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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nteresting, but I think the loss of control dangers are different for blowouts on the hauling vehicle in trailer vs truck camper.
Very much so.
Sudden lose of air pressure on a LDT srw or drw rear axle is a non event carrying a heavy TC.
However pulling a 12k-15k lb GN trailer with a sudden lose of air pressure on the front axle is a big fight to keep it out of the ditch or in the other lane as thy heavy trailer pushes on the trucks rear one direction then another direction.
BTDT with my srw/drw and the same trailers with my service trucks and my truck campers. This was back in the day when we ran on bias ply tires .
Its rare today even on haulers website forums using modern radial LT tires on the LDT tow trucks. Much much better tires today from a safety perspective and long term service.
