Tandem Singles ?

Oh my god,you better never go to Europe.
All those dangerous trucks that run only singles on their trailers.

 

Lol guess i'd better not then, i'll just stick to good common sense when it comes to rubber.

 

I'd be interested in the wheels and tires if you did decide to buy I also have 8 aluminum wheels in the shed with oval holes maybe for trade depending on what you decided to do..... just throwing it out there.

Rubber down what kind of tires are you running. I run the xdn2 and really don't have any complaints about them in the snow.

 

Company driver here and have been running the SS xdn2 Michelins. I like them a lot, and really surprised by all the negative comments. Been through some pretty bad snow and ice with them and always done well. Worse time has been in parking lots on ice, but then that's a bad spot with any tires on. The company line has always been about the weight, but I find it hard to believe it's really 1500 lbs. difference with all axles. But also when they buy in bulk I can imagine the savings per tire may be advantageous. This truck I'm in now is the first one I've had that was new from day one. The drives lasted 224K, and may have been better but was no rotation done. So when the rears started to get thin they were replaced. An O/O would have been able to have gotten at least 15K more out of them.

As for the trailer tires, these get a lot of abuse and need more attention when dropping and hooking. The shop also tries to change them out at the first sight of a problem. And YES, when there is a problem you are dead in the water, but we carry a spare. It's helped me several times.

 

We run all super singles on our tractors and trailers, so far they have been great other than if your empty in the rain, snow, or mud they seem to break traction faster than a set of dual tires would, I haven't noticed much of a difference when loaded though.

I have noticed on a couple of our trailers exactly what SHC said about the outside edges of the tires having an uneven wear to them, which will give you some vibration as your going down the road.

 

All I gotta say is... super singles = ice skates

I got rid if mine first week

 

Keep in mind that "limping" on a flat tire, is not legal. Even though it is physically possible to do this, a flat tire is an Out Of Service defect.

 

I love mine yes I have had flats on the road I stopped dumped the bags chained up the axle locked in the axle and drove 38 miles to a loves, with my Freightliner suspension set-up the wheel is 4" or so from being on the ground so unless your driving over curbs your wheels are fine

Thru OOIDA I pay $800 a tire plus mounting $38-$48 more you can't get two of any tire for $850 out the door?

Only thing I don't like is they pick of rocks and you have to dig them out

I'm thinking real hard about putting a set on the flatbed I'm pulling now. It has 24.5s on steel wheels and it needs tires soon

 

Having your tailights out is too, or brakes 20 percent out of adjustment, but I sure as hell am not pulling over on the side of the road to wait for a service truck.

 

It's your choice, it's your CDL to risk.