I tow my 35 mistress with a dually 3500 V-10 Dodge. Bad gas mileage. It gets around 8 towing. However for the amount that I tow, hard to justify the higher cost of the diesel. Never recoup the money in the long run. If you plan on poker running all over and long trips the diesel would be the better choice. I like the extra security of the dual wheels. Never loose.

I have a one ton Ford Power Stroke short box pickup pulling a 38 PowerQuest . Tows great even at 70. Prior to the one ton I used a ford Excursion, worked pretty good but on the highway with traffic it got loose after 60.
The one ton is your best choice, the dual wheels would be even better but they are such a hassel to get around with when not towing. The one ton 4WD single is the best all around hauler for your boat.

http://www.hotboat.com/forums/showth...ghlight=dually

3500 SRW will do the job just fine.

and get the perfect color!!!

My wife's K3500 Chevy dooley with the 496 gets great gas milage! Pulls like a dream.

A 1 ton seems pretty unanimous. The only question is Dually vs. SRW. That answer seems to hinge on how much and how far you tow.

DWR seems safer in general but kind of awkward for the other 300 days of the year. Is there a rule of thumb that makes SWR acceptable on the interstate? It would be VERY interesting to hear from those of you who have used both.

How far/how much does not matter at all. I have 18-wheelers that blow by in front of my house at 45-75 mph 12 hours a day 5-6 days a week. I might only be a few hundred feet from my house when a 18-wheeler does something that requires me to react in a way that my Dually can handle, but a SRW will not have handled as well.

You can not have too much truck. (Nor trailer, nor hitch.)

I constantly see the phrase "I'm not going far.." posted in these threads and I'm not sure I understand what the person means nor their logic behind the comment.

Now, I have, on occasion, pulled my Apache from the storage place to my shop using my Excursion. It's about 3/4 mile down a road with a 25 MPH limit. I'm certainly exceeding the tow limits of an Excursion, yet I've never felt I was acting imprudently. If I lived that far from where I boated, I probably wouldn't even own a big truck. I'm guessing that's not what is usually meant when someone posts the "not too far" thing.

The other one is the "Not doing it very often..." one and my favorite is "I'm really careful". Had I known about those two tricks, I could have saved myself a small fortune.

A SRW truck will get the load moving and will get the load stopped under everyday/normal driving condition. In your daily driver, how often have you had someone else do something stupid that required you to hit the brakes or swerve to avoid what THEY did. I'm willing to bet this chit happens close to your house as well as far away. The extra set of wheels in the back make a HUGE difference in this case. While I agree a dually as a daily driver is impractical there are ways around it.
Sydways, like myself, has a small/"beater" as a daily driver so the dually stays home all week. I bought my F-350 1 year ago and have racked up an amazing 2,800 miles on the truck!!! Since winter is nearly here it will probably only have 300-400 more on it til spring.