SRW vs DRW
At what weight / length FW is DRW a necessity? Realizing it's very subjective, but is there a consensus? Assuming everything else is equal on the tow rig.
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Hemling wrote:
We'll buy the truck first, tow our current TT with it, and then get a FW a few years later. When we go window shopping we never go down in weight or length, so I'm sure by the time we get around to buying a FW we will need a DRW.
Recognizing that length/weight always increase is 80% of the solution. My progression was 19' TT, 27' TT, 39' FW. If I'd gone right to the dually at the middle trailer, I'd have saved a fair amount of $$ and hassle..but didn't need a dually, so didn't get one.
Get whichever vehicle makes sense for you. There's no inherent qualities of either dually or SRW that can't be defined, evaluated, and compared to your planned use.
Not to further confuse the issue, but I've had several SRW's and DRW's with full 4-door crew cabs and full 8' bed. In those situations, the DRW vs. SRW adds mayby 5% more difficulty in daily use...but even the SRW crew cab / full size bed is 75% more difficult to work with than a single cab, 6.5' bed pickup...in other words, I've always found length to be the critical factor in the "is it hard to drive" determination; DRW much less so.
