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duals are squirrly. sic
im the leading expert on what cannot be accomplished with duals. for i have tried all combinations of earth surface beneath my duallies
top of the list of unaccomplishables is:
is going off road
most of my adult life i have been the pilot of a dual rear wheeled truck. much of that time off road and overloaded.
clumsy beasts, they will get u stuck on any surface, and of course the overloaded truck is impossible to unstick. jerk it with a chain ,push it with a track hoe or dozer they skid along merrily plowing through the mud jamming up between the duals and squeezing into the brakes. so now you have , in good weather 100 pounds of tire and wheel on each end of the axle jammed with goo, weighing 200 pounds, and your posi unit is burning up trying to spin both of these globs at once. i learned to go with open diff as they will last forever. and of course are useless when stuck.
mud, is the worst, unless u count sand, or snow. Stay home if its icy, and on bloomin' wet pavement they aint so smiley either. and they tend to bust posi units out quickly, and brakes get hot.
but they tow nicely ;if you have drum brakes they slack off
i promise u that you will find roads your srw took ,are impassable with duals.
tip: buy, or after a severe snow storm, gather up big truck tire chains thrown off passing trucks; 3 railers they are called , jack up your rig and put them on then measure and cut them down to size to fit your rig. 3 railers have 3 longitudinal chains wth the cross ribs between for traction. learn to put these on laying on your back in a puddle of sweat and melted snow, do it b4 u need them, as putting them on after u need them is impossible.
having shot my mouth off i can say that the only trucks i own are duallies-fords mostly.
so they are good for something, like cross winds and stock trailers, thats about all they are good for
im the leading expert on what cannot be accomplished with duals. for i have tried all combinations of earth surface beneath my duallies
top of the list of unaccomplishables is:
is going off road
most of my adult life i have been the pilot of a dual rear wheeled truck. much of that time off road and overloaded.
clumsy beasts, they will get u stuck on any surface, and of course the overloaded truck is impossible to unstick. jerk it with a chain ,push it with a track hoe or dozer they skid along merrily plowing through the mud jamming up between the duals and squeezing into the brakes. so now you have , in good weather 100 pounds of tire and wheel on each end of the axle jammed with goo, weighing 200 pounds, and your posi unit is burning up trying to spin both of these globs at once. i learned to go with open diff as they will last forever. and of course are useless when stuck.
mud, is the worst, unless u count sand, or snow. Stay home if its icy, and on bloomin' wet pavement they aint so smiley either. and they tend to bust posi units out quickly, and brakes get hot.
but they tow nicely ;if you have drum brakes they slack off
i promise u that you will find roads your srw took ,are impassable with duals.
tip: buy, or after a severe snow storm, gather up big truck tire chains thrown off passing trucks; 3 railers they are called , jack up your rig and put them on then measure and cut them down to size to fit your rig. 3 railers have 3 longitudinal chains wth the cross ribs between for traction. learn to put these on laying on your back in a puddle of sweat and melted snow, do it b4 u need them, as putting them on after u need them is impossible.
having shot my mouth off i can say that the only trucks i own are duallies-fords mostly.
so they are good for something, like cross winds and stock trailers, thats about all they are good for
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