3500 - SRW VS. DRW

Todd727 · Aug 2, 2012

newbury said:
That will put you in CDL class REAL easy.

Not with farm plates in most states.

slowzuki · Aug 2, 2012

Something some guys who max their duallies out can tell you, if you are fully loaded and lose a rear tire, the remaining tire is overloaded you generally won't get far before it fails too, even slowing down. I should be clear, won't get far in terms of a trip. You will need to find another tire as you won't be able to run at highway speed.

jeffsw6 · Aug 2, 2012

The real issue with a flat is what happens to the tire -- does it rub up against something, get hot, and start a fire? As we all know, once a tire starts burning, it is real hard to put it out, even with a fire extinguisher. So if you have a flat and don't notice it, count yourself lucky your truck didn't burn up!

Soundguy · Aug 2, 2012

slowzuki said:
Something some guys who max their duallies out can tell you, if you are fully loaded and lose a rear tire, the remaining tire is overloaded you generally won't get far before it fails too, even slowing down. I should be clear, won't get far in terms of a trip. You will need to find another tire as you won't be able to run at highway speed.

with single.. with a blowout.. you may be up the creek.. with a dual rear wheel.. you have a lil better chance of keeping control and pulling over at least.

WORST case is you drop the trailer.. or limp to an offramp.

single rear might have you in the median or a ditch.. ( might get there with the dual as well.. but a lil better chance to avoid catastrophie .. )

Fi-Q · Aug 2, 2012

I went from an 03 2500 duramax to a
06 3500 DRW duramax. towing wise it is awesome. But man it sucks of road and in the snow, it is really bad in the snow. But except the off road thing, i do love the truck. Going from srw to drw male a whole diffrence when towing.