Do I need a dually?

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03-02-2011 | 10:19 PM

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Stargeezer

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So slippery it didn't even stick on the truck.

My fuurd would have been sitting there spinning. Been there, done that, paid the recovery bill - hate fuurd. Ram to arrive soon.

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03-02-2011 | 10:24 PM

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Colo_River_Ram

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From: The Gas Patch

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Originally Posted by Stargeezer

So slippery it didn't even stick on the truck.

That is a slick as it comes..

I am still voting for the single 19.5"s on a 4500. Put a puller bed on it or a pickup bed..

Go here and click on the custom truck bed link:

http://turnoverball.com/index.asp

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03-02-2011 | 11:40 PM

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Stargeezer

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NICE.. but, do have a clue what my wife would do to me if I started pulling the bed off my new 2011?????

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03-03-2011 | 01:02 AM

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SuperGewl

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Originally Posted by Stargeezer

If you have ever driven a dually and felt the stability, you KNOW it's better with a load. Logicly you are spreading the rear load across twice the contact surface, twice the tires, wheels and across a wider stance.

Yes, the spring packs are the same, but the tire sidewalls are only carrying half the load as a SRW tire, as are the wheel rims. Frankly, the tires will fail much sooner than the springs.

I've changed SRW tires that had sidewalls completely broken down after towing a max load for just 10,000 miles. The tires were rated high enough, and never went flat but the sidewall failed and the truck was almost uncontrolable in a curve.

I just built a bigger garage.

I'm buying a new DRW for these reasons and more.

Actually the spring packs are not the same. The Dually has an extra spring set on it, the only other one that has it is the older 3500's. On the 2011's only the Dually has the extra springs, not even the short or long wheel base SRW have them.

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