Ruh Roh, bad day

jon f mn · Jun 17, 2014

First flat on the new truck. Glad it's the worn out tire, got a hole right in the side wall. Did find a used one for $300.00 tho, so it could be worse I guess.

rrlund · Jun 17, 2014

I can sympathize. I blew one on the center axle of the trailer last Friday hauling that discbine home. Luckily I was only about a mile and a half from an implement dealer and pulled in there. I backed it in their shop and they jacked it up and put the spare on for $15. I went and got a different tire mounted this morning and put it back on.

rd 2N in mo · Jun 17, 2014

sorry to tell you this Scooby but Shaggy has gone to the farm in Cali and is rolling up a Ganga right now

Brokenwrench · Jun 17, 2014

I remember seeing a post from you on here a while ago, maybe when your truck was new, that it had only one drive axle. How has that been working out for you? Have you noticed any big pros or cons to that setup? With winter and spring, have you gotten into any situations where you wished you had the power divider? Sorry for all the questions, I am just intrigued with that setup. BW

Super Trucker · Jun 17, 2014

There's a $1000 tire . Jon you get in my neighborhood I can get you some used one's. A friend has a tire shop.

jon f mn · Jun 17, 2014

I'm happy with the system. It's not an off road deal tho, so it wouldn't work for a dump or grain hauler. But going down the road whether it's dry or wet or icy it works great. Last winter I was in minneapolis when they had a storm and there were trucks stuck on the freeway all over. Twice I came across 2 stuck side by side and was able to drive right around them and keep going. I'm right at 200,000 miles right now and the drive tires are about done, but the tag tires are near new yet. I'm going to rotate them now and run the tag tires out on the drive and the drives out on the tag. I figure to get to 350,000 or so total which is about what I got with the twin screw and duals, so I'm happy with that as well.

john in la · Jun 17, 2014

That's the bad thing about singles and pulling a company trailer all the time.

You have no place to carry a spare.

Brokenwrench · Jun 17, 2014

Thanks. Seems like an efficient system. BW

jon f mn · Jun 17, 2014

I would have no way to carry one, and it's not likely I would bee home when I needed one. But thanks for the offer.

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