Just tossing this out there. im sure you guys know a lot more about trucks than i.

I was telling a friend that the F350 dooleys in a ford have always looked better to me than a non dooley....bla bla bla.... Then some where down the line i said a 08 F350 with all options i want is $48140 (msrp) and the same exact same truck with out the dooley (but in a short bed) was $47,160 MSPR... So there is really only about $980 bucks difference in a dually and non...

Then he said well if you go to sale a dually no matter what motor option ( im looking at the V10) is always worth more than a non dooley...

So you guys that tow and travel what do you think?

 

I think that you will always find that a dually will cost more than a single rear wheel truck, if the options are the same and so on. Duallya are great work and towing vehicles, but at the sametime are not for the average commuter. I think that is why the price pretty much evens out when new. I would say that when selling them used, a dually will be slightly more expensive. Some people assume duallys are always worked harder than single rear wheel trucks because they are made for it. I have found that most duallys I looked at are more beaten around the edges than the single wheel trucks. But, that could just be me or a coincidence.

 

If I was buying a 50% or more tow usage truck or intended a seriously large slide in camper then the dually is the best way to go for max rear axle weight and stability

But for occasional tow haul usage the max capacity of the SRW is good enough.

Final resale will always depend on the local market so I doubt any one of us could make an accurate prediction--- my thought is there are an equal amount of pluses and minuses for resale time

the dually does have a few down sides:

6 tire rotation and replacement costs are obviously higher

Tire size selection is much more limited as are rims -- the dually set up requires a specific amount of clearance between the tire sidewalls and impacts your choices

Brakes and limited slip clutches take a harder beating with the dually tire setup

Although it is only a myth, many folks think that parking a dually is more troublesome so I suppose that might hurt resale marketing to "suburbanite" potential "customers"

The dually tire setup tends to have LESS traction in grass fields from my experience

The dually tire setup is superior on muddy back roads but sucks on loose gravel from my experience

When my son's truck is side lined (often, it is a diesel Dodge) he borrows my SRW F350 to haul round bales out of wet fields. We put fat (13 inch wide) aggressive flotation tires on the rear and he has no problems with the exceptionally heavy axle weight sinking the SRW rear end

 

In my area, daully seem to always go for much higher price and sell really fast. I live in rural rolling / hill farm area. Which is I'm sure the reason.

Dually around here are rare to find on lots and when u do find them they are usually sold within a couple of days and for extremely high prices..

I had to go in excess of 400 miles away to find my dually at a very good price.

As for cost of dually in my local town on the lot is border line theft. 2000 F350 4X4 dually 7.3 crewcab with 180,000 miles /w no warrant listed for $29,000 and it was sold with in two days..

Its crazy, but as other said it depends on the demand and location..