Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. cke

    cke Road Train Member

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    Well heck…..you be in GODS country !!
     
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  3. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Its amazing some of these jobsites, they spend tens of millions of dollars building these ginormous warehouses and buildings yet they cant spend a couple minutes to think about how these trucks are gonna get into these places to deliver the material...
    I had to tear down their fence in the entrance because its barely big enough for a pickup truck to get into yet they are ordering 70ft+ long trusses .. just wait til the 100s show up on a stretch..They tell me everytime a truck comes they tear the fence down and run it over.. yeah ! No #### ! I wonder why? Cant possibly be because its not wide enough to turn.

    i will say 9ft of front overhang and 13ft of rear overhang with some steel joists make some quick work of chain link fence if anybody was wondering :D
     
  4. Razororange

    Razororange Road Train Member

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    Here's what a double frame looks like after 20 years of WI winters. Probably never got washed up here since this was a straight truck with a bed right up to the back of the cab. It only gets worse further under the cab.

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  5. AModelCat

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    I'm borderline stupid and even I wouldn't have trusted those ramps.
     
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  6. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I think a lot of trucks get double frames when they aren't really needed.
     
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  7. Espressolane

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  8. Razororange

    Razororange Road Train Member

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    That truck needed a double frame. 20K steer with 46K drives it got loaded heavy around town. Poor thing only had a C7 though. It would haul 40K on the deck as long as you didn't mind doing 55mph on the interstate.

    Double frame also used to be the only option. Modern heavy single frames are just as strong and will never have the rust jacking problems.
     
  9. Razororange

    Razororange Road Train Member

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    Well you see it's heavy and they found a sucker to haul it. Guy responded to the post saying he was hauling it so cheap he couldn't afford a wrecker to fix his screw up.

    Dudes are trying to "heavy haul" with aluminum steps and super light Cascadias because they are hauling the #### so cheap they can't afford to buy permits to use the correct truck and trailer.

    Then they find out just how expensive it is to do it wrong when they break their trailer or end up buying a bridge.
     
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