Why no wide-based wheels on straight trucks?

There are a lot of super singles running on expedite trucks, a lot of them.

 

I was just about to say that Rosenau runs them on most of their trucks I see.

 

About fifty fifty on trailers and 90% on power units.

 

Wrong,not with singles.
You can destroy the rim before you get to the shoulder.
We run them. When we have a flat the repair guy always
Brings a rim with him just in case.

 

With a catastrophic failure you could damage the rim, these are rare.
The trailers have tire pressure monitoring so a slow leak is kept up by the on board air brakes system.

 

I remember one time blowing a single in the middle of nowhere in AR. Went to the nearest approved tire shop and sat for 2 days in the guys lot while they found another one.

 

Maybe as a single axle, but I've blown 3 on tandems over the years. All massive shotgun blast kabooms... And aside from ####ing up mudflaps & hangers, I've never had a rim so much as blemish. The rim floats a good 3" in the air, held up by the tandem...

 

I'm kicking around the idea of putting singles on my truck. Only thing is I don't see any available in 24.5

 

The overall width or stance is about 6" narrower than a pair of duals. I'm sure it varies somewhat with offset. I'm not sure I'd want that on a straight truck unless you were always hauling the light gravy. Also they are a bit soft and have a spongy feeling to them. Slightly smoother ride but kinda squirly in ruts, so there is a pro and con there.

 

I'm pretty sure they're only made in low-pro 22.5 size.