Admittedly I have little experience beyond my little 50 ton Aspen, and I am not aware of what his Fontaine is rated at, but I am surprised that he can just keep adding components. It seems that necks are designed such that one can't just add longer and longer flip boxes. I would have assumed that a neck built for a jeep would have been designed heavier to accommodate the extra length of a longer flip. Just observations from someone with no experience with such things.
Thanks for the video, I am from Ontario and did not know about this company. Not like I am planning to buy one in the future but is good knowledge.
I would think with his business model an east coast super trailer would limit his operating area. Are they recognized in western Canada? I know theres a decent portion of the western US that you can’t run them. Another rate cutter.
Aspen, a Western Canadian company, makes a lot of nitro boosters etc., and I see them advertised in oil field country, so I assume they are allowed in BC and Alberta at least, but not sure. I don't think they allow lift axles on tractors though. It seems like he could get close to 60 ton without a jeep with his tractor and a stinger. I wonder how much gain he will actually net weight-wise. Once you have a jeep the lift axle on his tractor would seem unnecessary for 60 ton.
Yeah you’re right about the nitro on Canadian trailers. That’s what I was saying about rate cutting. To make that trailer make sense both from a profit and physical sense he’s going to have to load over 60 ton. That’s the kind of stuff that aggravates Ron and I agree with him about. A 60 ton east coast is significantly cheaper than a 65 and especially a 70 ton. He’s going to overload his trailer constantly to make it make sense.
Well there’s two people that do, people with big cojones and people that are to dumb to understand what they’re doing. One group is much bigger than the other.