I was throwing around the idea of converting a couple trailers from duals to super singles, primarily for weight and heard the fuel econ. is better. Anyone running these know the weight savings and would they be beneficial for car carriers?

 

http://www.michelintruck.com/micheli...ht-savings.jsp

You're talking about a 370 lb weight savings according to michelin

http://www.michelintruck.com/micheli...el-savings.jsp

fuel savings depends on the tires you're switching from

Punch all that info in here:

http://www.michelintruck.com/micheli...calculator.jsp

 

if your talking about the super single tires.. i would not do it. thery are not well stocked in all areas. i was talking to a maverick driver a while back & he had to have a service truck come 200 miles to bring him a tire. that was the closest place that had one. can you imagine the sercive call cost on that one? on a dual tire you can usually limp along at a slower speed to get to a shop. with a single.. your stuck where ever. whenever.

 

I have talked to several drivers who had super singles and not one of them liked them, they say they are especially bad in rain and snow and like heavy haulers said, you have a flat, you sit until someone comes out.

 

In my area they are using them on the Costco trailers.

 

I was wondering about this. No traction?

 

I get better traction than I did with duals. All the complaints I've seen regarding traction came from the first generation rolled out 10 years ago. It's not near the issue anymore. I'm sure there are conditions where it would be beneficial to have two denser footprints, but I have yet to break traction with mine.

Besides, this would be a non-issue as far as the OP is concerned since he's talking about converting trailers only.

 

I never had a traction with super singles. Even driving through ok city last year when their snowplow was on vacation :roll: . 6"s of freezing rain, ice, snow never made my truck lose traction.

 

What about carrying a spare super single tire on the Cat walk of your tractor? I have seen some drivers carrying tires there before but not super singles... Is this possible?