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I think he's missin a few tire/wheels

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Mrh2008, Dec 14, 2012.

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  1. Dec 14, 2012 #1
    Mrh2008

    Mrh2008 Road Train Member

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    At the j in winnemuca, and a BT parked next to me. During my pre trip, I noticed that he's running singles on the drives... Let me go into detail. Dual drives, set up for dual tires/wheels, yet he is running a single tire/wheel at each end of each drive. Clearly set up to run duels.

    Ive never seen this before, and I imagine that if DOT noticed, he'd be shut down until he came up with 4 more tires/wheels. Am I right? Or is this actually legal? And if it is legal, is it safe? I did snap a pic, but can't manage to upload it from my iPhone.
     
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  3. Dec 14, 2012 #2
    kalh7

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    No reason to get shut down for that as long as the lugnuts hold the tire against the drum. Don't see anything illegal with it, seen it often.
     
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  4. Dec 14, 2012 #3
    Mrh2008

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    I find that really hard to believe! So, if I rolled through a coop, and got shut down for having 4 bad tires on my tractor, I could simply remove the 4 bad tire/wheel combos and swap the 4 good tires to each end of each axle, and DOT would let me roll on out? I think not, but I am no veteran.
     
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  5. Dec 14, 2012 #4
    Klatu

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    I've seen units doing mostly "around the corner work, or local work" running that setup. They don't usually have to deal with much weight.
     
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  7. Dec 14, 2012 #5
    fortycalglock

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    Why not, what rule or law would you be violating? There's no rule that says you have to run duals on a class 8 bobtail.
     
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  8. Dec 14, 2012 #6
    freightlinerman

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    As long as you are not exceeding the weight limit of the the tire, I don't see any issue.
     
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    chalupa Thanks this.
  9. Dec 14, 2012 #7
    chalupa

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    Exactly....each tire has a load capacity. If you don't exceed the limit it's all good BUT !!

    All you could do is bobtail. An empty would put you over.
     
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  10. Dec 14, 2012 #8
    Jordon

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    In the state that I'm in you get 600 pounds per inch of tire width. On the tandem drive axles with singled out 10" wide tires, that would be 24,000 pounds.
     
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  11. Dec 14, 2012 #9
    jbourque

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    could of had some kind of problem, an just trying to get er back to yard without buying tires on the road. same deal with chaining up a axle to get back home. looks bad but safe enough. b safe out there
     
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  12. Dec 14, 2012 #10
    Mrh2008

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    Thinkin about it more, I guess it isn't any different than running super singles, it's just looks awkward as all get out seein' 4 drums sittin out there in the open next to a skinny tire! Thanks for the input, guys!
     
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