Super Single Tires

I have supers on the tractor and they are fine as long as your moving. But as soon as you stop in snow or ice you are almost done for.

 

Not any more so than running duals. I have Michelin XZA3's on my tractor, and I haven't had any problems in snow and ice covered parking lots, or on snow-packed/frozen roads. Only chained once, but everyone had to chain...

 

Suck, no traction.

 

I love the ride of them much better then duals.

 

their not super single their STUPED SINGLES..

hate them and i've been running them for about 600k. they lean more (only 2 side walls) they wiggle down the road (like your on ice) on rutts, when the tread is down to 10-12/32 they have NO GRIP on hard pack snow (had to get towed last winted out of a FLAT parking lot) had one blow 5 min's after i had checked them and it took out the catwalk, 1/4 fender, and almost took out the fuel tank on a volvo 780, when they have less than 15/32 tread they will hydroplane...! top of the hill on I-24 in Chattanooga at 35 mph had the drives slide 2 ft into the next lane and it wasn't raining that hard. why was i only going 35 mph..? because i had them hydroplane 2X going up the hill...!

so i say again STUPED SINGLES

the pro-star i'm driving right now only gets 6.2 mpg pulling 25k on I-80 from IL-ID with xdn2's on it, i could do that with duels

 

XDN2's are an awful tire - rolling resistance of 120. So yeah, you could do just as well with a set of good duals.

Not all tires are created equal... especially if you start with a square stone block like XDN2's.

 

LOL,Its still about 50/50...If I HAVE a choice,I"m gonna stick with the tried& true.-Duals

 

I ended up with wide singles on my new tractor like it or not. So far... no problems, and its not like I don't run in some serious winter crud. You drop into a parking lot that has ice or freezing slush on the surface with tires warm from the road, and you're probably going to have a bit of trouble with singles or duals.

OTOH, lets say you're getting 6.8 mpg on duals, and switch to wide singles. Assuming you don't choose some real dogs like XDN2's, you can (in theory) increase your fuel economy by something around 0.5 mpg - that's what I saw. At $3.00 per gallon and 125,000 miles per year, you're talking about putting over $3700 in your pocket.

 

I don't care for them but they do roll easier. If I park 2 trucks in the shop you can push the one with SS's by hand easily, I was really surprised.

My outlook on them is: They work great in the right application. A big heavy truck with wide base tires is pretty pointless. A truck/trailer already ordered as light as possible, wide base tires are a big help. If your not going to benefit from the weight difference AND fuel savings the added cost of the tires will kill you.

 

Super Single Tires are good till you got tire flat... it is funny, but there is no room under truck ore trailer to have spare one