Running One Tire on a Dually

[DKasper]

Hi Guys,

I was heading back from Wisconsin this weekend and the valve stem extension on the inside dual came loose and ripped the valve stem out -- I'm guessing the tech at the tire store didn't get it on very tight when they rotated them last week. Wouldn't you know, I didn't have my spare with me, so I pulled the flat off and reinstalled the remaining tire in the outside position. No problems dirving home, but I did go 350 miles like that.



My question is, is this a safe thing to have done? Is it possible to damage something doing this? I was thinking it might be a problem because of the leverage of having just a single tire on there.



What do you think?



Thanks!



Dave

 

[KLuzadder]

Question answered!

It wont hurt anything as long as you didnt have a large load on the truck. As long as you were just driving it will be fine.

 

[CMckee]

i have seen a few people over the years who take one tire off for the winter to get better traction. they don't carry any major loads and everything is fine.

 

[DKasper]

That's good to know, guys, thanks for the repsonses. I've been tempted to run on one in the winter as well -- not only for the traction reasons, but with the tires I have, I have to air them down in the back to 25lbs to get them to wear better -- and that's still a bit overinflated for running empty. I guess the tires I have are very stiff! If I just had one tire on, then I could get better wear.



Thanks again,



Dave

 

[Paychk]

Whenever you run extensions on the dually, it is recommended to use solid steel threaded valve stems, that way you won't experience pull out of the stems.