With all the snow/ice we are getting around here, Im getting kinda tired of sliding around on the duals!
So follow my logic( or lack thereof) here and tell me why this wouldn't work?

If the reason dually s are so poor on slick roads is the weight of the rear being distributed onto 4 contact points instead of 2, couldn't I just remove the inner tire and double the weight on the remaining 2 contact points?( will not be hauling any real weight till spring anyways)
If tire offset is an issue, wouldn't mounting the inner wheel sans tire be OK?

I'm sure there is a reason this isnt commonly done, so explain it to me please..

 

There are actually a few people in here that remove the inner tire. Go for it

 

i have seen pulling trucks do it too.

 

I've seen some newer trucks doing it around here. They look kind of funny though.

 

I tried this with a dually donor truck I have that constantly got stuck on wet grass because it was a 2WD and I bought it without a bed. End result was it did NOT help and the last time I moved it I had to pull it out with my tractor. You may notice a slight improvement on the road.

 

You will notice an improvement, but all these trucks suck in 2WD. Tell us how you like it.

 

Score full points for your logic, ... I've tried running just outers and just inners, .... both ways do improve traction some, but for a generation that grew up with front wheel drives and FWDs any RWD vehicle will seem stucky. Biggest problem I had was running with just inners is it's ugly beyond pathetic ..

 

buy really really large tires and make it a single wheel with the dually fenders....might be a lil interesting

 

Yeah, I've saw a few big rigs that ran 4 super singles instead of 8 duals on their tractor. Thought that was a bit interesting.

 

I would just put some weight in the back, throw like 1500lbs back there. That would help, I did that with my srw and it is night and day improvement.

 

Wide tires suck in the snow. I bet 215/85's would do good on a dually even though they're ugly short.

 

Yeah i've seen people do it before. I'd say try it out

 

the only problem with those super singles on the big rigs is if you get a flat you dead on the road ....with the duals if you get a flat you can limp it to the next exit

 

About the super single, they were made for the front wheels of cement trucks and other trucks that had alot of weight over the front tires. Also having 8 super singles on a cement causes more traction so they don't get stuck going almost everywhere that they do go.

The bad part about a super single is they suck in the snow also, better off with duallys than a super single.

We have to stick them on the rear of our rail trucks because the duallys don't always ride the rails well (2-3" contact patch) and will hit the 3rd track and KAAABLAAM instant loss of a truck with possible survival.

 

Add tow hooks to the front of your truck. :}

There was a thread about this a while back.