RV Transport Question

The DRW is more stable than the SRW for the heavy 5th Wheels trailers. You can run with a SRW but you will be at a disadvantage for CDL loads. I only run DRW with 4 wheel drive with over a million miles hauling RVs. You can find a good used DRW for the same price of a SRW if you look hard enough.

 

I didn't even get to advantages of the drw, I was trying to understand his reasoning behind the question. If you are going to be pulling trailers (big or small)almost every day with this truck you will really miss the Dually. Going down hills on curves and having to brake, heavy cross winds, and overall stability are just a few reasons.

i have had both and 4 wheel drive drw beats single everyday for me. As a matter of fact I just sold my last srw to buy another drw.

 

Expand your shopping area, the bigger the city the less expensive the DRW's are, at least that's the case around here, the big city cowboys don't like trying to get $70,000.00 Denali HD DRW thru the Starbucks drive thru. You will be glad you did on your first day with a good cross wind. Just my $0.02....

 

So it would seem that there is a lot of love & hate here on these forums regarding rv haulers. I'm just looking for responses from ACTUAL rv haulers. CURRENT HAULERS. Not people who have hauled in the past or who considered hauling. NO disgruntled drivers. I don't care if the companies screwed you or not. That sucks. I'm sorry. But, I just want to know what CURRENT haulers are getting for miles. Would appreciate ANY response from LGarrison (always seemed to give straight no bs answers).

 

I am going to send you a private message with my email then you can ask me all the questions you wish

 

Thanks roadmedic & LGarrison. Will be in contact soon.

 

I used to do it for a couple years. I went out of the big truck business, but am now back in big trucks. Anyway, I started out with a dually, then got a single rear wheel F-350.
The company I worked for in Canada also owned all the chains of dealers we delivered to. Most companies just haul wherever. So there were some advantages there.
I hauled all the big toy haulers and park model trailers since I have an A licence and 28 years of trucking experience. I found the single rear wheel better for fuel mileage, but as said here, it could be scary in the wind. Not stable at all with the big trailers. I found it even worse when I used my equalizer bars. I found it was better to let just the trailer sway and not the whole truck.
But just like with big trucks, I found almost half of what I made went to fuel. The most important thing you need in this business is the most fuel capacity you can possibly put on your truck. So that you can fill up in the States with the cheapest fuel prices and be good for your trip. I had a big tank on the truck, and a 100 gallon in the pickup bed.
I can't help you with exact operating costs, as it has been a couple years now, but like I said, almost half of my revenue was to pay for fuel. And my Ford was great on fuel. Reliability...maybe I had a lemon, but I was constantly changing axle and pinion seals. I won't even go into the Powerstroke engine trying to put me bankrupt multiple times, lol. Tires don't last long either. I got the most life out of Continentals.
Insurance.....not bad if you live in the U.S. or are on with an American carrier. But in Canada, Markel has the monopoly in this industry and they rape you. My insurance cost more than what I paid on my dump truck and highway tractor. They say it is because of the high number of claims in the RV industry.
Then factor in that in five years your pickup will have a million km's on it. So if you had to finance a new one, but prepared for the fact that it will be finished by the time it is paid for.
I loved the job, and you can make a living. But don't expect to get rich. It's basically the same as having a job by the time everything is paid.

 

I'm doing RV part time now until I get my apportion Plates, But I love hauling RVs & I just started doing it a couple of weeks ago & it's great. You will here Majority bad stuff about the business but I GUARANTEE most of those guys have had bad experiences. I said most not All. Now that I do it I see why all the bad mouth comes from those guys not taking care of the Rv sleeping in them scratching them up,I take care of that RV like it's mine. By the way you can make a living at this & I'm one of those guys who has a 1,000 dollar truck note that the Haters say you can't make no money.

Hats of to ALL the RV drives!!!!