Is flatbed hard on a truck ?

I wouldn't say flatbed is harder on a truck than dryvan. Just a different trailer and maybe the odd dirt road/dirt lot. If you drive it sensibly when not on the pavement its not going to tear it up.

Heavy loads = win. Emission system works better when the engine actually needs to produce.

 

Heavy haul tractors usually (not always) have three rear axles. You can also tell if a truck may have pulled an RGN if they have a raised fifth wheel with what looks like a ramp behind the fifth wheel. If you are looking for a truck set up for flatbed work and look at buying from a flatbed company (Melton, TMC, etc) those truck are used for up to 80k gvw. Basically your normal legal loads.

 

Ac problems start with the person installing it and charging !

 

Agree there. If the first one blew up you gotta flush/replace everything or the metal will get pulled right through the new one.

 

I believe ac compressors not belong to daimler but made but common brand and installed on every truck

 

The heavily used APU, headache rack, and storage box on the truck are things you pay for in the price of the truck. They are also not great flatbed trucks. You can go to their used trucks site and see they are all either Cascadias or t680s with either a paccar 425 or isx15 also 425 hp and nearly all are auto 10 speeds geared at 2:64. Like any other smart used truck salesmen they will treat you nice and make you promises that won't be kept if they aren't in writing.