Dual Rear or Single Rear Wheels on Tow Truck?
Hi, I'm starting to research Trucks that are suitable for a TV. I've read the the HUGE discussion on Diesel vs gas so lets not go there! :-) This question is: Do I need Dual wheels or single ...
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Vulcaneer wrote:
My trailer is GVWR of 14,250. Pin weight and hitch about 2900 pounds. My 06 V10 F350 SRW pulls it just fine. My new F350 6.7L diesel Crew cab, FX4, SB, SRW, 3.55 RAR is rated to tow 15,700 and carry 3990 of pin weight. But interesting is that the RAM SRW would not come close to handling this load. Only Ford, GMC, and Chevy would carry the weight with room to spare.
A dually does have some disadvantages when not towing. First of all, dually's are not available in anything but a long bed. Sure they carry more weight. But if you need a crew cab for a family, then adding an 8 foot bed to a crew cab is one LOOOOONG truck. I think the Ford F350 CC Dually has a 171" wheelbase. And since a dually is about 18" wider at the hips, it makes it pretty wide too. If you can live with that fine. But with my 102" wide trailer and narrow winding driveway, I could not back my rig in with a dually. Not to mention the extra expense and space requirements of a dually.
If you really need a dually, then go for it. For me, I'll keep my needs below dually capacity. My truck tows about 30% of the time. So then I prefer not to have a dually for the 70% of the non towing time.
At one time you could get a Ford dually shortbed. I've seen some. Not sure if they still make them like that though.
