Super singles good or bad?

So far my experience with super singles. They ride pretty good that I'll admit. I've always hated to see myself in a truck with them on. I'm not so sure how they do in the snow, but like most ops will tell you and most likely true from what I've seen with other trucks. You will get STUCK!!. My company just put two brand new ones on my front drives considering i have a dead axle in the rear. So far I like em however couldn't ride them too much cause now I'm waiting on my truck to hurry up and leave the shop. Good luck too you.

 

Over 700 thousand miles on super singles in the Pacific Northwest. One flat, one leaker. The flat was driven 2 miles to a truck stop for repair, I was running empty at the time, and the tire stayed quietly in the rim.

The tire is a little harder to chain properly. The chains HAVE to be put on correctly, tight and square.

I have been getting around 300K miles per set, but I change my drive sets out early for winter driving. I don't like to be below 6 / 32's for winter and spring driving.

As far a traction goes, I don't think I do worse than anyone else, maybe in a way better, because my loads are always very light.

 

Been using them going on 3 years. Super singles don't seem to wander as much as duals. Heck of a lot easier to check pressures on, especially when some mechanic doesn't line up the valve stems correctly. Michelin xDA super singles are crap on wet roads, they will break traction way to easy. XDa's are a lot better.

Biggest trouble is going in to pick up bagged shavings at one of the saw mills, the water that they spray on the logs creates quite a mudbog. Have had the bucket loader push me through a couple of times. Now I go in that mill the way the flat bedders go in.

 

I am too considering converting/trading my duals for the super singles, problem I am facing is that I am currently transporting pipe into South Texas Oilfields and pull containers as well so I don't have a spare tire carrier to stow a wide base tire. At any rate though, I promised my friend that I will let him know if I would trade with him or not by Monday, does anyone have any off-road experience with them?

I've ran them off and on over the past 7 years and haven't had any issues........other than telling the dispatcher that it wasn't going with stand the right-away in New Mexico with all the big gravels, rocks and such.

Thanks!

 

You know, I'm a fan of the idea of super singles. I've been watching listings of new trucks on truck trader and out of hundreds of listings I can't find one factory truck with SS. Not sure what to make of it, but it would be nice to see at least one, once in a while.

 

BAD.........

 

To me it seems it's more your driving habits and such rather than snow and ice and all that. I've driven SS for about a year, and the only time I had any issues was when I got stuck trying to get into a menards parking lot. Ice, snow, stupid skinny approach, and a hill. Not many factors were in my favor. But it was definitely nice scaling at 29k in a Pete with a skateboard.

 

Just go 50/50 and get the benifits of both...


The front was a tag axle.

 

All our outbounds are "mission critical" loads, so the no-limping and limited availability are the primary deal breakers. Also, we run a tri-axle trailer, and the rubbing and scuffing on the wide singles is serious enough that many of the guys around here that run tri's or quads have gone back to running duals.

With my big hands, checking and filling inside duals is a royal PITA, but Cat Eyes are going to fix that shortly.

 

I've never had any trouble with the weather. The main problem with them is if they blow it will drop the rim on the ground, most likely damaging it beyond repair, and possibly tearing up something else before you get to the shoulder.

The best thing about them is their width makes it less likely you'll drop off the edge of the road, and they weigh less than the duals.

As far as limping to the next stop with a blown dual, I just saw a guy get stopped by DOT for trying to do that.