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Captain_Skip
Mar 22, 2015Explorer
Thanks all. I prefer the advice of all of you here over the salesman at the truck or camper dealer. They just want to sell the product, you all are living with it.
OK, based on what I'm hearing, my SAFEST way of handling one of the three campers I want is to bite the bullet and go with a DRW. My gut tells me this is the safest most stable method of carrying the camper. By the time I upgrade a SRW 1 ton I'll end up sinking more money into the truck than the added cost of the DRW. Thinking about it, bad things do happen on occasion....like a rear tire blowing out while doing 65 on the highway. I don't think I would want to trust my life or my wife's life to a single tire on a camper that heavy. I would imagine it could end up on it's side or back very easily. At least with the dually there's a safety margin with the second tire on each side.
I appreciate the input. It's time to start looking for a dually.....or else convince my wife that she can live with a wet bath model!
OK, based on what I'm hearing, my SAFEST way of handling one of the three campers I want is to bite the bullet and go with a DRW. My gut tells me this is the safest most stable method of carrying the camper. By the time I upgrade a SRW 1 ton I'll end up sinking more money into the truck than the added cost of the DRW. Thinking about it, bad things do happen on occasion....like a rear tire blowing out while doing 65 on the highway. I don't think I would want to trust my life or my wife's life to a single tire on a camper that heavy. I would imagine it could end up on it's side or back very easily. At least with the dually there's a safety margin with the second tire on each side.
I appreciate the input. It's time to start looking for a dually.....or else convince my wife that she can live with a wet bath model!
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