My Experiance with Watkins Shepard!

lots of the centuries have singles and quite a few volvos dont. i dont mind them at all, and if you end up chaining they are pretty easy to do. the only real problem will be if you ever blow one.

i slept at that rest area before ellensburg on the hill last night. the roads were super sucky, and watch out tomorrow because everyone was chaining on the next set of mountains your coming up on. but i didnt see any signs saying i had to so i didnt even stop.

i dont even know what detour you did, i know the sign your talking about but its for a bridge thats off to the right i think when you exit for the scales, not on 90.

 

Hey AT
Glad you are okay! Could you or one of you guys post a pic of the super singles vs the other truck so I can get a better idea of what you are talking about? It would be a great help and thanks!!

 

thats weird he has steel wheels on his, never seen that before.

 

Thanks BRN
and please remember I don't drive but this is how I learn from you guys....what is the difference? The ex had a Volvo ?760 maybe that was it and TruckerDave drives day cab.......

 

THANKS GUYS!!!
I get it now!!!! Don't forget there is some newbie out there too that didnt' know the diff between singles and dules--so you helped out a whole bunch!

 

There has to be benefits to them, the weight they save is too nominal to be the main reason...And to me, it looks like they have much more tread touching the ground for better traction and braking...

And I think the hill you're talking about was Lookout Pass, that was my nightmare tonight as well...

Check this out:
http://www.bigtrucktv.com/item.aspx?environment_supersingles

Excerpt:
"" There's a perception that they're not as safe. What happens in a blow-out? What happens on slippery, wet roads? And I have actually driven on a fully loaded tractor trailer with dual tires and single tires with a wet closed track and I can tell you for sure, that the singles track better than the doubles. There have been tests where they blew out a super single tire while the truck was driving on a test track and everything was fine, so the perception is wrong.""

I don't see why you couldn't continue to drive with one flat to get it fixed...

 

Check out the link I added to my post...I see I was wrong on the amount of tread contacting the ground but supposedly they handle better...

And no, I didn't see the wreck, what time did you go thru there?...I also didn't see anyone chaining up, although it may have been prudent, it was a miserable ride and in only that part of the whole road, everywhere else was fine...