Well it is finally gonna be time to get a new truck here this spring. I am definantly going to get a duramax, 01 or 02 because i love the front ends on them but I am kind of debating between getting a HD or a dually. I live on a small farm occasionally I will pull a cattle trailer with a load of calves going to the auction or I might be pulling a gravity wagon or ammonia tanks around. I really love the way duallys look and everything about them so I think I will get a dually if there is one around cheap enough. But I really like how you can make a HD "bad" though with bigger tires and whatnot. What would be some of the pros and cons that you guys could name off between a dually and a HD. Also what kind of milage difference would we be talking about here, or would the dually cost me more money in the long run?? THANKS!

SRW if you like drive-thru anything....

I've had my dually for two months now and love it. Granted, there isn't any drive through car wash that I can take it through but at least it handles very well, very stable when towing a loaded trailer. I was going to wait for the 2005 SRW but they made me such a deal on the 2004 DRW that I couldn't pass it up. I love this thing and would highly recommend it provided it suited your needs.

There might not be any carwashes for duallies near you, but they are out there. We just got one a few months ago.

off topic but I will say welcome to another Indiana member :ro)

where in northwest are you?

Duelly tows better if you going to do any towing get the duelly.

I have a dually and would recommend getting one if you tow a lot. It definately tows better than my 2500 did it is much more stable. I also like the ability to make a hd look mean though and a dually is harder to get around with.

SRW if you like drive-thru anything....

Funny, I drive through drive-thru's all the time! I get comments about how I "got it through there" I think it is easer to maneuver than my F@&D F250 by far... Yeah, it's a dually crew cab! The F@&D was a ext cab lb. :confused:

i would go with a single wheel. it is alot more virsitle unless you are towing every day i wouldn't get a dually

I'd go for the dually if you like the looks. I've had mine since Sept 04, have about 5K on it, and love it. Rides significantly better then the extended cab F250 4 x 4 I had, and a much better turning radius. I think you can make the dually's look pretty bad also. Gotta change those stock bicycle tires though.

I also think it matters where you live and what conditions your highways are in. Up here in Seattle, there are sections of the interstate where you have no room to give up on either side of the "training wheels". Just makes a long daily commute a bit more annoying. Duallys are also more difficult to park w/o getting brushed or bumped by the cars next to you. Gotta take up two spaces, and risk getting keyed up here...

The dually will cost more to operate than the SRW. For some odd reason, the tires don't last as long, and there are more of them. Mileage will be down slightly.

If you are towing heavy, DRW is the safest way to go. If you aren't? The SRW will be more practical.

I have both the 2500 and the 3500 in the exact same configuration less the duals. I had to adjust the rear suspension on the 2500 to handle the trailers that I have. Wife drives the 2500 as her DD, but loves it when I throw her the keys to the 3500.

Thanks. Im from around Rensselaer. Dont know if you are familiar with the small town. Its in jasper county. What kind of tires would you suggest for a dually?? I want some knobby mean looking tires that are maybe a little bit wider and bigger than stock. thanks!

Look at huw much pay load youir going to need. A long goose neck loaded may need the pay load capacity of a dually.Also duallies are easy to knock fenders off and tires cost is more. Kiddiong about the fenders, just be sure youi get enough payload capacity.

I had a dually before I got my HD. I did'nt have any problems getting through drive-thru's at BK, Taco Hell, and such, car washes were tricky.

The one time I let my girfriend drive it she had a tough time. Those plastic box sides are expensive! I told her "NO DRIVE-THRU'S!!!" a lot of good that did, 20 min. later she calls me crying.