Super Single tires
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lets break this down. on a big rig you have atleast two axles on the truck and the trailer. unless you are running a single axle in which case i havent seen one with super singles. but i digress. with two axles you more than likely will not blow two at a time...it can happen but not often, so you will still have one tire holding the load on that side. now if you only have one axle then whats to keep the axle from hitting the ground in the case of a blow out? the rim. when the rim hits the ground that causes damage. so i would stay away from the super singles unless you have a tandem axle vehicle.
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When you blow one that axle is on the ground and all the weight is on the other axle wich instantly overloads that tire and even if that one dosn't blow, you're not going anywhere. Super singles is the stupidest idea I've ever seen in the commercial tire market. Except of course on a steer application where there's only one tire per side anyways.
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when you blow a tire on a rig the axle/wheel whatever will be on the ground... i understand your thinking... my dad has rubber torsion axles on his cattle trailer... bolted to the frame so the axle itself does not travel up/down... whereas (like a semi) on a walking beam suspension the axle travels down when the tire blows... just like on a vehicle.. hope it helps some...
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Super singles are a pita, especially when it takes a tire guy 4hrs to get to you and hes only 25 miles away. From what Ive heard when they first started getting popular most guys would just chain the axle up if one blew out, but DOT ruined that. The pic shows a perfect example. That was taken somewhere in the middle east and split rims are still quite popular there, so no super singles available. Haha, I bet it would take a tire guy years to reach them at the rate they get to you.
Last edited by white93; 03-03-2011 at 10:09 PM. Reason: spelling
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Super singles are a pita, especially when it takes a tire guy 4hrs to get to you and hes only 25 miles away. From what Ive heard when they first started getting popular most guys would just chain the axle up if one blew out, but DOT ruined that. The pic shows a perfect example. That was taken somewhere in the middle east and split rims are still quite popular there, so no super singles available. Haha, I bet it would take a tire guy years to reach them at the rate they get to you.