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Mannym319 · 07-27-2020, 07:39 PM

We just picked up the same rig about a month ago now (Sprinter 3570FWLFT) and we pull it with Ram 3500 DRW. My opinion and what a lot of others have already said is the DRW is not absolutely necessary but I do like the extra stability that it adds. Also I daily my truck and it’s not as bad as people make it seem.

grindstone01 · 07-28-2020, 06:18 AM

Don't try going through a drive thru with a dually.

This picture looks just like my 06 Dually after a rear tire blowout during a trip. I taped it to keep going, but it was a expensive repair on top of replacing the tire.

Captn John · 07-28-2020, 06:27 AM

It’s tight but I’ve made it through all so far. The only thing is the rails at a car wash, that will not work.

charliez · 07-28-2020, 06:32 AM

Drive through banks are much worse than restaurant driver thoughs

tuffr2 · 07-28-2020, 12:32 PM

You do not need a dually truck to crash.

https://youtu.be/n75I-XyBqrM

kdauto · 07-28-2020, 06:51 PM

I dunno guys, I go through drive-thrus all the time with my dually. I've gone through 4 or 5 automated car washes over the years on long trips. I have never been forced to back out and never scraped a fender. Worst I ever had to do is go slightly over a sidewalk with a front wheel to negotiate a real tight 90 degree bend at McDonalds.

My 2011 has solid steel bedsides and not a fiberglass tack on dually wheelwell. A blowout might make a small dent, I'm not sure though, real thick steel.

grindstone01 · 07-28-2020, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kdauto

I dunno guys, I go through drive-thrus all the time with my dually. I've gone through 4 or 5 automated car washes over the years on long trips. I have never been forced to back out and never scraped a fender. Worst I ever had to do is go slightly over a sidewalk with a front wheel to negotiate a real tight 90 degree bend at McDonalds.

My 2011 has solid steel bedsides and not a fiberglass tack on dually wheelwell. A blowout might make a small dent, I'm not sure though, real thick steel.

When that delaminated tire starts flopping around the wheel well at 50+ MPH, there will be some damage even to metal fenders. It will be equal to someone banging a sledge hammer to your steel fender.
A person may be OK with driving a dually, but you need to be on your top guard at all times. If you put your guard down for a minute and forget about those hips, that's when mistakes happen.

tuffr2 · 07-28-2020, 07:13 PM

True or not, I always felt if the mirrors fit then the hips will fit.

Anyone know it that is true?

grindstone01 · 07-28-2020, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tuffr2

True or not, I always felt if the mirrors fit then the hips will fit.

Anyone know it that is true?

They will fit unless you are backing up or making a tight turn. Also, the mirrors are positioned high on the truck body vs the fenders that are located much lower.

tuffr2 · 07-28-2020, 07:31 PM

Agree, going straight between two poles. But making a turn or different hight obstacles could let the mirrors go through but not the hips. Like a fire hydrant, the mirrors go over but not the hips.

Then of course in reverse where the wide fenders go 1st.

When I had my dually the fenders were perfect...lol, but not the tailgate.

kdauto · 07-28-2020, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by grindstone01

When that delaminated tire starts flopping around the wheel well at 50+ MPH, there will be some damage even to metal fenders. It will be equal to someone banging a sledge hammer to your steel fender.
A person may be OK with driving a dually, but you need to be on your top guard at all times. If you put your guard down for a minute and forget about those hips, that's when mistakes happen.

Outer skin is steel but the rear fender liner is some sort of fiberglass/plastic and really tough. It almost looks like carbon fiber.

RVnAggie · 08-08-2020, 10:59 PM

I'm probably a little late to the dance since your post is a month old, but speaking as someone who went from SRW truck to DRW, you will not be sorry you have two more wheels on the ground when towing your fiver. Do the math on the payload of both trucks vs loaded in weight plus occupants and everything else in the truck (and remember, the trailer gets heavier over time....things go in that never seem to come out.)

In short, if your weights vs capacities are good with the SRW, then it boils down to to asking yourself "How safe and comfortable do I want to be when towing?" The dually may not be absolutely necessary, but it is absolutely safer, more stable, and more comfortable when pulling your fiver, and not much different on a daily driver comparison if both are long beds. I have a terrible commute and park in a low clearance parking garage, so my wife (elementary school counselor) gets to drive our dually daily. We just tell folks the SRW was too hard for her to drive so she traded for one that has training wheels....

Happy Trails.