Dually P/U ??

I drove past a Ford 350 SD dually today that 1 single "wide" assed tire (on each side) to fill the fender well area, is this the future of dually's ?

Super Singles have entered the Heavy Truck market but not many are opting for them.  Cannot Limp In on a Super Single without destroying the tire as opposed to losing One dual and just slowing down to save the other.  

@JoeM(GA); There are very few things that aggravate me more than a slammed truck. I'm all for "It's your property do what you want with it." but when I see one I have a visceral GRRRR.

I can't understand some of the things people do to there trucks. But yes I think one fat tire instead of two thin tires is the trend.

After being in the tire business over 20 years, I can only say "God I HOPE NOT". Probably one of fords better ideas like the 6.0 diesel and the Firestone tires their engineers designed years ago.

Sooooo you have to carry 2 spare tire set ups?

steve(ill) wrote:

I do like how this looks it has a clean look to me

most of the super single wheels and tires, when the tire blows, you hafta buy the rim new too. comes as a package deal. when i was looking for a dually to b uy, there was one dually on a lot for sale that had 22.5 tires all the way around on it. looked a bit wierd! i didn't test drive it, but i'm pretty sure the ride was not good! the wheels were modified to fit the truck.

Many years ago I was hauling petroleum with an Ex EXXON truck. It had super singles everywhere except for the steering. I would legally carry 9,000 of gas and 7,500 gallons of diesel or fuel oil. As mentioned above is was scary in the rain, when loaded, SUPER scary when empty.  Surprisingly it would do well in snow when loaded, although after unloading it wouldn't move on flat ground.

I worked in the spring driving a low boy hauling a loader and operating it loading spreader trucks applying lime to fields. The truck trains hauling lime to the fields were conventional long nosed sleeper road tractors hauling 50 ton loads. One truck was equipped with super singles except for the steering axle. He couldn't pull into the field without getting stuck! The trucks with duals all around would drive right by him and dump their loads and pull out of the field. We had to borrow a neighboring farmers tracked John Deere to pull the truck in and out as it would not go even empty and when loaded even the Case 621 D loader wouldn't move it! Until he retired lime was delivered by a Peterbuilt Day Cab driven by a big man we called "Moose"! Moose would arrive with 50 ton in 2 trailers,get out and walk into the field for a look around and say" I can get it in here but you might have to help me out empty"! I don't know what that Pete had for a motor or gearing but Moose would drive right into the field dump both trailers and drive right out! And he didn't have singles! I never hooked onto Moose!

Part of the problem is most used day cabs have small motors. Fleets order small motors for hopping around town. If you want power in a used truck you end up buying an over the road sleeper truck. Took the sleepers off a few, but the frame is still long. Had I guy tell me when you pull a trailer with super singles you dont look in the mirror because they track really bad. I like the look of the above Ford. Doesn't seem practical to me but has the same stance as my 79 Cutlass Supreme.

Trans system runs super singles on all their trucks and trailers. they haul beets from pilers to the plant only. the trucks are stripped of any weight they dont have landing wheels the sides are mesh and they dont have hoists for dupming they drive on the unloader at the plant get out of the truck it grabs the truck and trailer axles they trip the latch and tip the whole thing  45 deg to the side all the beets fall out . the truck is righted and the driver gets back in. several of my friends have drove for them in the past they tell me that unloaded on slippery roads it a real handfull . when they sell the trucks off they put duals back on. trucks are replaced every 2 years.