Truck and trailer compatability

I had a 10ft top deck.

 

247" wheelbase is no where near long try 320" now thats long as far worrying about clearance remove mudflap brackets and/or use the bracket that can be removed easily and remove them when hooked to trailer. I haven't pulled stepdeck but I do know what you mean by clearance I have pulled a many of pups where the 5th wheel had to be moved all the way back to keep from ripping the mudflap off

 

some trucks have a longer tail behind the axles as well so that can make a difference my step deck has a 10 ft topdeck and I wish it as an 11 so a 9 will likely make it run fairly long as I hve to run my 5th wheel 5 notches from the front (holland) my flap brackets clear but the flaps catch on the beam a little

 

FYI here is a fix for your mudflaps if clearance is an issue....I tore off 3 with a lowboy before installing this fix.... works great!!!

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...-o-and-load-boards-post996111.html#post996111

 

Andrew,

Why not buy single axle truck? Do you plan on hauling more weight then a single can handle? I thought you bought a light duty trailer.... Maybe your not still hotshotting...

Whats your plan?

 

Go to Fresno Truck Center, they have a #### ton of single axles! With the current state of trucking and you being new, I would go buy a cheap truck (less then $20K) from them to run for a year and get a hang of it.