Reducing overall/trailer weight

Check Ater Warehouse, they do Wilson trailers, they got some good looking flatbeds and dropdecks I seen when I bought a hopper there a month ago

 

I would say that is your best bet

 

I have the same problem. Im the same empty weight , running a 48ft combo

 

Ive been running dedicated for a couple weeks now , but was working the spot market and company freight for the prior 6 months.... On the loadboard i used to put 46k and it cut alot of loads down.... I had an agent with my company tell me she always calls on the 48k and sees if they can scale less or make u legal and ive found 80% of the time the answer is yes we can do that no problem... u still have to consider ur talking to a broker who sometimes dont always give u good info... but for the most part ive had good luck with it... but ur right alot of brokers ive noticed will just post 48k and u show up and its barely 20k or something like that

 

What do you have for a truck? What all are you carrying for equipment? I’m with the others, run what you have and safe for a new trailer. You can spend a ton of money and not really make a dent on your trailer weight.

 

All that emission stuff adds up to a sizable gain. Not doing much trying to shed it. Most shippers know that by now

 

32.5 full tanks pulling a box lol

 

I bet even with a new aluminum trailer your going to barely if you even can scale 48 with all that stuff onboard. Your truck and all the stuff you carry is the problem. I can get almost 51 on the deck.

 

You know the weight difference between aluminum and steel right?