I may be in the market for a new truck soon and I'm not sure whether or not I'm going to get the 6.2 gasser or the big 6.7 diesel. I am aware of the general pros and cons of each (mileage, maintanence, longevity etc...) I would like to have a dually flatbed regardless of which engine I get but I do have a question. When pulling loads with the 6.2 would the beefy dual wheel suspension be wasted because the gas engine can't pull as much as the suspension can handle? Basically what I'm asking is, is it even worth getting a dually if I get the 6.2, because possibly single wheels could handle anything the engine could? Although I do know the 6.7 is obviously much more powerful and has a ton more torque, I'm not very educated on the difference in power between the 2 engines, or towing in general. I've only done small towing in the past but I plan to do more heavy duty soon. So all opinions would be great

 

I would suggest going to the ford web site and looking at the tow spec's. From personal experience I currently have a 1996 CCLB Dually 4.10 w/7.3L Diesel (approx. 12,000# tow rating) I pull dozen or so times a year a 13,000# fifth wheel does a good job, but I am upgrading to a 15 CCLB w/6.2L 4.30 Gas single rear wheel (15400# tow rating) . This truck will be my occasional tow vehicle and my daily driver. Since this truck will be 90% DD I went with gas due to maintenance and fuel cost. If I was towing 50% or more it would have been diesel. My point being you need to decide what will work best for you.

PS My #1 reason for single rear wheel is so I can run the darn thing thru a car wash.

PPS Welcome to the Fourm

 

Yeah the CarWash is a good point. I've just heard so many things about duallies being more stable on the highways with big wind catching loads (a big *** travel trailer for instance, which I plan to use my next truck to pull). But if an f350 with the 6.2 is rated to tow that much I guess you answered my question. Which probably means I'll go with the dually gas 😁

 

def check the ford spec's. The dually versions tow and haul more and have higher class hitch.

carwash is a con, so is extra tolls in some states just because you have 6 tires instead of 4.

The empty weight of a dually is more than single.....enough to put you in a different wieght class and change your tolls in PA for example which weight your veicle at tolls.

 

PS Thanks for the welcome!

 

I'm in Oklahoma and don't do much toll rode traveling so no issue there. After some more research I think I'll get the dually whenever new truck time may come

 

If you are pulling a TT of any size and there are tons of wind out there it really isn't going to matter much if you are pulling it with a F350 SWR or a F350 DRW. I have talked to a lot of RVers who started with big TT's and couldn't wait to trade them in for a 5th wheel because of pulling them in the winds. I have been across country with my F350 6.7 SRW pulling a heavy fiver in cross winds of 40mph and didn't have any problems. I have Firestone bags but I don't know if that makes a whole bunch of difference. Would a dually handle those same winds better? Don't know, maybe.....never owned one.