DRW vs SRW safety, tire blowout
Every time the DRW vs SRW debate starts up, dually owners always point to the safety of having 4 rear wheels in case of a blowout while driving. What I am wondering is has anyone actually experienced ...
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For me it came down to availability of a solid used 1T pickup. I wanted a gasser as I am comfortable maintaining gas engines and didn't plan to tow at all (only haul TC). I found a sweet low mileage 3500HD
SRW gasser at auction for a good price. In the end, I can confirm that considering the expense and time of the mods I had to make, the DRW (gasser or diesel) would have been cheaper and would have gotten me out camping sooner.
Does you DRW get worse mileage due to the DRW, or, because of all the new emissions controls? I was under the impression that the DRW in an unto itself does not drastically decrease fuel economy.
I would love to do a 1-to-1 comparison of lateral stability between a SRW and DRW. Seems like a lot of DRW owners are still doing suspension upgrades to improve this aspect of the handling. My SRW has pretty solid lateral stability, but it took a lot of mods to get it there. I am sure DRW would be better in this respect in the stock configuration.
SRW gasser at auction for a good price. In the end, I can confirm that considering the expense and time of the mods I had to make, the DRW (gasser or diesel) would have been cheaper and would have gotten me out camping sooner.
Does you DRW get worse mileage due to the DRW, or, because of all the new emissions controls? I was under the impression that the DRW in an unto itself does not drastically decrease fuel economy.
I would love to do a 1-to-1 comparison of lateral stability between a SRW and DRW. Seems like a lot of DRW owners are still doing suspension upgrades to improve this aspect of the handling. My SRW has pretty solid lateral stability, but it took a lot of mods to get it there. I am sure DRW would be better in this respect in the stock configuration.
jimh406 wrote:
I haven't heard of or seen a wreck with a TC of any type.
A few here have blown out a rear tire, and other than the resulting damage the fenderwell etc were mostly ok.
I think the real danger results from a front tire blowout. I think in that case, a DRW won't help that much.
If you can't get by with a DRW for other reasons, it's a moot point. Otherwise, it's far cheaper to buy a DRW on the front side compared to adding 19.5s or heavier loading tires in 18s etc.
My old truck was a SRW because a DRW wouldn't work as my daily driver. It was simply too wide. After a few years, I started working somewhere with an even smaller parking lot. Then, my SRW was too long. That led to me buying a car to drive to work, and trading the SC SRW for a CC DRW. The DRW gets horrible fuel mileage compared to my old SRW, but otherwise, is a much. better platform for a TC.
