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JRscooby wrote: I wonder what makes the truck harder to maneuver in tight places, extra length or extra width?
Once you drive an F350 DRW without the wide track frontend you will go..ooohh that is what they are talking about.
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mellow wrote:JRscooby wrote: I wonder what makes the truck harder to maneuver in tight places, extra length or extra width?
Once you drive an F350 DRW without the wide track frontend you will go..ooohh that is what they are talking about.
Well, for a while I had a F150 Extended cab (not 4 door, just jump seat for kids), 8foot bed, and a F350 regular cab, duel wheel, 8 ft foot bed, at the same time. Now the 150 was mostly used as a car, and often PITA in parking lots. The 350 was used mostly for work, or commuting on days weather turned bad, left bicycle at work, but if I did stop at store, parking was no more of a problem.
And the number of wheels under it will not change width of camper.
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JRscooby wrote:Grit dog wrote:BeMurda wrote:Seems like I should order a DRW, I think I will go that direction and figure out how to live with it.
Hard to understand someone else’s thought process and frankly NOMB (none of my business). But I’d suggest if you can drive someone’s srw setup and get a feel for it first, that’s better than the potential buyers remorse of having a “hippy” truck that you otherwise don’t want or need.
I wonder what makes the truck harder to maneuver in tight places, extra length or extra width?
Super crew cab and 8 foot bed will be long enough to get stuck in both ditches at the same time. And I don't think the fenders will stick out past the camper. If, as OP stated, most of the use will be with camper loaded, why even think about not buying best setup for that use?
No you don’t “wonder”, you know. But we all know you’re a professional driver. That makes a difference.
Although to be fair much of the dually concern is negated by the OPs location. Not a lot of city drivin in Northern Canada. Unless he means Edmonton as that’s the only real city that might be considered Northern Canada. Either way the extra tires are a hinderance once the ground turns white.
It’s the OPs first truck. Prolly find out he likes driving it in general more than whatever in Northern Canada. But that’s as much supposition on my part as yours.
The other fact is, the majority of the time it’s not hauling a camper, there will be snow.
But it’s always a compromise. Have a truck that’s better for hauling a large camper and have a truck that’s worse at other things the rest of the time, or vice versa.
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Glad I didnt check on this site before I bought my camper, I would of had to updrade to a DRW to haul my 1725lb dry camper on my ram 2500 lol
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kirkl wrote:Glad I didnt check on this site before I bought my camper, I would of had to updrade to a DRW to haul my 1725lb dry camper on my ram 2500 lol
If you read enough you may have ended up in a 5500 flat bed!
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@terrybk, I don’t believe steel wheels (speaking OE vs OE) are rated any higher or stronger than aluminum wheels. Nor do I have a reason to believe that they are weaker.
Fwiw, the 1000s of work trucks I’ve been around for the last 35 years that get the absolute snot beat out of them traditionally were steel wheels as they’re usually base model trucks. Never seen a rim failure yet.
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kirkl wrote:Glad I didnt check on this site before I bought my camper, I would of had to updrade to a DRW to haul my 1725lb dry camper on my ram 2500 lol
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kirkl wrote:Glad I didnt check on this site before I bought my camper, I would of had to updrade to a DRW to haul my 1725lb dry camper on my ram 2500 lol
I guess this is supposed to be funny? Otherwise that weight of camper fully loaded should be well within cargo capacity for almost any 2500.
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JimK-NY wrote:kirkl wrote:Glad I didnt check on this site before I bought my camper, I would of had to updrade to a DRW to haul my 1725lb dry camper on my ram 2500 lol
I guess this is supposed to be funny? Otherwise that weight of camper fully loaded should be well within cargo capacity for almost any 2500.
Not when my payload is 2000 I think.
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JimK-NY wrote:kirkl wrote:Glad I didnt check on this site before I bought my camper, I would of had to updrade to a DRW to haul my 1725lb dry camper on my ram 2500 lol
I guess this is supposed to be funny? Otherwise that weight of camper fully loaded should be well within cargo capacity for almost any 2500.
Not even close to within “rated” capacity. Heck you were the first to post the “add 1000lbs” post in this thread.
Now my 1986 GMC 3/4 ton actually is…..which is evidence of how absolutely silly most all newer payload ratings are, especially considering many don’t understand why that is the case. 14 bolt semi floater, 3 speed trans, a whopping 180hp if it still had the original engine in it and a c channel frame that basically the same as the half tons of the same era.
It does have some big ole boot stompin drum brakes in back though. That is an upgrade when it comes to stopping power.
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