Official MegaCab Dually Pics

[DHayden]

On the bright side it may be a little cheaper to replace the "flare" if it gets whacked than the current style. I also think they did it like that because of a short bed. My wife and I talked about this a few months ago when we heard the dually version was comming out and we both wondered how they would style it because the normal dually hips would look silly on a short bed.

 

[67guzzler]

On the bright side it may be a little cheaper to replace the "flare" if it gets whacked than the current style. I also think they did it like that because of a short bed. My wife and I talked about this a few months ago when we heard the dually version was comming out and we both wondered how they would style it because the normal dually hips would look silly on a short bed.

I agree. I just wish they did a better job with the fabrication of that part. The integration sucks. I don't mind the fact that it's a fender flare. But make it look like an extension of the fender!

 

[Tomeygun]

That dually fender = :--)



U-G-L-Y

 

[MarcRoth]

A S S Ugly. . :{

 

[KCJackson]

Did you Guys notice the weight ratings? Now Dodge is in the game for haulers.







"Building on Dodge Ram Mega Cab’s prodigious towing and hauling capability, the new dual-rear-wheel model boosts the Dodge Ram Mega Cab Dually’s Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) to 10,500 lbs. , payload capacity to 3,240 lbs. , and rear Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) to 9,350 lbs. An impressive Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Rating (GCWR) of 23,000 lbs. and maximum trailer weight of 15,600 lbs. place the Dodge Ram Mega Cab Dually at the top of its class. "

I guess Dodge missed the memo that the F350 Crew Cab short box dually has a GVWR of 12,400...



So now, we have this:



- 1500 MegaCab - GVWR 8510

- 2500 MegaCab gas - 8800

- 2500 MegaCab diesel - 9000

- 3500 MegaCab SRW - 9900

- 3500 MegaCab DRW - 10,500



That has got to be the most tightly spaced range of trucks ever offered. Mind boggling. The MC is just a 2500 marketed 5 different ways.



Would love to hear the explanation why my Quad dually has a GVWR of 12,200, and the MC dually is supposed to be on the same chassis.

 

[Tomeygun]

more fun with photochop/paint



And yes, I know the second is TERRIBLE! hahahaaha :-laf

 

[CumminsWill82]

How does this look. 1st try at photo shop.

Now that looks nice! except the fenders,make them like the 05s drw.

 

[SHobbs]

Ok I can live with a fender in that style but not the current ones. Hey maybe they were thinking that if you went camping you could use the new fenders as a picinic table. :-laf

 

[EBung]

You guys need to relax. The reason the Mega cab is a short box is because a long box will make the truck tooooooo loooooong. And the current dually fenders are tooooo looooong to be mounted on a short box. I agree Dodge could of did some better sculpting on the fenders but some of you guys need to give em a break or buy a Freakin Ford!

 

[crobertson1]

Ummmm, I'll be needing part numbers and pricing for those fenders please.

Anybody know where I can get a full set of dually wheels and tires, oh and the front axle adaptor. My 04. 5 short bed quad cab is gonna get converted into a dually. !!!

Exactly what I was thinking! Who could make a photoshop version of my truck as a shortbed dually? Please?

 

[6 2 Carl]

more fun with photochop/paint



And yes, I know the second is TERRIBLE! hahahaaha :-laf

I like the quad cab dually the best. It looks pretty good. Dodge should make a quad cab short box dually too. Although if they are only going to give it a GVW of 10,500 pounds, what's the point. I am hoping that the number is jsut a typo.



I really don't care for the large fenders they are putting on duallies today. I love the look of the old dually Dodges. With that said, I think they have done a little better job with the small dually fender. The size is right, but it just doesn't look quite right somehow.

 

[HeavyHauler]

Here's what I don't understand:



Why doesn't Dodge just make a plain 'ol crew cab LWB dually just like Ford and Chevy used to and still do I guess. The mid - late '90s Chevy crew cabs had more room than most 4-door sedans and no one seemed to complain too much about driving them around. If you're gonna get a truck, get a truck, and stop making these girlie minivan-inspired vehicles that they're trying to call trucks.



I used to spend a lot of time driving around a '97 Chevy crew cab LWB dually. I had no problems driving that thing and I see them on the road every day.



Extended cab, club cab, crew cab, mega cab... Why not just pick the one that would make most everyone happy? (the crew cab) It's not too long and the inside of the current 4-door Dodge cabs would only have to be extended another couple of inches to get to where Chevy used to be.



Am I the only one that this makes sense to?

 

[2broke2smoke]

that's the best lookin' dually dodge has ever made ...



fenders ... hmmmm, i don't know



they do look better than the retarded hippo hips they've been runnin' since '94 though ...



3 cummins' trucks so far and i may just shock my freinds and buy a dually next ...



although it'll be 10 years before the price comes down enough to be resonable

 

[CFoye]

I think the mega cab dually looks tougher than the mega cab SRW



Chris

 

[Rodboy]

think about this

I don't know about ya'll but that thing looks like a 91 model. Has anyone ever looked at Keldermans Big Red. They extended the cab and still had room to put the REAL dually fenders on the truck. They just had to relocate the fuel door into the dually fender. Why the hell cant dodge figure simple things like this out. I mean they have thousands of dollars to do research and this is the best they can come up with. Come On



Rodboy

 

[jsimpson]

That looks like a four foot bed. Kinda reminds me of the Ford Sport Track or whatever.....

 

[jlasich]

The body line crease is definitely there in the fender. Look at the real photo (the one with the "cowboys" standing next to it) and you can definitely see the crease, not a reflection, because of the light and shadow.



I don't particularly like it but I don't really like any duallys and will reserve final judgement when I see one in person. If you put a set of Bushwacker Extend-a-Fender flares on the front, it would even everything out. That's one reason why I really dislike Chevy duallys; they have fender flares on the front and nothing on the rear; just looks out of place.



Does anyone know what the max trailer weight rating for a Ford F-350 shortbox dually is? Looking at their website, they don't make a distinction between shortbox and longbox for those ratings. Is their any difference? If not, then it would appear that DC is copying Ford and resorting to outright lies in order to try to sell trucks. I hope that is not the case.

 

[67guzzler]

I posted this in another thread so please ignore it if you saw it. I got on a rambling pontification regarding DC and thought it relevant regarding the MegaCab and should be here too.



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I dunno. I've owned about 15 different vehicles in the last 15 years, mostly 2 at a time. Frankly, I get bored easily. I've had a BMW 7, PT Cruiser, F250 Supercab Diesel, Chevy Suburban, Mitsubishi Galant, VW TDI Jetta, Ford Escort, 1996, 1997 2004. 5 CTD Ram's, etc... . A range of vehicles.



I think the DiamlerChryslers right now are up there in quality and design. In comparing these vehicles to the current offerings at "DODGE" I have to say that these "DODGE" trucks are pretty darn well engineered. I think that basically DiamlerChrysler is pretty conservative with systems and features while being bold with styling. They tend to engineer vehicles that don't necessarily have the MOST creature creature comforts or don't have the MOST configurations. They seem to limit the variables, try to target for the masses, refine their production methods and then build cars and trucks.



They've been unafraid to take chances with styling but they don't want to be inefficient with too many options and configurations. They seem to think that if they make vehicles with less variances in configurations, they can make them less expensively and more reliable. The truth is, in the 80's and early 90's I wouldn't own Chrysler automobile. Finally I gave in and bought the the "New Dodge Truck" because it looked "cool" and you could get a tracter engine in it. The rest of their models were junk I reasoned.



But then I learned a lesson -- The quality on those two trucks (other than paint on my 1996) was incredible. They just didn't have anything wrong with them. I put 48k miles on each of them in the 18 months I owned them. This was still during the time where the resale of all the Chrysler products were in a 3 decade slump and the only thing that was holding it's value were the trucks.



After owning a few other vehicles and based upon my great experience with the 96 & 97 Ram's I purchased a brand new 2002 PT Cruiser Touring Edition w/5 speed because it looked "cool" to me and could carry my great dane. Slow as crap. Handled like it was topheavy. But zero, I mean ZERO defects. Quiet w/no squeeks or rattles. Tight as a drum. Ran perfectly and was pretty darn refined. Good value & very utilitarian. I never went back to the dealer after driving it off the lot. Never had 1 warranty claim.



So I guess what I'm trying to say is the DiamlerChrysler philosphy is to limit the options and configurations, bring new ideas to market that are pretty bold but very reliable, keep the prices slightly under those of the competition and stay as lean as possible.



I think that Ford and GM need to think about this philosophy. Right now their stocks are Junk status I believe. You can get the most configurations with them but I don't think their initial quality has been reliable -- even with all the rewards that GM has been stoking about.



Sorry for the long-winded commentary. It just seems that DiamlerChrysler took a risk with the mega-cab and now we're all upset because of the disgusting fenders and 6' box, etc... . I understand that as I'm one of the ones who is whining about the integration of the fender flares.



But they could have kept just making the "club cab w/4 doors" and then nobody would be the wiser. I think the initial project was limited to using the platform of the longbed quadcab and simply shifting the space from the bed and extending the cab. Certainly good thought especially when you consider how many quad cab short beds that are out there. Now you can add more space to the interior for people who don't need the 8' bed and still use an existing frame, etc... .



I do think it would be more expensive for them to make a MegaCab LongBox because they'd have to come up with a new frame, longer shafts, etc... Then they'd have to figure the costs and analyze the projected production numbers for those extreme-machines. Who knows -- maybe that's down the pike? This was a quick way to get 4 rear wheels under the truck for people who had to have that and yet give them limousine interior space. I think this was a good first step coming out with the Mega Cab -- except for the dually flares



P. S. My $85,000 BMW had a plastic radiator so the Plastic Intercooloer is probably a German idea.

 

[Neibe]

I think it would look better if the front end wasn't so refined looking it needs to be more brutal in the front end department.

 

[BIG BOB]

I don't care for the way they did the rear fenders... looks like an oversized wheel flare to me. Reminds me of the first gen dually fenders.

You got that right! The fender flares look like an after thought and seem too small.