Towing w/ Gas?
02-05-2021 | 10:53 AM
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This happened on the interstate when at dusk, I noticed my trailer lights were not working.
That's the SECOND time I've lost braking while towing. The first time I ruptured a hard brake line, and found out when I was entering a cloverleaf to get onto the interstate, could not slow down, and had to dart off into the cloverleaf.
I can tell you, it was sketchy as FOCK both times. And I had enough truck to cover my ass. You don't. Not even close.
Just like riding a motorcycle: you prepare for the crash; not the ride.
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02-07-2021 | 07:11 AM
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What’s the difference between the DRW and SRW on a 3500 besides the extra tires? At this point after hooking the boat we are buying up to the sellers truck, there looks to be lots of tongue weight. I’d rather stick to a SRW set up.
02-07-2021 | 07:26 AM
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I Do not know the weight carrying differences although I've always THOUGHT a DRW would be able to handle more. With that being said, this is my 4th dually. After a bad experience hauling a 32 ft enclosed tag trailer years ago & getting blown all over the road by high winds, I bought my first dually & have never looked back. My experience is that they are more stable when rolling down the highway in adverse conditions. Just my 2 cents.
02-07-2021 | 07:34 AM
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I'm not stirring the pot here, my concerns with the set up you have is that towing in any kind of a crosswind at highway speeds will make that thing a handful to keep straight. Also, the brakes are very very underrated for what you are doing no matter what the mfr says. I've towed tens of thousands of miles in my years, you tend to learn what is safe & comfortable & what is not. Anybody can hook a trailer to something & get going down the road. Having it handle correctly, having the ability to perform an evasive maneuver & to bring it to a stop is completely different. I wish you luck but common sense says your set up is an accident looking for a place to happen.
I've never claimed I wasn't overweight. It was the amount that I disagreed with. You have one guy trying to tell me that my boat alone weighs 15k lbs. I proved via other owners weighing the same boat and trailer set ups that my boat with 1/4 tank of fuel is at 10k or slightly less. His had a 400 lb genset and mine does not. You're assuming also that his wasn't set up to go boating by saying I haven't factored in fuel, water, beer etc. I said my tow rating is 9,200 which some apparently are still arguing with me about. They're quite comical actually. I defined what GVWR is after someone incorrectly mentioned what it is and how it's calculated. My argument has been and is that there is nothing actually unsafe about my set-up. If you go back to the beginning I haven't argued the legalities of it. I'm also not saying this is a set-up everyone should be running.
02-07-2021 | 08:52 AM
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I Do not know the weight carrying differences although I've always THOUGHT a DRW would be able to handle more. With that being said, this is my 4th dually. After a bad experience hauling a 32 ft enclosed tag trailer years ago & getting blown all over the road by high winds, I bought my first dually & have never looked back. My experience is that they are more stable when rolling down the highway in adverse conditions. Just my 2 cents.
02-07-2021 | 10:36 AM
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When I first got my boat before I changed up the trailer for more tongue weight , I towed it with a SRW and it swayed so bad I almost lost the boat .The trailer was in 2 lanes at once .
Same day I borrowed a dually and it towed 100x better .
They are way more stable .
Same day I borrowed a dually and it towed 100x better .
They are way more stable .
02-07-2021 | 11:19 AM
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2X the amount of contact patch.
Towing with a dually is definitely more stable. But you can make improvements to a SRW truck to make them tow drastically better. Ditching factory pizza-cutter wheels and tires and going to a wider footprint wheel/tire setup is key; as well as a wider track width which happens when you change
Usually a DRW truck comes with a steeper gear ratio; a 4.10 is most common; whereas a SRW will often have a 3.73 or 3.42. Some of those can be adjusted with options when ordering, or can be swapped out later.
I was a BIG DRW proponent. But now I tow with a SRW CC LB 1-ton; and I love my truck.
