Plowing truck
#12
All 2nd gen 3500's have dual rear wheels. I personally like them, but it's a little much for a begining driver to handle. Also, with double the tires, you have roughly half the traction in the snow. Relatively the same weight, but twice the tire area, so half the downward pressure on the ground. I'd go 2500 in your situation.
There would be some other considerations of a narrower tire (read: less surface area) would create a high PSI on the snow/ice/water and be able to cut it's way to the pavement more effectively...but as far as frictional force goes, it is independent of surface area and pressure. Depends only on how hard the ground pushes up (The normal force) and the frictional coefficient between the two surfaces. Also leads into a good discussion on anti-skid and why it's a bad idea to spin your tires in the snow...
I'm not trying to argue that dually's are better for snow, or aren't any worse...just that this isn't the governing principle behind it.
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Dual wheels BLOW.. blah blah.. na na.. ok seriously.. I actually almost bought a Dually Ram 2500.. It needed a rear fender extension, and the interior was pretty fried, but it wasn't bad otherwise.. Now I wish I would have bought it.. Although I think it was more than I needed, and tires for that would have killed me..
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Dual wheels BLOW.. blah blah.. na na.. ok seriously.. I actually almost bought a Dually Ram 2500.. It needed a rear fender extension, and the interior was pretty fried, but it wasn't bad otherwise.. Now I wish I would have bought it.. Although I think it was more than I needed, and tires for that would have killed me..
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