Anyone running Steers on the Drives?

really steer tires gives u better MPG, but good on dry panement only. Wet pavement ore snow and u gotta tracktion problems.

to lower RR change trailer tires with SS, better with European SS (385/65R22.5). Some truckers here change wheelhubs with european on drives and they use EU trailer single rims with 386/55R22.5 (narrower the SS, but may be used as single tire).

The real problem is other. All these things are too expencive, and tires rated over 4000 kg + 20-50% for sterss are too expencive, so it is cheaper to use conventional twins with 3000 kg rating. The cheapest size here is 10R22.2

 

I talked to a driver running steers on the drive axles, he claimed they didn't cause many problems and were easier to chain up, due to a lack of lugs to catch the chains on.

 

I ran steer tires on my 8 drives one year & went thru the last & big snow storm in MI. had no problems.

 

I run Goodyear 661 RSA on my tractor. Not state of the art tires, but short haul with heavy loads they stand up pretty well.

They are horrible in the snow. On the main roads they suck, and uphill corners or off camber turns forget about it.

I recap them with BDR w from bandag and run them in the winter. On steel rims....

The Michelin fronts that are micro siped might be better..... In the snow. I don't chain , so can't help with that. If it snows that bad I sit in my house.

I save about 3/10s in mpg between the two tread patterns..

 

I think that steer tires are a misnomer, they're all position. The Michelin XZA3's are excellent in a drive position especially on ice and wet roads.

 

If you like getting stuck in a couple inches of snow

 

Have you had them for drives? What were they like?

 

I just know I get stuck enough with heavy lug tires in wet or packed snow, so I wouldn't think steer tires would do very well if you get into any mud or snow

 

Well I guess they wouldn't do any worse by the sounds of it. If you're stuck, you're stuck.