Jul-19-2015 08:16 AM
Jul-21-2015 06:48 PM
Jul-21-2015 08:58 AM
Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
You may want to tell you insurance company what you are doing also. I know for a fact that if you alter your vehicle from stock and do not notify your insurance they can and most likely will not pay the comp and or collision portion of your claim.
Don
Jul-20-2015 08:29 PM
Jul-20-2015 05:33 PM
Powerdude wrote:donn0128 wrote:
This will still not alter the GVWR sticker on your drivers door post. If your going to go this route, I would suggest you find a donor dually to take the bed, rear axle assembly from. Remember duallies also have different studs, longer to accompdate the dual wheels. Of course, once you have the bed painted to match the cab, and the donor parts your total cost would likely exceed the cost to trade plus cash for a real dually
Find a wrecked dually of your year, take the axle, and the door sticker. Replace your door sticker with the one from the dually.
Problem solved.
Jul-20-2015 04:40 PM
jims1 wrote:
Been there, Done that ,
Still bought a bigger truck
I converted a Dodge SRW to a DRW. Still didn't have enough braking power. Pulled fine, was much more stable, but our Carrilite is in the 18500lb range and the stopping power just wasn't there. Disks on the trailer, PacBrake on the truck, Powerslot rotors, EBC Green Stuff pads, and the weight of the RV would push the truck down the highway in an emergency braking situation.
Jul-20-2015 03:26 PM
Jul-20-2015 02:00 PM
Jul-20-2015 11:58 AM
flyairam wrote:
Sir,
My dilemma was almost exactly the same as yours; a paid-for well-equipped truck (2006 with 40,000 miles!), but preparing to buy a large RV. My fifth-wheel weighs within a few hundred pounds of yours and my RV garage is large enough for RV and truck, but not large enough for a dually.
After doing the research on my truck's running gear, sticker weights, and safe weights, I decided a tire upgrade was all I needed. I bought Vision Hauler 81 19.5 inch wheels from duallywheels4u and am very happy with this decision. The truck handles the RV very well with no stability problems whatever. It's actually more stable loaded than unloaded; these tires are designed to carry weight-and lots of it.
Without looking at your specific numbers, if your GM is like my Dodge, your axle is rated at something near 10,000 pounds. That leaves the tires as the weakest link, a legitimate safety concern.
Another poster (no names, no insult intended) suggested you would spend a lot of time or money to re-certify your weight capability. That's akin to re-certifying your toaster; nobody does it, nobody cares to do it, and nobody is overseeing that process (I'm LEO).
As for weighing your rig, a simple search will give you the answers to that question. It's easy but requires a little hassle of hooking, unhooking, etc.
Good luck with your decision.
Randy
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I have a 2011 Chevy 3500HD diesel, crew cab, long box, single rear wheel (SRW), 18,500 towing capabilities. I have seen conversion kits to convert my SRW to a dually, has anyone done this this? If so, are you happen with the results? I bought a 41 ft Heartland Big Horn 3750FL, 16K gvwr and I'm pushing the load capabilities for the SRW tires. I want to feel a little more secure with the camper load distribution on four dually tires vs. two. Any problems with this thinking?
Also, how can one weight the truck and camper to determine the pin weight? Thanks for your positive input and comments.
Jul-20-2015 07:56 AM
Jul-20-2015 07:49 AM
Jul-19-2015 08:23 PM
Jul-19-2015 06:58 PM
donn0128 wrote:
This will still not alter the GVWR sticker on your drivers door post. If your going to go this route, I would suggest you find a donor dually to take the bed, rear axle assembly from. Remember duallies also have different studs, longer to accompdate the dual wheels. Of course, once you have the bed painted to match the cab, and the donor parts your total cost would likely exceed the cost to trade plus cash for a real dually
Jul-19-2015 06:45 PM
BenK wrote:
You'd spend more having it certified with a new GVWR than just going out
and buying a dually...
Jul-19-2015 01:03 PM