Ram SRW

With the weight of trailer YOU DO NOT NEED A DUALLY!!! Just look at the tow ratings of each truck.

JIMNLIN wrote:
The SRW with 3.42 gears will do fine.
The 3500 DRW with the same 3.42 gears is rated at around 20k lbs tow rating.

We have a couple of members who pulled 18k-20k 5th wheel trailers with the 3.42 DRW. They report no issues.

The 3500 SRW has a 7000 rawr and may weigh 3400-3500 lbs on the rear axle leaving the truck with around 3500-3600 lb load in the bed. The truck is going to be close to max loaded depending on how much you load in front of the trailers axles and the rear half of the truck. Load both on the light side and the truck will carry the load fine.

My buddy has an XLR thunderbolt with around a 3,000 pound hitch weight. He bought a 2013 super duty SRW powerstroke. I told him to get a dually but he didn't. He towed it all over Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota last summer for 3 weeks. He had no problems in heat, wind, rain etc.

Yes a dually will be more stable, but as long as you are within weight, you'll be fine with a SRW.

Lantley wrote:
Redwood 38RL

Hitch Weight 2828 Ship Weight 13672 GVWR 16500

Those numbers put you in dually territory!

I must have looked at the wrong specs. At 16.5k I think a SRW would work just fine. I was thinking it had a gross weight of 17.9k. With the 3.42s you may drop a gear lower but with a 6 speed that's ok.

I would give the '17 Super Duty F350 SRW a hard look since it rated to tow a 21k lb fifth wheel. With a new rear end and rear leaf pack for the F350 these trucks are a hoss.

The SRW with 3.42 gears will do fine.
The 3500 DRW with the same 3.42 gears is rated at around 20k lbs tow rating.

We have a couple of members who pulled 18k-20k 5th wheel trailers with the 3.42 DRW. They report no issues.

The 3500 SRW has a 7000 rawr and may weigh 3400-3500 lbs on the rear axle leaving the truck with around 3500-3600 lb load in the bed. The truck is going to be close to max loaded depending on how much you load in front of the trailers axles and the rear half of the truck. Load both on the light side and the truck will carry the load fine.

Yeah, with that weight id do a dually. And of course once the dually option is picked you get a choice of 3:73 or 4:10 with the Ram.

Redwood 38RL

Hitch Weight 2828 Ship Weight 13672 GVWR 16500

Those numbers put you in dually territory!

3.42s would be fine with the CTD, but you're pushing the limit of SRW. The max GVWR on that trailer is slightly heavier than the tow rating on a SRW Ram. It would work if you didn't load up to max but close, imo. I think the new Super Duty has a higher tow rating with the Powerstroke so you might check that out if you can live with the CP4 injection pump. Or check out the new Dmax - I'm not sure what the ratings are on them, but they finally went away from the CP4.

I understand not wanting DRW. I'll never own one unless it's a dedicated tow vehicle - they're worse at literally everything other than towing/hauling compared to SRW.

I agree with grit dog. Look at chev as well. How heavy is the trailer? If you don't want a dually because it is used for other things then you don't need to get one. There are options.

Well you can get 3.73s in a Duramax srw and multiple gear options in a Ferd.
If you're not set on Ram.