Super single or duals?

[US6x4]

I like how it has different size tires with a super single front (like a vocational truck) and still have the same tread pattern.

 

[Godspeed131]

Great setup and I bet the ride quality and flotation improved……well as much as it could lol.

 

[GILBERT2020]

Great setup and I bet the ride quality and flotation improved……well as much as it could lol.

Does drive ALOT better, also feels more stable. Well worth the cost.

 

[GILBERT2020]

I like how it has different size tires with a super single front (like a vocational truck) and still have the same tread pattern.

Totally agree.

 

[Flyboy207]

Totally agree.

This seems like a good direction to go for my wrecker, but just the cost of super singles was going to be almost as much as the truck, and I can only assume duals are even more expensive, having to buy 8 instead of 4. That said, you save $800 on not buying combat wheels for the rears.

I’ll try calling the tire shop you got them from, but I haven’t been able to find any listing for 12.00r20 XZL’s online.

 

[G744]

You might want to check what torque they used on your lugnuts. Most tire shops stall a 1" drive impact on every one, the result will make your changing a flat almost impossible. Multiply that by 20 for just one rear set...

Your weight and 24" bar/wrench will be plenty to hold things together. 250-300 Ft/Lbs is a good target.

Thinking a Chicago Pneumatic wrench will run OK off the air system on your 5-ton, nah. One nut will deplete your air tanks. A battery electric won't get anywhere near the necessary scrote to loosen a nut torqued to 800-1000 lbs. (not to mention stretching your studs).

Just sayin'.

 

[TechnoWeenie]

You might want to check what torque they used on your lugnuts. Most tire shops stall a 1" drive impact on every one, the result will make your changing a flat almost impossible. Multiply that by 20 for just one rear set...

Your weight and 24" bar/wrench will be plenty to hold things together. 250-300 Ft/Lbs is a good target.

Thinking a Chicago Pneumatic wrench will run OK off the air system on your 5-ton, nah. One nut will deplete your air tanks. A battery electric won't get anywhere near the necessary scrote to loosen a nut torqued to 800-1000 lbs. (not to mention stretching your studs).

Just sayin'.

M18 high torque impact (or the Dewalt version, if you're a yellow guy).

I have a 3/4 that's rated to like 2100 ft lbs and takes lug nuts off a 5 ton with zero issue - I think I paid $250?

They also make a 1" - full handle and all - and that's I wanna say 2500 ft lb.... but also 2-3x the price.

A lot of advancements have occurred in battery and motor technology.

 

[Wreckclues]

I have a 3/4 that's rated to like 2100 ft lbs and takes lug nuts off a 5 ton with zero issue

My 20V Hercules High Impact Model delivers up to 1,200 ft-lbs of breakaway torque and 700 ft-lbs of fastening torque for tightening. I changed my front wheels without problem using an 8 AH battery pack...of course I did soak the lugs with penetrating oil for 6 months first

 

[TechnoWeenie]

My 20V Hercules High Impact Model delivers up to 1,200 ft-lbs of breakaway torque and 700 ft-lbs of fastening torque for tightening. I changed my front wheels without problem using an 8 AH battery pack...of course I did soak the lugs with penetrating oil for 6 months first

Yup. Even some of the value branded stuff has some decent capability these days.

I remember the first battery powered drills were drills in name only - really couldn't use them for anything more than a glorified electric screwdriver. Good luck trying to get a nut off or driving a wood screw more than an inch.

Don't need a huge air setup to run impacts anymore. It's great. Makes a lot of heavy-hitting equipment that used to cost a ton of money into the hands of the average person.

 

[G744]

Indeed, but my reply isn't so much about powerful wrenches for lugs, rather the fact that tire shops habitually run them up way too tight. OTR trucks on freeways always make me a little nervous, are they flying along with hubs full of weakened lugs? Maybe the newer hub-centered wheels use higher strength studs, dunno.

I have a strong electric impact, but it stays at home: Not too many ways to secure anything in an MV, without making it look obviously out of context, either on the road or at an MV show. Theft is a problem, I've been the victim on occasion. Shift knobs and watercans.

I've had a few other incidents, finding onboard compartments unlatched, and lots of knobs turned and levers moved. An unobtrusive kill switch is a good idea; Hearing your rig start up without you is a real pucker factor...