Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

My first trip in that fmodel was to Pittsburgh so I took 80 in 1980 after that run I never took 80 again till two weeks ago when I ran to Youngstown to tow a truck back for a friend who bought it for the motor I80 has come a long way much smoother in 1980 I galloped across that every ten feet bounced of roof of cab

 

this is what I dragged back to Massachusetts from youngstown

 

Your dead on , the other problem is finding reliable drivers

Ya and my father-in-law tells me of when he drove before there we're interstates before 95 it was route one from Maine to fl

 

Right, back when I started with Hendrickson suspension and then "stepup" to a Reyco Ya did a bunch of moving around in the cab

In 78 got my 1st KW with a Torsion Bar suspension which after the other 2 types was like Cadillac like...still should have ordered Air Bags

And yeah, back in those days as 617-Strong sez...I80 in Pa was horrible

 

I've seen that W9....
I'll holler on 19 the next time I see it

 

When the truck was being ordered we were considering another W9 but it added another 25k onto to cost.

WB is 264" with empty weight at 25,260 full of fuel and equipment. With our lightest spread flat I'm right at 35,000 empty.

We didn't buy it for fuel mileage. I average somewhere around 5-6 usually. It gets pretty much the same or worse as all of our older 379s and w9s with CATs in them. The only reason we didn't go for a W9 was because of cost pretty much.


If it had been my money and my choice I would absolutely love to get a W9 with the 86" studio on it but that isn't going to happen any time soon. One of the things I miss the most is having that couch in the back. I spend a lot of time waiting around at or near job sites for the load to be ready. Being able to kick back and relax on the couch was great.