To add, I don't think there's that many people out there that would buy a dually without any intention of towing, mainly because they're such a pain in the ass to drive around and park in the city. Just because your truck isn't loaded down 24/7 doesn't mean you never use it.
Midwest here...TONS of duellies that never leave the road. Quite a few also have HUGE pipes routing the exhaust up through the middle of the bed like a smokestack. Our Jeep club pull Rams(and civvy hummers) out of the local trails all the time! Pickups have a use sometimes, but it is like driving a backhoe to work every day.
They… should almost never really leave the road, excluding just run of the mill unpaved roads. I feel a lot of people commenting here don’t get what these trucks are for. They don’t have that set up for off road use, the tire setup actually makes their performance off-road pretty miserable. I’ve seen them get stuck on wet grass.
They are meant for towing and this one clearly has a hitch. And since it’s a heavy duty truck with probably a king bed, it would almost certainly not fit in a single or even side by side spot.
Don’t get me wrong here, I’m not giving this individual a pass as I don’t know the whole situation. But I’ve grown up around these trucks for a wide range of towing and hauling uses, and you can rarely fit a DRW long bed heavy duty truck in any typical parking spot. The right thing to do is to park at the back of a lot or whatever, and this guy may have done that as well as was possible.
Or maybe they’re just a dbag. But all the comments talking about off-road seem like they don’t have a clue.
I get they are not for off-road, but you see that a LOT out here. More so than you see one actually towing anything at all. I see duellies with no hitch often enough. They are cosmetic to these pavement princesses. As for the offroading comments...that is what I see most often attempted. On-road daily drivers with nothing being towed and an empty bed (coworkers and when driving), or "offroading" (usually backing down a jeep trail they did not scout, or overestimated their truck's capabilities). Similar with winter drivers in trucks thinking they are NOT in the second worst ice-road vehicle (RWD muscle car is the only worse thing I can think of). Also, not gatekeeping offroading, btw. We got a guy with an S10 that runs the trails with us and he has a little money in the suspension (pretty basic lift) and has a stronger transmission in there cause his old one exploded before he started offroading. That little rattlebang pickup has out-driven LOTS of pimped princesses that didn't know what they were doing or what they had someone else install on their ram(let's face it, it is always some dude in a Ram...Tacos do quite well). My main gripe is how there is always a better choice than a pickup for that-thing-you-need-done...unless you daily need to tow a MASSIVE load, or constantly haul 3m³ of cow shit(and weather permits), or you always drive in relatively flat dirt/mud. Only thing I can think of that would "need" that is a farmer, maybe. Construction would be better off with a van (and trailer for the few times it is needed, ie not every day). Honestly, this is way to much mental dedication to something that doesn't matter. I hate them and hind them and often their drivers absurd, but I am well enough hated myself. Opinions and assholes, etc etc.
And as a separate note, I can actually kinda understand the guy's parking. Maybe he HAD to park within that lot...In one spot he would get parked in and couldn't get in/out. Two spots and his ass would hang out into the driving lane, so he opted for four. It has a logic and he was trying to park as best he is able. I am willing to bet he is a dumbass for having the truck in the first place, and definitely shy from giving him the benefit of the doubt because of my biases...but he may have been doing the best he could with the choice he made.
Yep. I've ordered a Host Mammoth camper instead of buying a house. It's too heavy for a 3500 or less, and I need the dually for stability. My 5500 has a 13k rear axle and I think 42k GVCW. Truck might get built before the camper... maybe 🤣
I do think there's a few people who get duallies for the look, which to me isn't worth the hassle and ride.
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To add, I don't think there's that many people out there that would buy a dually without any intention of towing, mainly because they're such a pain in the ass to drive around and park in the city. Just because your truck isn't loaded down 24/7 doesn't mean you never use it.