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Old 10-16-2019, 01:19 PM   #21
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2017 ram 3500 are megacab. With our 3610 montana we were 200 lbs over..we bought the dually now..dually is determined by weight in bed.. that's it.. check gvwr of your truck. You may find out after you and the wife and whatever else you still may be over. Gvwr and rawr..
 
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Old 10-16-2019, 02:23 PM   #22
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We did the numbers on the Truck and Montana and the dually met all the specs. We did not chose the dually the specs did.
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Old 10-16-2019, 03:09 PM   #23
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IMHO and from experience, pulling my 16,000# Mobile Suites around the country with my 1 ton saw Chevy diesel was fine. No problems at all. I have no use for a dally.
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Old 10-16-2019, 03:10 PM   #24
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1 ton SRW diesel crew cab. Damn auto correct.
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Old 10-16-2019, 03:25 PM   #25
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1 ton SRW diesel crew cab. Damn auto correct.
One of those inconvenient conveniences. But you can go back and edit your post even after you have clicked submit. At least within some defined time frame that I don’t remember how long it is.
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Old 10-16-2019, 03:45 PM   #26
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My opinion on this subject is that I will never own a srw to tow ! On a 6000 mile return trip 20 minutes from home I had a blowout ! Driver’s rear inner wheel !
You can imagine what could’ve happened if it was srw!
You don’t see tractor, trailers with srw and there’s a reason for it !
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Old 10-16-2019, 04:12 PM   #27
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Personally, i do not like duallys.



With that said, any one ton will work for you. It is that simple.
The exception to me would be if you are going to try to pull a desinger suites or new horzion. Otherwise, a SRW one ton is great.

I hate to disagree, but for a chevy 2019 or older the 3/4 ton and 1 ton srw are about equal as for as payload, hitch and 5th wheel ratings. The 1 ton diesel will give you about 2,000 more on the 5th wheel hitch with srw, the gaser is the same as the 3/4 ton.



When you go to drw diesel is where you really increase the payload, hitch and 5th wheel ratings, and safety.


This is for chevy 2019 and older.


I like the safety. Seen several 5th wheel rollovers because a rear tire blew on a srw.


Seen some that blew, did not roll, but lots of money to repair the damage of the blow out.


I am sure blowouts happen on drw, but have not seen any.
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Old 10-16-2019, 04:19 PM   #28
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My opinion on this subject is that I will never own a srw to tow ! On a 6000 mile return trip 20 minutes from home I had a blowout ! Driver’s rear inner wheel !
You can imagine what could’ve happened if it was srw!
You don’t see tractor, trailers with srw and there’s a reason for it !
Sorry but yes you do. Michelin develop single tires for tractor trailer several years ago and I see them all the time. They get better fuel mileage.
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Old 10-16-2019, 04:32 PM   #29
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I never wanted a dually or long bed. Pulling my new Montana with my 2016 F350 I was more than 1200# over payload with an empty aux fuel tank. Not much difference in ride. If backed into a parking space with mirrors in parking is no problem. Height no difference than the last truck. It may stick out a tad farther but no big deal. This is my TV and DD. In just under 3 years there was 147k on my last truck, I'm not afraid and OP should not be either.
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Old 10-16-2019, 04:48 PM   #30
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You don’t see tractor, trailers with srw and there’s a reason for it !
They do. They are called super singles.
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Old 10-16-2019, 04:56 PM   #31
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We had a inner dually blow a couple of years ago. Helen was driving and said something did not feel right I noticed nothing . We pulled over and sure enough the inner dually was flat. We got it into a nearby truck stop and they did the repair. I was glad we had the dually on that one.
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Old 10-16-2019, 05:06 PM   #32
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I am towing a 38' Montana with a SRW F350 and think it tows just fine, even with strong sidewinder it is very stable, I just wish the brakes were a little more robust, they smell a little hot at times. I am thinking about installing some good slotted rotors and new pads.
It is bad enough trying to find parking without rear duels.
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Old 10-16-2019, 05:23 PM   #33
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I am towing a 38' Montana with a SRW F350 and think it tows just fine, even with strong sidewinder it is very stable, I just wish the brakes were a little more robust, they smell a little hot at times. I am thinking about installing some good slotted rotors and new pads.
It is bad enough trying to find parking without rear duels.
Real stability comes with a dually and not running at or near the trucks capacity like everyone says "don`t even know it`s back there". Like the braking issue, spend your money on disk brakes for the camper you`ll never go back to shoes and likely will be near the cost of after market slotted disks and trailer towing red pads from a real brake pad supplier.
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JRogers, Diesel does not increase payload, diesel will typically increase tow rating. DRW increases payload. DRW diesel will have lower payload number than DRW gas. Just to be clear.
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Old 10-16-2019, 07:11 PM   #35
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I have owned both. I was uncomfortable with driving at at maximum payload and opted for dually which put me at 60% of payload. I’m just more comfortable in everything being as far from the engineering limits as possible.
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Old 10-16-2019, 08:22 PM   #37
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Old 10-16-2019, 08:28 PM   #38
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SRW to DRW

We had a 2015 SRW Ram 3500 diesel. Great power and handled our 3610 great. Just traded it off 2 days ago for a 2019 DRW Ram 3500 diesel Dually. Several reasons. But boiled down to stability and peace of mine. Drove it home 200+ miles and had no clue the rig was attached over 2 high passes. The ride was a dream, smooth & comfortable. The SRW 1 Ton rode like a truck with crappy springs & stiff shocks. Rode like a truck. The DRW was night & day different. DW is happy so I’m happy.
BTW Dave Smith Motors in Kellogg Idaho makes fabulous deals, saves thousands of dollars and will even buy your plane ticket to come pick it up. Did it for my brother 3 times (lives in Vegas). This is our 3rd purchase also. Deals in GMC, Chevy, Ram (trucks)
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Old 10-16-2019, 08:33 PM   #39
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Went to Dave smith.. out of 400 rams, not one 3500 dually, raisin. Auto level..
Congrats on the new truck.
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Old 10-16-2019, 09:00 PM   #40
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My opinion on this subject is that I will never own a srw to tow ! On a 6000 mile return trip 20 minutes from home I had a blowout ! Driver’s rear inner wheel !
You can imagine what could’ve happened if it was srw!
You don’t see tractor, trailers with srw and there’s a reason for it !
I concur with Lynwood. There are many 18 wheelers on the road using srw. The HEB fleet has changed over most of their tractors in Texas. Even many of the trailers are using the same wide wheels and tires.
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