Super single tires vs dually tires

Easy to chain in the winter. Their chains will run you $100 more than singles. Other than that, I don't like them. Once they're flat,you are stuck on the side of the road unless you want to chain up your axle.

 

I've not ran them since they first came into the mainstream of trucking probably 10+ years ago. I did not have any issues with them then, one way or the other. But it seems they wear faster than they're supposed to. And it seems many large fleets who tried them for many years, have since moved away from them so that should tell you quite a bit.

 

the good is apparently they are lighter, the bad is everything else.

 

I've ran them on two different company trucks and thought they were terrible. Wether its just from rain or snow I felt very unsafe. Truck would slide a lot. Running them off roading when I hauled trash was a disaster also. They would constantly get drivers stuck at the landfill on dirt, rocks, mud etc etc... As a Owner Operator now I wouldn't even consider them.

 

SS are the stupidest ideas in trucking next to auto Trans, cameras, micro management, and twerp face dweebs in management.

"But I graduated from Purdue I deserve a management position with my degree field". So what pepsquek I rebuild Cummings with my eyes close. And I didn't go to skool Fer it either!!!

 

Singles are terrible in the snow, never tried chaining them so I can't speak if they get better in the snow with chains.
Never had any trouble with singles in the rain but I knew to take it easy with them.

 

I used singles, had good luck in moderate snow as long as I was loaded, empty was tricky. I live on a dirt road and would almost get stuck if my tires only lost traction slightly.

As far as flats, many times if you get a fast flat or a blowout, many times the wheel has to be replaced as well because the sidewalls aren't strong enough to support the weight at that axle position, and most SS tires are mounted on aluminum wheels, and it doesn't take much to get damaged beyond use after a blowout.

 

Yea ss suppose to save money. But once there's a flat or blowout at Hiway speeds. The rim and tire will be any where from 2300-2700.
So you just paid all the money you supposedly were saving.

SS are stupid!!!