how many out there that are plowing with duallys? i live up in the northeast and i have to deal with the snow. when i do drive my dually4X4 in the snow it drives OK at best. it feels like its floating on the snow. it does grip but not a reassuring feeling. anyway, what i'm getting at is how your duallys feel pushing snow around. is it as effective as a regular 4X4 or did you guys remove the outter rear tires or...?

the original michellins were OK as well in the snow...i have a fairly new set of goodyears on there now. waiting to see how they hold up in the white stuff.

what i am planning to do is set up my truck for plowing and i'm trying to get a feeling for how this dually is for snow removal.


thanks for any input.

 

Narrow tires work best for most snow driving. Thats because they can dig down through the snow and bit at whats under it. Wide tires will float on the snow, making your truck slide around more. Wide tires only work well if you need to try to drive on top of very deep snow...which isn't your concern (ever watch the "arctic trucks" that run in arctic regions? http://www.arctictrucks.is/template3.asp?PageID=1092)

Even though you most likely have narrow tires, the duallys give the same effect as having a very wide tire. You can help to offset this some by putting a very large amount of weight in the bed, like a sander or a load of concrete blocks. That will help force the tires down through the snow. If you don't want to, or can't carry around all that weight, you could consider running a singe wheel in the rear. Don't just use one of your dually wheels. Depending on how its turned it will either be too far inside the fenders, or if you turn it around, it will put too much stress on the outer axle without the other tire. Just find a pair of single wheels to put your tires on.

Hopefully others who have plowed with a dually will jump in with their experiences.

Jim

 

Duallies will plow just fine with enough weight in the rear......there are many 2WD cab and chassis landscape trucks that plow just fine around here but have about 5000 - 6000 pounds in the rear because of a box mounted sander. I have 700 lbs of steel blocks I put in the rear of my dually and plan to do some light duty plowing. I'll just be plowing my driveway and a few of the neighbors laneways. I have seen a few Dodge duallies around here do some commercial plowing with no weight in the rear and appear to do just fine - probably because the front axle weight and tire contact pressure is extremely high - no doubt the front axle is doing most of the work......that isn't to say these trucks wouldn't benefit from some additional rear axle weight.