" push sounds like it don't matter if you buy a 1990 DRW or a 2015 it will always be more stable than a SRW truck. I'm saying that's wrong and misleading.
I agree, HUGE difference between a 1990 Dually and a 2015 dually, MONSTER differences in GVWR, RAWR, GCWR....In fact a 2015 2500 (Ram), has a higher GCWR than my 2010 Ram 3500 Dually...doesn't have the GVWR, or RAWR, but you couldn't compare an 03 2500 like I had to a 2014 and up 2500 of today....
I don't "push" anyone into getting a dually, (I have ZERO control over someone's purse stings that I've NEVER met)....one will read opinions and experiences and glean from there..and as I've stated quite often, the rest will be using basic math skills and some common sense....nothing more, nothing less...
I still think, after towing same weight 5er, over the same mountainous, curvy terrain at the same speeds with both a SRW truck and a DRW truck, that in those conditions, the DRW offered a more "stable" towing experience (in fact even the wife stated so),
It's not "wrong" and it's not "misleading", but I'm not talking about 1990 dually's either, when in these discussions, unless someone states a certain year and model, then I'm basing on new to new, (in my case, from 2010 through now)....a 3500 SRW truck can handle weights that my 2010 dually could and some, more...BUT, the towing experience is a tad different...don't know if I could say that if I were towing in the "flatlands" or on hilly terrain...talking about where "I'VE" personally told with both..
