SRW or DRW?

okan-star wrote:

What gets me is the front dana 60 on 94-02 trucks. The diffrence between the dually and the single rear is only the unit bearing hubs and the dually spacers . The highest rating I can find for it is 5200 lbs , the front of my truck empty is 4780 lbs , not much to spare, Dana even refered me to that #, it must be more.
http://dodgeram.org/tech/specs/axle/axlespecs.html

The 3rd gen's are even worse. The front axle for a 2500 Hemi is the same as a DRW CTD, 5200lbs from 03-09.

The lightest I have ever seen my front axle is 4750, which ironically was the heaviest the GVW has been at 12090. I had enough weight behind the rear axle the front got a bit lighter.

With 6 people in the cab and a trailer hooked up I was at 5340 last month, it would have been around 5500 without a trailer.

Empty (normal gear in the tool box, about 400lbs), without a driver and full fuel I came in at 4950 last week.

It's one of the reasons I went to a spin free with bigger bearings, and better ball joints.

In 2010 it did increase to a 5500lbs axle, and as of 2013 the 3500's have a 6000lb front axle.

okan-star wrote:
Just mulling it over before I spend on SRW vision 19.5 `s
I love my SRW and have way to much on it to start over again , but also looking for used 2001.5-2002 HO Duallys

Your rear axle is way beefy :)

The SRW 19.5's are great, I haven't regretted them once yet. Stable, smooth, and just feel like a better tire. I am glass smooth up to 73, and start to get a slight (really slight) vib at 74-75 that is about the same thru 80 (as fast as I have had them since they have a 75 mph rating). I am not sure if it's tires, driveline, or both.. but the road condition makes it worse. A smooth new road is smooth as glass at 75.

A DRW would help with weight, but I do too much driving on roads where a DRW would be a poor choice.