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    just out of sheer curiosity... On big trucks with the double wheels on each side, what if only ONE of the tires blew out, would the bus driver been able to maintain control? Basically I'm asking whats the purpose of the double tires (duallys)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JackMaster
    just out of sheer curiosity... On big trucks with the double wheels on each side, what if only ONE of the tires blew out, would the bus driver been able to maintain control? Basically I'm asking whats the purpose of the double tires (duallys)?
    common sense is not your friend double wheels allow more load capacity each tire depending on size and air pressure have a max load capacity. more wheels more load.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leadfoot_mf
    common sense is not your friend double wheels allow more load capacity each tire depending on size and air pressure have a max load capacity. more wheels more load.
    God!!!! I am so tired of folks giving false info on this site!!! Everyone knows (or should know) that the more wheels you have the cooler you are. I'm converting my Silvia to JDM dually this weekend. Way to ruin it for us all Tim...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JackMaster
    just out of sheer curiosity... On big trucks with the double wheels on each side, what if only ONE of the tires blew out, would the bus driver been able to maintain control? Basically I'm asking whats the purpose of the double tires (duallys)?
    The correct answer was given by leadfoot. What happened to the bus is one tire blew out and the rim hit the ground flaming up and it ignited the other tire and of course busted that one out. Later, QD.
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