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hrose's avatar
hrose
Explorer
Sep 11, 2017

two rims on back of a dually instead of 4 ?

Hey guys

During the winter, my f350 drw is not hauling or towing anything heavy,
The heavier ill be hauling is my snowmobile.

Where i live, we must use winter tires (snowflakes) from december to march, its the law.

Since my trucks gonna ride without lot of weight on it during these 3 months, can i only use two rims instead of 4 on the back ?
(Wheels exterior side)

It would spare me to spend a couple hundred bucks for 2 additionals
Tires that i kinda dont "need". Its also gonna give me a better traction i guess.

Im planning to buy rims and tires soon an id like to know if someone already did it or if you think its a bad idea for some reason, let me know please.


Thx guys
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  • All_I_could_aff's avatar
    All_I_could_aff
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2017
    As for the stud thread, Nuts will only have to travel in an additional quarter inch or so with one rim. Remember it's just perfect mess of the mounting flange of the second rim that would be different, not a whole rim width
  • Grit_dog's avatar
    Grit_dog
    Navigator
    Sep 11, 2017
    dodge guy wrote:
    Not good for the wheel bearings unless you run super singles!

    Wont do a thing to the bearings running around empty. Agree if he was talking loaded down.
  • Grit_dog's avatar
    Grit_dog
    Navigator
    Sep 11, 2017
    Durb wrote:
    I am curious about this also. Would you use the inner wheels so that they track the front tires or the outer wheels so they make their own track? Which would give better traction in the snow?


    Depends what type of conditions whether you want to track the same or advantage for the rears taking a new bite of snow. Realistically it will make pretty much zero difference in any day to day conditions.
    I couldn't handle driving around like a BNSF hi rail truck, on the inner duals. Just too gooofy looking for me. I'd run singles on the outside if I had to choose.

    Honestly what I'd do if I was bent on only buying 4 tires for a 6 tire truck is use some old wore out tires on the inside duals and keep the air low in them so they don't interfere and put the good tires on the outside. Mainly so I didn't look like a dufus.
  • Bumpyroad's avatar
    Bumpyroad
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2017
    FlatBroke wrote:
    Why not just put snow tires on the outside and leave the regulars on the inside?


    that makes sense to me but ask the provincial govt. a dually with snow tires on only the outside certainly would have better traction than a non-dually or dually with singles on the rear.
    do 4 WD or 6 WD require snow tires on the front?
    bumpy
  • FlatBroke's avatar
    FlatBroke
    Explorer II
    Sep 11, 2017
    Why not just put snow tires on the outside and leave the regulars on the inside?
  • bucky's avatar
    bucky
    Explorer II
    Sep 11, 2017
    On most duallys the front tire does not track with either of the rear tires, it splits the difference. The studs may not have enough thread on them to use just one wheel, if they do I'd go with the outer if you are going to do it.
  • ACZL's avatar
    ACZL
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2017
    ScottG wrote:
    I've seen it done but it looks pretty goofy.


    I still say the exact same thing with semis and their use of super singles!!!! Just doesn't look right. Period! Semi trailers as well.
  • Bedlam's avatar
    Bedlam
    Moderator
    Sep 11, 2017
    You do not flotation on snow or ice those will be worse than stock dualies.

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