Kenworth with heavy front axle - tires question

Zero-offset wheels. What size are the tires? As a general rule, tires with less lbs/sq. in. of load (wider tires) will hydroplane faster than a heavier loaded tire. Point being, running light on very wet or especially on slushy roads can be dicey if you don't have any weight on the steer. Keep the weight up front, they'll do fine.

Since you drove with them on dry pavement, I assume you're already familiar with their propensity to follow road imperfections more than a normal width steer tire.

 

Where I'm from, they call them floater tires. You're not going to drive them in he snow and ice much, especially when permitted.

 

You've got either 425/56R22.5's or 385/65R22.5's. My dad's got it on his T800 and they do okay in the winter. If you're really concerned and your truck owner is willing to do the swap I'd look into 315/80R22.5's You'll need to get 22.5x9" rims but you still have a 10,000 lb tire. I just put these on my Pete this summer, haven't drove em in the winter yet but it's a great tire size for dump trucks probably would do well in heavy haul as well. Doesn't wobble around like your full floaters on the highway, but isn't a pizza cutter in the soft stuff.
Hope this helps.

 

Didn't know you were Canadian. OSOW isn't allowed to run the roads in icy conditions in the The lower 48 ( well at least not in most places here).

 

I have 425s on my tri axle dump truck and as long as ya keep the weight up front, they steer ok. Not nearly as well as a light front end but just keep it in the back of your head that you're steer tires are the width of a toboggan..lol.

 

w900L what does it take to get wide ### steer tires on it, I have a 1999 looks like they will rub or hit linkages , its a dump truck gotta have them, can you use spacers ?????

 

no spacers,get different offset rims.
Kenworth should be able to tell you what offset you put on your axle.