This is one reason I'm glad back when I drove OTR I never had to drive a truck or have a trailer with the newer double tires, at least with duels if one tires goes flat you still have the other tire to get you by until you can put on your spare...
You might change that opinion if you knew how well they pull.
Reduced sensation of pulling out of a hole from a stop. Tire inspection is
always easier, and, that many companies make it a point to install auto-inflate systems.
Have a look at current fuel tankers.
Disc brakes on all (5) axles is a revelation using wide base tires.
Besides, a single remaining on a dual install isn’t any good afterwards. “Unsafe” to proceed.
No advantage.
You might also enjoy that when a
wide base (correct name) blows . . . no matter how loud you have the stereo you’ll hear it (ha!)
I’d say that the real restriction is when roads can’t clear water fast enough, or when it gets iced over.
An open-bore tanker with (10) versus (18) makes this real clear, real quick on tighter metro Interstate curves
even when below advisory speed (get 10-below that).
Second is that the FE “bonus” doesn’t work out for OTR when “empty” is 20-30% of all miles (tanker needing washout; or account-dedicated = 500 out and 500 back).
Needs to be a closer match to actual operating spec in all conditions.
As with Auto-Shift: one learns to adapt and then forgets about any “penalties”. Auto-shift & Wide Base both have nice advantages.
That Amazin Amazoon driver probably didn’t have 15k in the box (close enough to being empty you’re driving it). Xtra low-paying loads brokered out.
No radio and didn’t care anyway. Another guy who
somehow wound up in the wrong country.
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