What Companies will sign on a truck with over a 300" wb?

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  1. mizjaxon76

    mizjaxon76 Bobtail Member

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    Hi everyone,
    My old man and I are thinking of buying a used truck that has a 120" sleeper on it. We have some thoughts of who we could sign on with but of course we are drawing a blank on the companies! We know that some companies have age limits on the trucks but also know that most companies will not sign on a truck that long also. So if you could help us think it would be greatly appreciated!! This is also not the first time of being an O/O, been there done that so we are aware of the undertaking of that part.
    Thanks
     
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  3. daf105paccar

    daf105paccar Road Train Member

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    Before you put to much effort in looking for a compagnies to drive for,it might be a good idea to know what that truck scales at.
    No point in asking many this if you later find out that you are to heavy.
    And empty weight will matter more then you think.
     
  4. mizjaxon76

    mizjaxon76 Bobtail Member

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    daf105paccar,
    the man is mailing us a heap of info on the truck (more pics and the specs of everything) my old man is already wondering about the weight! We are in the talking/thinking stage right now while looking for trucks and companies to even see if we want to go that big. But thanks for the reminder of weight.
     
  5. BigBadBill

    BigBadBill Bullishly Optimistic

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    We don't have a limit on WB but biggest problem is that more often than not the people you will be talking to about the load don't know if you are going to a place that can't handle the truck. That is why you will see these types of WB on dedicated, moving and trade show gigs. Oh, also see some doing it with flats.

    But doing this level of WB on typical OTR is a risk.
     
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  6. mizjaxon76

    mizjaxon76 Bobtail Member

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    I have dealt with may brokers that have no clue about the loads! That is a headache in itself. I do know the company that it was signed on with with the guy retired. The haul jet engines and things like that on rgn flats. Heck the company even has pics of the truck on their site. Just not sure if that is what he wants to haul again (the flatbed). As for delivery spots and fitting, we have been in places that daycabs have a hard time getting into.
     
  7. NavigatorWife

    NavigatorWife Road Train Member

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    What about California too, is there a restriction there for something that long. Agree on a lot of places a daycab needed to be in, esp the older towns, Pittsburgh, NJ areas are just some, husband had an automatic volvo which was hard to get into some of these places because of it's length.
     
  8. wideload

    wideload Heavy Load Member

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    the length isnt the problem, the weight is.

    most those trucks do specialized work. bed bugging which is light amd you live a long time between loads in trk stops. the guys who haul airplane parts use them as they are also light usually. etc. its hard to make a living in general otr if you can only haul 30k lbs
     
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  9. Flightline

    Flightline Road Train Member

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    Mercer has a lot of long trucks, some even longer. But they do have weight restriction to sign on. I have a 300" wheelbase truck at Mercer and have no problems. But it depends on your payload. I beleive here at Mercer, they require you to carry a payload of 45,000 to sign on.
    I have a very light trailer which helps but my weight does cut me out of a few loads.
    Also here we call them Mercer houses.
    I know Southern Pride also runs a lot of large sleeper houses.
    Peterbilts are the lightest that I know of. Kenworth is quite heavy and so is Western Stars.
    Also one can do a few things to make truck lighter, like I run with only one fuel tank and aluimun trailer and wheels. I'm looking to swith to a aluimun 5th wheel and super single wheels to lighter up more.
    Wheel base it's a issue in it self, it's all about the payload.
     
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  10. mizjaxon76

    mizjaxon76 Bobtail Member

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    The truck we are leaning towards is a Kenworth that was signed on with Southern Pride. He likes the truck since it is almost identical to our last one we owned and he loved that truck, heck he still complains about selling it and it has been more than a year! Thanks for the thought of Mercer. We know we have seen countless "houses" on the road just now that we want to remember the companies we are drawing blanks!
     
  11. Autocar

    Autocar Road Train Member

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    LS has no age, weight or length restrictions. I have a 100" sleeper and weigh 37,000 empty with my flat and I am a long way from being considered a "Big" truck, here.
     
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