Dual rear wheel or single rear wheel?

Veebyes wrote:
Funny how the SRW people try to justify their being overweight or being just under spec. The day may come when you find yourself driving across the windy plains or across a windy Rocky Mountain pass & you will be wishing you had thatextra stability of a DRW. Lots of people go from SRW to DRW. Very few go the other way. Why?

Most SRW people are not justifying anything. The DRW guys are the ones constantly trying to justify why they have more wheels. Some need them but few don't. If "a lot" of people were switching then you would probably see it at the dealership. I know location are different but around here 95% of the HD trucks on the lots are SRW and 99% of those are 2500s. Actually 15 years ago they carried more DRW truck in stock then now so I see the opposite around here.

I also don't know why mountains are always used as worst case scenarios. If you've ever tried to navigate to some of the lakes and such around here you'll realize that mountains are not that bad. I have literally seen the tail lights on my boat looking out my drivers side window going down switchbacks getting to campgrounds.

As far as wind goes , I get blown around in my DRW truck just as much as I do in my SRW. Yes I have both (2005 Ram 2500, 2016 Ram 3500 SRW and 2017 Ram 5500). Drive them both daily. I've even when as far as having two trucks to tow with (2005 Ram 2500 SRW QC SB and 2010 Ram 3500 CC QC ) and I preferred to tow my rig with the 2500 SRW SB and traded the DRW truck off for a Corvette. When I bought my newest truck I got every option that was available except DRW because I don't need or want it. So I guess I'm one of the few and I've never regretted going with my SRW .