Did Dodge make a dually shortbed? I have a Ram 1500 5.9 and would like to put duals under it for hauling a horse trailer

 

might as well just sell it and get a 3500 dually....

 

yea... there is no dually other than a 3500... you could always make one... but still better off gettin a truck built for the job

 

yeah, hands down just get one that is made with dually wheels, if that is what you want.. You could find yourself spending more money than just buying a dually, and that doesn't even mean that its going to be as effective. Even if you did custom a dually together, chances are it'd be ugly, and with a 1500 frame, it's not going to be as astrong as a 3500's frame and design.

 

buy a dana 80 dually axle out of a dodge 3500, shorten your driveshaft, and get the correct yoke welded onto it, and then buy the dually fender flares and your set. As far as dodge making a shortbed dually???only the megacab 3500 duallys are shortbeds

 

aerocraft makes a dually conversion. i believe its just a spacer set up to support the dual wheels and then the fender flares that bolt on or however there mounted. i agree with the other guys i think it would look weird . but if your looking to just add a little exta weight carrying capacity why not just go for the leafs and coils out of a 2500. it will give you the extra weight carrying you may need.

 

I agree with Rango, I think your best bet is strengthening your suspension components. I think getting into some kind of conversion kit is sketchy, and it will really make this truck hard to sell if you ever plan to at some point (most people looking for a dually want a 2500+ truck). Anyways, keep in touch with us on this.

 

You don't want to put that much weight on a semi floater like the 9.25, bad things will happen. Need to go to at LEAST a D60. They did make some DRW 60s back in the day.

 

we've had people talk of buidling up a 1500 to do more than it was meant to before and it just isn't worth it. and the biggest thing is that it is UNSAFE. You would need to beef up a lot more components than just adding a dually rear to make the thing able to haul that much weight. suspension, brakes, driveline components, the list goes on and on. also if you don't then you are putting yourself and others on the road at risk if something fails for example trying to slow that thing down on a hill without the proper brakes.

 

there is obviously more to consider when hauling that kind of weight. a brake upgrade is an obviouse mod. a goodtrailer brake setup. i dont know if the 1500 brake setup is the same as the 2500 but my brakes are more than sufficient for stopping a horse trailer if your brake setup is the same maybe good high quality pads and some cross drilled or slotted rotors would do wonders in conjunction with a good trailer brake setup. my wifes grandmother hauls her horse trailers with her f150 she has a 5th wheel setup and good trailer brakes. she doesnt always use the 150 for hauling them but if she needs to she does.