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Re: [RC] Hey One Tonners (I mean your truck, not YOU) - Joe LongI owned two one-ton crew-cab duallies in the past, the first gas, the second diesel. I was pulling a four-horse steel bumper-hitch and carrying a pickup camper, and needed the duallies. When I bought my current truck, to pull an aluminum 3-horse gooseneck w/camper conversion, I didn't want all the extra size and expense. I bought a 3/4 ton, extended-cab, short-bed 4x4 (no dually), turbo diesel. I have not had one moment when I felt I had any lack of stability or braking power (and I live in Colorado and pull through the mountains a lot). The short bed is big enough to haul my stuff, and as the sleeping area in the gooseneck of the trailer is tapered a bit, I have no problem with clearance when turning or backing. You'll hear about folks breaking their back windows pulling goosenecks with a shortbed, but they are pulling eight-foot camper trailers with square noses. On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:30:49 -0800 (PST), Kristi Schaaf <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi to all of you not at convention...: - ( We currently pull our 3H 10' LQ trailer with an 4x4 F250 Powerstroke. Power-wise all's fine, and 'Blue' has served us well for 10 years, but after crossing Wolf Creek pass in southern CO a couple times last year, hubby said he really would like to have the bigger brakes of a 1 ton. Soo...even though we're still in the fantasy stage, we're hoping to get a 1 ton in the next year, probably a 4x2, and absolutely a diesel. Which leads me to my question. I know a few of the 'cons' of a dually (more tires, harder to find a parking spot), but for those of you who have hauled with both a dually and a regular 1 ton, do you feel it's worth those cons to have a dually? What we're looking for is a significant improvement in stability, safety and ride comfort (for horses and us). What say you, knowledgeable ones? Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot come Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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