Bobtailing 2K miles. Any advice?

Ar you an O/O or company driver?

 

drive cautiously in the rain and snow

you should already have grease on your fifth wheel, if not, add some more, no such thing as too much grease

 

must be a company driver, going to pick up a trailer

or he just bought a new truck

 

Take your time! Remember, bobtails don't have the traction of a loaded trailer. Little downward pressure on your drive tires, makes braking tricky. Also easier to hydroplane on wet surfaces. If the chain laws are up in the mountains, I wouldn't chance it bobtail (traction again).

Have you considered running south and around Pikes Peak?

 

That many miles, I would look for a power only load and add the weight to the truck and pay to the account
That far with no trailer will be a ride

 

Hi GYPSY, that's a good idea. I have seen companies that do that. To Crazy Alex, I hope you are getting paid to do that, otherwise you are indeed crazy.

 

You can find power only loads on the boards like getloaded, usually can get a load of container trailers going somewhere

 

Who did you lease on to? You would think they would have anything closer. Maybe you should rethink this company