Any use for a single axle truck??

Northern Indiana runs a ton of single axle trucks in the RV hauling and Car/van hauling businesses.
Put it on truckpaper with a good color ad and you'll have your best shot at selling it.

 

This theory is so completely wrong it makes me laugh when I hear someone say it.

Traction is determined by weight loading on the tires and a lightly loaded tandem axle (less than 34k on drives) does far worse than a single axle. I've ran both in the northeast winters and I'd take a single axle over tandem anyday, especially if you put diff lock on it.

I had countless times that I was able to get a single axle truck out where all the traditional tandems were stuck and totally useless.

More tires does not equal more traction on snow or ice, often it's the exact opposite.

 

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Guess my 2000000 safe driving award means nothing, must have been unsafe all that time. Thank you for clearing that up

 

Let me quote Jim Cramer ..."SELL SELL SELL"

 

The more weight the more torque it takes to break loose.

 

The psi for a fully loaded single axle, at 20,000 is greater than a fully loaded tandem at 34,000. Further, on lighter load, 20,000 on a tandem, it will be double on the single axle. So it makes sense that a single axle drive with a locker may have better traction in snow than a duel drive with only a power divider.

 

True, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A SOLID BOTTOM. If you are in mud, sand, or the like the flotation of the twin screw helps out, IF,, (I will say this again) IF you know how to drive in low traction situations, and no that doesn't mean floor boarding the truck until you bury the speedo!

Just as in the fuel mileage debate, the key to all things really IS the driver.

 

That is correct. But mileage certainly must be better same driver. We got over 8 mpg in a mid 60s single drive tractor in the early 80s. Combination of lower weight and less parasitic loss by having only one drive axle.

 

Put it up for sale on ebay, put a reserve