Super single tires vs dually tires

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  1. nightgunner

    nightgunner Road Train Member

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    I have run both. The SS never seemed to have lasted as long as duals on my drives. On a trailer, I didn't see any difference other than the weight reduction.
     
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    As a newbie I feel more comfortable with duallies. From my own observations most companies use duallies anyhow.
     
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    I've owned my tractor and trailer about 2.5 years now. Drives are SS. I like them. Fuel economy is my main reason for choosing SS. I average 6.8 mpg in a 2001 Columbia with average speed around 70-72 with 40k average payload. If I slow down to 67 I get 7.3 MPG average. These are actual tank to tank fill calculations. In 2.5 years I have had 2 flats on the SS. Both times I was not rolling so I did not have to drive and did not damage the rims. With my national tire discount I get the Michelin SS for about $800 plus install etc.

    When checking air pressure, 4 less tires to check.
     
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    Some of the biggest & first users of SuperSingles tried them for saving fuel & used low rolling resistance versions. These are especially unsuited to snow & rain. The poor traction isn't inherent in them, it's from the LRR feature.
     
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    Super singles are where you save on tires but replace rims at every blow out!
    Ever hear a super single making turns?
    No reason to run them..except stupidity.:boxing:
     
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    Duals and their spacing gives water, ice, and snow somewhere to go besides the tire surface.
    I've never driven ss and would never pull a trailer with them.
    I've watched them going down the road and laugh..pure junk.
     
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    I hate them. If you're bobtail wet grass will get you stuck.
     
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    We tried them on two of our pneumatic trucks. We put SS on both the tractor and the trailer. We ran them for about a year.
    There was a small tare weight decrease but it didn't amount to much.
    The SS didn't give us the longevity that the makers claimed. On a cost-per-mile basis they were more expensive to run than duals.
    We ruined three wheels. All three times a tire blew out at freeway speed on a loaded truck and by the time the driver could get to the shoulder the rim was ruined. I don't remember what the rims cost...I've tried to forget that... but they sure weren't cheap. Rims can be hard to find if you need them in a hurry.
     
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    I live on a dirt road too and never had problems in the mud with duals. I had a loaner once with SS and got stuck. Cost me $300 to get pulled out.
     
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    I stay with duals.

    If you lose one the other will survive if it is a SS that goes, there goes also a whole bunch of money and then some. They don't do well beyond a certain amount of rain or snow and let's not get into ice I never see them on ice.

    At one point years ago everyone got into the SS bandwagon. And apparently got back to duals just as fast from where I sit.

    I suppose this being America if you want to put a 18 wheeler onto one wheel and one tire big enough to do it there is a way. But Not me. /sarcastic.