Converting to Super Singles

The thing is, in my neck of the woods, there are lots of grain and bulk haulers that are running singles. Obviously for weight savings. I am around a lot of these folks almost daily, as I haul a lot of bulk processed oats and feed frequently. If anyone would have issues, it would be them, going in and out of farms, grain elevators, etc. But the number of these trucks are going to wide based. Seems only the hard road 4 lane runners are apprehensive.

 

Don't mind it -- you can get some killer deals buying take-offs from the paranoid.

 

That is true! Stopped into a International dealer in Fremont, NE to pick up something and they had a stack of wide based rims and tires that were take offs that they were offering at a killer discount. As best I can recall, a rim and tire for $500. From the looks of the tires, they must not have had 10,000 miles on them.

 

For that price you can have a blowout/rim damage every month.

 

Seen a single axle truck last week with super singles on the rear. And I know lots of people will scream that is not safe. But look at steer tires.
I had wondered why more people with single axles were not running the super singles?

 

At least I saw a expedite straight truck with a dual axle setup recently that was running wide based under the box. Not sure if it was a dual drive axle setup or one of the axles was liftable. I would assume the latter. Both were down at the time when I saw it going down the road.