It finally came!!!

[vampress_me]

Ordered the new “Big Red” on March 11. It got to the dealer on Wednesday this week. So we went down today to get it. :) Bringing it home we put 250 miles on it, so a quarter of the way to the official tow time. Absolutely love this truck, wide hips and all! And of course, the payload of 5456 lbs is wonderful!

The last photo is of our new truck next to the old truck. Same truck, 2 more tires!

Edit: And I suppose the best part, still fits in the garage. Just have to squeeze the hips in slowly and gently. We have about 4.5”-5” on each side of fenders to the garage door opening.

[PARAPTOR]

Congrats !!!!

:wlcm: to The Dually family ENJOY :dance:

Be Safe and Happy Camping :camping:

[Goose]

Very nice truck! Congratulations.

[Snoking]

Congrats !!!!

:wlcm: to The Dually family ENJOY :dance:

Be Safe and Happy Camping :camping:

Trucks with wide hips:

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[Cbrez]

Awesome truck. Looks like it’s the 6.7 ??? If so, you’ll love the way it tows. Big difference from the SB SRW. Turning radius will make you forget you used to drive a truck, but you’ll get used to it. Congratulations

[Snoking]

Awesome truck. Looks like it’s the 6.7 ??? If so, you’ll love the way it tows. Big difference from the SB SRW. Turning radius will make you forget you used to drive a truck, but you’ll get used to it. Congratulations

To back Ford dropped the option of wide track front axle on the F350, as they and the F450 turn much tighter. Chris

[rhagfo]

Trucks with wide hips:

https://i.redd.it/rbsrqrn5xdf11.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KNXPdGPl.gifhttps://i.imgur.com/KNXPdGPl.gifhttps://i.imgur.com/KNXPdGPl.gif

This guy can't drive his Dually, it will fit in the single spot, and should be backed in.

To back Ford dropped the option of wide track front axle on the F350, as they and the F450 turn much tighter. Chris

Chris, one gets use to the wide hips and larger turn radius, you should try one you would love it. Just ask Ron and I!

[rhagfo]

Ordered the new “Big Red” on March 11. It got to the dealer on Wednesday this week. So we went down today to get it. :) Bringing it home we put 250 miles on it, so a quarter of the way to the official tow time. Absolutely love this truck, wide hips and all! And of course, the payload of 5456 lbs is wonderful!

The last photo is of our new truck next to the old truck. Same truck, 2 more tires!

http://www.keystoneforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22146&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1559961182

Edit: And I suppose the best part, still fits in the garage. Just have to squeeze the hips in slowly and gently. We have about 4.5”-5” on each side of fenders to the garage door opening.

Looking at that third photo, the new DRW looks noticeably higher at the tailgate than the SRW. The difference between our old 2001 Ram 2500 and the 2016 DRW was about 1".

[Fishsizzle]

F350 with no chrome package, add LED. Perfect truck congrats

[xrated]

Welcome to the Dually club....I love my 2016 for towing, and occasional use for other driving. Excessive payload is a wonderful thing!

[Javi]

Welcome to the dually club, enjoy...

[JRTJH]

Beautiful truck, Lynette. I'm sure you're going to enjoy the heck out of it and how well it does what you ask of it. Enjoy those next 750 miles and the anticipation !!!!!

[notanlines]

Congrats on the truck! A true RED truck. In s matter of days you wont even think about how wide it is.

[Logan X]

Congratulations! Beautiful truck!

[vampress_me]

Looking at that third photo, the new DRW looks noticeably higher at the tailgate than the SRW. The difference between our old 2001 Ram 2500 and the 2016 DRW was about 1".

Yep. Unfortunately it is about 2-2.5” taller than its predecessor. I’m a little worried for next Sunday. Camper is parked down at the campground and we’re bringing it home. There will be a whole assortment of tools brought down in case I have to play with the B&W Companion or the pin box. We kept the Companion from the last 2 trucks (the 2009 and the 2016). Those trucks it was plug n play (just plug the Companion in the gooseneck hole, and hitch up camper and go). This truck I don’t think I will get as lucky. Interestingly I noticed the dually has one more spring (leaf) each side for the rear wheels than the 2016 SRW did. Both are Lariat crew cab long beds, only difference is the 2016 had FX4 package and this one is a dually. Maybe being a dually accounts for the 2” higher?

Tuesday it goes in to get the new turnover ball installed. Yay! And it will get an in-bed 7-way plug put in at some point too. So far managed to put another 100 miles on it today. :) And it’s amazing how quickly you get used to driving with wide hips (the trucks, not me!). The turning radius is no issue for me, all of our trucks since 1999 have been longbed crew cabs so I’m used to it.

[sourdough]

Congrats on the new truck Lynette!! It's a beaut! Those break in miles will go pretty quickly......isn't there a little trip you need to take to roll 'em up pretty quick?:D

[vampress_me]

And thank you everybody! I have to admit, I’m very curious to see how this truck tows the camper and horse trailer!

And a couple more pictures of the 2 trucks next to each other. I apologize, the sun was in the wrong place at the time...

[larry337]

Awesome, Congrats!

[Tbos]

Enjoy that new truck.

[sonofcy]

This guy can't drive his Dually, it will fit in the single spot, and should be backed in.



Chris, one gets use to the wide hips and larger turn radius, you should try one you would love it. Just ask Ron and I!

Turn radius of F450 is better than all but a few F150 models, that's what wide track does. That is one reason I paid the extra couple of grand (about $2,000 IIRC) for the upgrade from a 350 to a 450 for, the other was bigger brakes.

[ADQ K9]

Glad you finally got it. That is the only place where a CC dually can ride on a car carrier for obvious reasons.
I am guessing that the horse trailer has wider axles than the 5th wheel and those should be as wide as the "hips" so you should already be somewhat used to it already.:D

[Hamlej]

The rear on our new F350 DRW actually sits one inch lower than our 2017 F250 SRW.

[Alamen]

Grats on the new truck. We have the 2017 DRW F350 and love it. Dual climate zones and AC seats might be the best options you have. Saving our marriage one degree at a time ROFL.

[TJO]

Congrats on the new truck. You will love it. I love the way mine tows.

[vampress_me]

One week old, 900 miles so far (2 trips to the airport to drop off/ pick up hubby really helped the mileage :)). Will get another 150 miles to the camper sometime this weekend. So, this truck will be good to go for towing before bringing the camper home. So far, drives just as good as the last one.

I have to admit though, the rain sensing wipers made me think I was slowly going crazy, especially since I didn’t realize it had them. Turned wipers on when it started to rain, and they didn’t keep a set timing interval. It was off just slightly sometimes. Once in a while the interval would be a little quicker or slower. I thought I was losing it, or the truck had a problem. After agreeing with my losing it comment, hubby told me they were rain sensing. :rolleyes:

[moodybandit]

Nice truck.
We love ours.
It will tow anything !!!!

[Snoking]

I see this dually parked over the line all the time in Snohomish, Wa, in front of the police station. I think it belongs to a cop in the station, so I have never seen a ticket under the wiper. RHIP

[moodybandit]

The rear on our new F350 DRW actually sits one inch lower than our 2017 F250 SRW.

The Duelly has smaller wheels and tires. Looking at date I assume you have pulled with the new beast !!