DRW vs SRW safety, tire blowout
Every time the DRW vs SRW debate starts up, dually owners always point to the safety of having 4 rear wheels in case of a blowout while driving. What I am wondering is has anyone actually experienced ...
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^Bingo.
Unless you’re intentionally trying to compare a class 4 or 5 truck to a srw 3/4 or 1 ton like someone here did, a page or 2 ago….lol.
But by his logic, a semi truck ought to stop faster than a Lamborghini since it has bigger brakes and so many more tires! Lol.
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned this far in this brain trust of Defenders of the Dually is rotational mass.
First, how much more rotational mass is typically present with a pair of rear duals vs a pair of single wheels. The difference is very noticeable. Example, the heavier 37s with 20x12 rims on the ole brodozer affects braking noticeably compared to the same truck wearing little OE wheels and tires.
And second, the fact that adding 1 lb of rotational mass to a vehicle is roughly equivalent to adding 7lbs of static mass.
The fact remains, the ONLY time a comparable dually is putting more rear braking force into the pavement is once a srw would lose traction, assuming the dually wont.
Unless you’re intentionally trying to compare a class 4 or 5 truck to a srw 3/4 or 1 ton like someone here did, a page or 2 ago….lol.
But by his logic, a semi truck ought to stop faster than a Lamborghini since it has bigger brakes and so many more tires! Lol.
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned this far in this brain trust of Defenders of the Dually is rotational mass.
First, how much more rotational mass is typically present with a pair of rear duals vs a pair of single wheels. The difference is very noticeable. Example, the heavier 37s with 20x12 rims on the ole brodozer affects braking noticeably compared to the same truck wearing little OE wheels and tires.
And second, the fact that adding 1 lb of rotational mass to a vehicle is roughly equivalent to adding 7lbs of static mass.
The fact remains, the ONLY time a comparable dually is putting more rear braking force into the pavement is once a srw would lose traction, assuming the dually wont.
