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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transamz9 wrote: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.
I tow a 5'er that is very similar to yours in weight with a 2500 Ram and it handles it great. I also have a 3500 QC DRW and still choose to tow with the 2500.;)
No doubt, your 2500 SRW Ram can pull it and be fine. But is it rated on the sticker to do the job? I can tell you it is not. And the Ram spec's will bear that out. I wanted to buy a new Ram. The truck couldn't handle the load. Pretty simple. And if I am spending more than $55K on a new truck, I want to make sure it is rated to tow my trailer.
I can add bags, and axles, and tires, and springs, as well as, the next guy. But when I put my money down for a truck to haul my trailer, I want the confidence from the factory that the truck will do the job. Ram SRW won't handle the job.
Buy the way my 2006 F-350 V 10 did the job too. And it is also rated to do the job.
And Yes there were Short wheel base dually's available, back in the day. But not in this day. You want a new CC dually? It will be an 8 foot bed.
