Sometimes stuff you see or read online is incorrect. Case in point, JBs take on a Class A cdl lol. So CDL laws are purely federal and also purely for commercial usage. That means if you’re using your truck for a business. Private use does not apply. Now just like with registration and insurance, every state is different. Some states DO REQUIRE a non commercial Class A license for stuff over 26,000 GCWR. Again, it varies by state, so as the great Gun Tuber Paul Harrell says, check your local laws. Here’s the rules for when an actual CDL (commerical drivers license) is required: 1) any vehicle with a GVWR over 26,000 pounds. (Class B cdl required) 2) any combination vehicle with a GCWR over 26,000 pounds AND the trailer being towed has a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or more. (Class A cdl required) 3) there’s plenty of other little things that would require a CDL but that would require a really long post. The highlights are a vehicle with air brakes, a placarded vehicle, passenger vehicles, tankers and it goes on. The bottom line is a CDL is a federal thing, and it’s for commercial use and doesn’t apply to private use.

You should always back into spots no matter what vehicle you have,it’s much more safer in a parking lot area.

I have been driving my ram dually for over 30 years. You will quickly learn to park away from cars and stay away from drive throughs and when in doubt take 2 spots. Once you get on the road though can pull any trailer with no sway bars and zero sway. The one big pet peave I find is spending over 1800 for 6 tires. Your best tires I find are Michelin. They run the smoothest and last the longest of any tire I have owned.

Normally not a Chevy guy but that black truck looks sick

JB! While you're correct that 26k+ GCWR vehicles need CDL, you miss that said vehicles have to be operated commercially. I, as joe schmo rv'er operating at GCWR of 38k, don't need CDL since I'm using it for personal reasons, not commercial. (And YES, dually is definitely required! Great content, as usual!)

Growing up my dad always had dually trucks. So I really like the way they look.

You nailed it on the how the dually’s ride!

My gross combination weight on my 2023 3500 hd single wheel is 29,700 lbs. I'll never not buy a dually again. If your gonna buy a 1 ton truck you might as well get a dually. Most of the issues you explained are not issues. There are a lot of car washes that you can go through. As far as ride you buy a truck to use not for super comfort. I always back into a spot regardless of what I drive. As far as a dually parking take two spots every time no one get mad about it because they can see it doesn't really fit in one spot. Most sing wheel trucks barely fit in parking spaces. As far as tire ware duals will last longer than a single rear weal. Thanks for the time put into the video. I don't think most people need a 1 ton truck in general. A 3/4 ton will take care of most people. For towing anything the benefit of a dually is the stability.

Thanks, some very good advice!!

I just wanted to thank you for your videos packed full of information which I greatly needed. Just traded our 2022 Ram 2500 Laramie for a new 2024 Chevrolet 3500 LTZ crew cab long bed Z-71 6.6l gas with Allison transmission. Now I have payload/cargo for our Alliance 36BRM. Thanks again and Be Blessed 🙌

You nailed it on the how the dually’s ride. I have owned or do own a 17,19,20,23 HO 450 duallys ,22HO 3500 Ram ,21 3500 GM dually. GM has the ride down ,Ford is second place and Ram is horrible riding. Everyone that rode in the Ram said their back hurt after a 20 min ride.

I tow 5 to 7 days a week with my dually and its literally always hooked up to a trailer. I will always own a dually for towing but they are not a grocery getter and they don't claim to be.

Great Video Thanks For The Information.

Excellent video JB! Safety and Stability is unmatched with the dually pickups vs single rear wheel pickups. Towing heavy loads with todays dually pickup trucks puts you at ease and makes the trip much more comfortable.

CDL is commercial, you dont need a CDL towing private over 26,000 pounds. Some states may require a Class A endorsement to a normal driver's license for 26,001. Utah is not one of those states.

Great content .I appreciate your point of view.

I purchased a 3500 Ram Laramie dually in September of 23. I tested 2 regular 3500 Rams, and the dually rode smoother (mine has the non air leaf springs). I have recently found 2 drive-through car washes that can take dually trucks. They have a different converor system, which does not have the side channel rails. Sooo, I really like owning a dually, especially when we're towing our 5th wheel!!!

I owned a 93 Chevy Silverado Dooley with a big block. It absolutely loved the truck. I drove it everywhere. There absolutely is limitations but you learn quick.

I love my 22 Denali 3500 dually I have a 23 North Point and it tow it well, but I would agree with you as far as going to different places in it. I had to go up to Seattle hospital to visit a good friend of mine and man going there the spaces are tight and with the high riser and the parking garage, I was so glad that I told my 23 Chevy Trailblazer but other than that I wouldn't want to give up my dually.

I have a 23 Ram 5500 CC crew cab with an 12 foot service body bed and a pipe rack wich is a lot bigger than your standard 8' reg dually bed, we go through drive thru's easy, McD's, Waterburger, some Starbucks etc, i guess it depends on the driver and how the drive thru is set up. Having the 5500 makes turning very easy because of the wider axle, i can almost make a u turn as easy as my chevy 2500 short bed

My wife drives a very low mileage 2021 RAM Megacab dually. It’s perfect for us, even easy to park and also drive thru’s. I do wish FORD and CHEVY/GMC would offer a similar build to the shortbed megacab though.

The same comment regarding pulling in/backing in also applies to my SRW F-350

I have f350 and a f550 , I back both of them in all the time when it comes to parking. but yes I first look for a pull through spot . When it comes to towing buy more truck than you need , You might be able to pull your load but can you safely stop it? That the way we roll here in NJ.

Love my 2022 Ram dually... I am a truck driver, so the small amount of bumpy ride doesn't bother me at all and it's actually not bad IMO. I do have a smaller vehicle for running around town and back and forth to work. Nothing beats owning a dually though, they are a real truck and drive like one as well...,

My '23 GMC 2500HD is road trips only, around town the Buick Encore is made to order!

JB - great video. Might be time for you to get a cdl. If you're going to do big truck reviews if would be nice to see you haul a heavy load and get tour thoughts.

Good review.

Tommy’s is all over the US. Great way to clean. They use a belt system vs. rollers.

Good video, this is why i have a 20 3500 limited mega cab for hauling, a FJ cruiser for the mountains and a 22 TRX for hauling butt! Best of all worlds, i love my 3500, but prob am to spoiled to have to daily drive it, my daily is the Fj

Another note with dually truck.. be care what shop you use to rotate your tires. We had a local shop destroy 4 of our 6 wheels taking the tire off the wheel. They told us their guy who does dually wheels was out so I guess they just let someone else wing it.. and he didn’t stop after he destroyed the first one.. they paid for new wheels but still it was a pain to deal with.

Very good points to consider. Here in PA the registration just went up on my SRW 3500 to $400/yr. Ouch! They lump you in with 14k dually's if your truck is over 11k gvwr. The government is capitalizing on the popularity of RV's. The cost of the registrations on the trailers are still reasonable in my opinion. That will be next.

Good content 👊🇺🇸👊 Cheers from Alaska AK49

Weight is only part of the equation. The insurance ends up being cheaper for the dually because they are not stolen near as much. It's not exactly what thieves have in mind when they are looking for a vehicle to take for a joyride.

Man I am looking to buy a dually and for a long time I wanted the F450 but the 2023 RAM limited dually looks so amazing that now I can’t even look at the f450. The gmc sierra exterior is nice up front but the rear is not anything special. With all this said, aren’t there some suspension kits for the ram to make it softer ?

I avoid drive thrus even with my SRW 3500. I've never been a big fan of them anyway, would rather park and just wait inside while they waste my time instead of sitting there wasting gas.

Love my F450..big def.from 3500..INS about same.but if u get low power cab and chassis go up about $35 to 45.mo.thats with. SF

They're good for pulling horse trailers or large lawn service trailers etc

I haul heavy, either 42' 5th wheel or heavy 32' gooseneck all the time with my SRW 2004 LB-7 Duramax. Yes I go WAY over stock RAWR BUT I have the highest rated tires made and Timbrens. Proven setup for 100s of thousands of miles. My truck is the old extra cab 4 door and I don't want any of the new longer, higher wider trucks. My truck still looks show room new inside and out and will tow anything anywhere any of the new ones will and maybe better in many ways.

I have a 1 ton pickup and it sets in the barn unless I have something big to haul or pull. I drive a Ford Maverick hybrid. 40 mpg of gas that cost $1 a gallon less than diesel. And the tires cost 1/4 as much. And that Maverick will haul a big load of air just as good as a Dodge.

You do not need a CDL unless it's for commercial use. Recreational use does not require a CDL. These single rear wheels 3500/350 are capable of towing large 5th wheels and mines a daily driver so no dully for me. I have a triple axle toy hauler and my srw f350 or my ram 3500 srw barley broke a sweat

A CDL is only necessary for over 26000 payload, which is why you don't need one with U-Haul trucks, or if the truck has air brakes.

There is an old saying “don’t buy too much truck”. If you need that payload or pulling capability even occasionally there are no other choices. If you do not need the capabilities then you are probably compromising more than you think.

If you think or know you are going to tow most of the time yes get a dually. Most new SWR will get you by but most new campers are heavier than they used to be. I don’t tow as much as I used to so I don’t really need a 3500 but because I know I could need it in the future because of bills. That 3500,4500,5500,6500 will pay for itself in the first year or two. If you find yourself looking for a truck, buy the trailer, Fifth Wheel, bed camper you want first then buy the truck. Because most sales people don’t care about what you have or what you need, you just a dollar sign to them. For instance brand new Toyota tundra towing a three axle fifth wheel, good thing for run away ramps

I've owned the same dually for over 10 years. It's great for towing anything but I'm tired of the inconveniences. I'm seriously considering a chevy 6.6 gas. I rarely tow more than 12000lbs. Most of the time, it's less. I would love a newer cummins but I couldn't stomach all that emissions crap

Tradewisetv I’ve stated the one ton (2013 Chevy 3500) I drove for 6 yrs had a 12’ royal contractors bed, 8’ long top side tool boxes, over the cab lumber rack with 7 or 8 pieces of 1-1/“x4x8 plywood on top, 100 gal fuel tank in the back, a generator mounted in the back, a wacker compactor and lots of tools. That truck weighed over 14,500lbs, straight truck, no trailer. Over 330,000 miles over hills 5-6 days a week! All original equipment except tires and brake pads. No uneven tire wear, no steering shakes. Greased ball joints at every service interval. Your “27 yrs of hardscape experience” doesn’t matter. As degeneration x has said “suck it”

Great info! I ll take it to heart 👍🏾

While it may not be true that dually can tow more, it definitely can do more payload. While someguy in the comments neeeded and has 30 years with duallys, its not necessary to need 3 decades to know something simple as tires costing more due to buying 2 more or less swaying single compared to dually.i myself dont have a dually and i dont need one to know that. Also from owners around me they do say it has better turning radius than single lets say to a parking space, you can turn more. You dont need a dually to know little common sense like that specially if you are in them and have watched a decent amount of reviews on them.

my 07' RAM dually rode better than my 11' 2500 Silverado, ...there really is no cut and dry answer for these questions. I have ordered a truck with cloth seating, because it was way more comfortable than the leather, maybe just more flexible, but for my rear end it was comfy. After selling what we needed the dually for , I did send it down the road because I just didn't want to daily that large truck, i sure liked having it though.

Per the owner's manual, Ford does not recommend rotating the back dual tires. I have 48,000 mi on the current set of tires and I have never rotated them and they have never worn unevenly. I rotate the front only at normal intervals

Dually FTW!!!

I have a 2020 Silverado 2500 and my trailer is a Keystone Avalanche 312rs. Its unloaded pin weight is 2530lbs and 11,500lbs curb weight unloaded with a GVWR of 16K..... Can I get away with my 2500? Or do I need to get a 3500. If so, DRW?

Talking about insurance then saying State Farm doesn’t help State Farm is not a good insurance nor do they keep your safety in mind just their bottom dollar and making record profits

Hey. Buy what you like but unless you need it. It’s not realistic. If it’s a status thing for you. Do your damn thing. 😂. For work. I have a 2022 gmc 2500 utility body. I’ve added more boxes on top because the single wheel boxes are somewhat narrow. It’s loaded to the gills. Welding machine. Boxes full of tools. Job box full of tools. Probably maxed out all day on payload but the truck is solid as a rock. I wouldn’t want the dually. Don’t need it. I tow my 8500 lb boat trailer with my tundra.

I wont be driving a dually as much as i want to because i wouldn't be able to haul any decent size equipment. And having a cdl requires way too much bull****

Being someone that drives a 30+ft work truck everyday i haven't found a single drive threw i can't make threw and yes its a Duly parking is only hard because its to long for all parking spots that aren't made for trucks with trailers as for the ride all the modern trucks drive better then most cars do because car reporter thinks every vehicle should be a sports car

My dually was a daily driver for 10 years....

I love my daily Dually

I call bullshit on the cdl ! you only need a commercial license to haul in commerce. In a handful of states you need an endorsement on your regular license and you can drive anything you want for personal use.

When you rotate tires on a dually: the front tire goes on the inner rear, the inner rear goes to the outter rear and the outter rear goes to the front. No need to dismount a tire from a wheel.

you can use a single 19.5 wheel with a 6k rating on each side and 6k rated tire a 265 70r19.5 is 6k rated tire

I thought a CDL was only a requirement for commerce not private use

For some reason, my Ram 3500 dually rides almost as smooth as the newer half tons.

*Alignments on dually are "dually specific" (quite a few tire/alignment shops do NOT cater to DRW) 👍🏾

Did you ever go to church and wonder if the preacher was talking specifically about you?😂

I take two spots with my dually, I park at an angle so I can reverse easily, been doing this for two decades lol,

I thought he was white until he turned the camera 😂 great video.

You drive somewhere in your pajamas???

Where is your seatbelt

And you NEED to ALWAYS wear your SEATBELT.. whether it be a Dually or not…

The car wash issue always came to mind for me . And the duelly to get it washed nope ! It’s to be done by the owner. And parking is always an issue .

He means don't level a dually and put 37s on it

Go ahead and buy a dually. But make sure you have other vehicles that are more practical to drive.

Who would buy a dully except someone who absolutely had to have one?

No dumpbed on it don't need it in truck

Sounds like your driving your dually like its a car. Its not. A work truck! Or super nice towing truck. Not everyday driver for ppl not needing one.

You should never take your vehicle to any car wash ever! You should always hand wash.

Dually are worth it I wouldn't go under

Tell us you didn't grow up with duallys, and dont know how to drive them, and bitch about parking them, and havnt pulled weird/heavy/overloaded/odd shaped trailers for 1200 miles without actually telling us... good god the stupid fuckin shit on the internet these days is mind boggling. Heyy..you know what..you're right. Keep this information going as it will keep the prices of duallys down for people that actually use and need them!

Up here in communist Canada, you need to get a safety check done every year on a dually pick up

If your truck is registered private or personal, your weight and trailer type doesn’t matter, tow what ever trailer you want no cdl or stoping at the scales

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More like "you should not buy any Ford, Chrysler, and Gm." They are all over priced and the quality control is horrible.

Two words. Car wash.

I have watched hours of your videos. And after this one, I need to speak up. You have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m not going to pull a 45’ Platinum coach with a single wheel short box because it’s easier to park at McDonald’s. People that use trucks as tools and not props for views, please don’t listen to this man.

This guy knows absolutely nothing

WTF CARES???

Damn, that truck is ugly.