Slade McCuiston
ArboristSite Member
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I live on a farm in Kentucky and we heat our house using firewood. This farm has an abundant supply of dead trees (and undesirable, twisted, icky trees we're culling through TSI) and I've been cutting and hauling my own wood for years. After I utterly destroyed the bed on a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 by overloading it, I decided that I might be looking at a different vehicle to accomplish my objectives. I figured that a dual-rear-wheel vehicle would help better distribute the load of an entire bed of firewood. So, I bought a 1990 F-350 Custom with a regular cab and 11' flatbed. I got it here while back and it's been in the shop to get it back into dependable condition. I was told that I'll have it in a week or so and I just wanted some insight.
We've always used single-rear-wheel trucks, even hauling huge stock trailers. I've drove a few duallies, but always on someone's farm, almost never on the road... aside from a short trip right up the road in a 2010 F-350, I have never driven one on the road. What advice do you dually guys have for me? Are there any things that I need to watch out for? Is the tracking extremely different in comparison to a single-rear-wheel truck?
I live on a farm in Kentucky and we heat our house using firewood. This farm has an abundant supply of dead trees (and undesirable, twisted, icky trees we're culling through TSI) and I've been cutting and hauling my own wood for years. After I utterly destroyed the bed on a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 by overloading it, I decided that I might be looking at a different vehicle to accomplish my objectives. I figured that a dual-rear-wheel vehicle would help better distribute the load of an entire bed of firewood. So, I bought a 1990 F-350 Custom with a regular cab and 11' flatbed. I got it here while back and it's been in the shop to get it back into dependable condition. I was told that I'll have it in a week or so and I just wanted some insight.
We've always used single-rear-wheel trucks, even hauling huge stock trailers. I've drove a few duallies, but always on someone's farm, almost never on the road... aside from a short trip right up the road in a 2010 F-350, I have never driven one on the road. What advice do you dually guys have for me? Are there any things that I need to watch out for? Is the tracking extremely different in comparison to a single-rear-wheel truck?