Coronado for dirt work?

I agree. I run a couple 122SD’s pulling Super-B frac sand and liquid off road at 140K chained up lots and they were great. Biggest complaint I have it with the doors on those. We had our emissions repaired and it would never again cause an issue. But ####, those doors were junk.

 

Unless it’s half price of a W-900, why get it?
A W9 will almost always have a better resale than a freightliner, even if it has a chrome bumper instead of a plastic one.

 

There are a few suspension options. I think the Peterbilt Flex Air is branded as the AG380 in KW land. Primaxx and Neway are another option. Both are probably heavier though.

 

I hear ya , I used to have a truck leased on to a place with 150 o/o’s
I got sent on a regular pickup of Kaolin several times a week because I had the only tractor that could scale the load legally.
My tractor was a international 9700 cabover with the set back steer axle.and much lighter than the conventionals that everyone else had.
You have to have a set back steer to get 12,000 on the steer.

 

I hauled out of the coal mines of western pa and wv for a minute pulling a dump. My advise...stick with a kw. If turning is an issue a t800 does nicely but honestly there's nothing like a w9. Stay pre emissions and pre accert on a cat. Both of mine had the 3406e and were fantastic easy to hit 1.5 mil before a rebuild and high horsepower capable. Id haul 120k+ on the regular so had mine cranking around 1000hp. You won't go wrong with them.

 

Yep,,got Coronoda’s as well as Cascadias on chip haul pulling 4 axle or B train. Like any truck they’ll fall apart if you dont stay on top of maintenance. Few hundred miles east majority of the logging trucks are Volvo for decades.