22.5 or 24.5s on a flatbed spread axle?

I would be interested to hear how the ss hold up on a flat.

 

i real trailer tire was not made to take the torque that a drive tire is made to take. and then you might put those drive tires on the trailer and they might not take the scrub so good. you will see alot of ss lugs on trilers with big chunks of rubber ripped out from turning.

 

I just put 8 regrooved Michelin ZXE drive tires on my trailer this week.

It should be interesting to see how they hold up.

 

Dont get caught limping. guess dot made a 3 strike law on that occording to my bauer built sales rep. I brought up the ss point to him when i was checking tire prices monday he wanted to throw ss on my tractor and i said i wanr limp home ability and thats when he dropped the bomb

 

Wide singles on a drive or trailer axle wearing on the inside edge is usually due to a few things.

Axle bearings out of adjustment. Too loose, causing the wheel to tip inward under load.

Axle flex. Flex or sag allows the wheel to tip inward.

Some others are.
Wrong offset of the wheel for the axle.

The axle/hub end set is not best one for wide singles.

I am not sure what the difference is, but at the dealer, they stock two different part no's for them, one for duals, the other for wide singles

 

In the 80s, Bridgestone came out with the reduced tread, for trailer tires. That design actually increased tire life on trailers, because the lower tread height squiggles around less. Tires on a free rolling axle, such as steer or trailer, are much more subject to irregular wear, such as river wear, than tires under constant torque.

 

I'd like to see that in writing. Your rep has a vested interest in misleading you on that point. What do they do after 3, double your CSA points?