Why I hate wide singles on a truck.

when those go it's like a car bomb! gas cloud 4 feet wide and trailer shrapnel in all directions. RIP fender

 

lmao

damage description: GONE

 

Oh, "Super Singles" for a spell, was supposed to be better than sliced bread. Seemed everybody jumped on the bandwagon, like aero skirts. The single tires are junk, and the fairings do little, what an industry to exploit.

 

Never understood why these stupid tires are even a thing and why they stayed a thing after people figured out the cons. Between the damage and road call when one eventually blows, any posible fuel savings are near instantly wiped out. And god help any 4 wheeler next to one of these going off and the ensueing lawsuit if their vehicle is trashed.

 

It’s probably less to do with fuel and more to do with the weight savings in a bulk application.

 

for real, how much MPG do you have to save over time to recoup the cost of rebuilding 1/4 of a whole trailer rear end and a $1100 tire.

 

How many trucks does your company run? How many loads get hauled at roughly 1000 pounds more over duals? I doubt they’re doing it for cost savings in a bulk operation. If you’re hauling 25 ton then every 50 loads your company hauls generates the revenue of an extra load. Pencil that out over the course of a year versus having a blowout and it makes it easier to see the why of it.