SRW vs DRW
Good morning everyone hope your all doing well, So just recently we built a home off of a lake we used to camp at regularly, by doing that we've cut our camping in maybe half.... we spend our usual 1 ...
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Grit dog wrote:Lantley wrote:
Your right that is a little different scenario.
I'm more or less OK with the SRW for what you are proposing however 18K combined becomes a lot of weight for the SRW to stop....Especially a panic stop.
In the end the main reason to get a dually is for the additional braking power.
Additional braking power?
Maybe you can expound on how a srw vs a dually (same truck/model, apples to apples) has different braking power. And don't go down the less tires = less braking power. I'd challenge the ability to lock up the wheels on a srw with a big load in the back.
That said, I'm the antithesis of the weight cops on here and could or would tow virtually anything able to be towed with a dually, with a srw provided it wasn't seriously overloading the truck chassis.
BUT, if there was ever a case for having training wheels on a pickup truck, towing a significant set of doubles is it.
Yes the two extra tires on the ground makes a huge difference when braking. BTDT. The dually will have significant more braking power that you will notice from the drivers seat.
In the OP's scenario the only significant reason to go dually would be for better braking. A SRW will have adequate payload.
Since he's double towing installing disc brakes on the trailer would not be a bad idea either.
You don't realize/feel how bad the electro magnetic brakes perform until you compare them to disc brakes.
