How to choose Flatbed equipment？

Yeah that first one is a heavy spec’d truck. It’s not ideal If you’re doing long haul and mostly pulling tandem weights. Driven properly, you might do alright with it.
You hardly have any details for your number two truck, so it’s hard to make any comment on it.


By the sounds of it, you’re typically under 80,000 pounds. So a tandem axle 53 foot trailer would be appropriate.

Going with a tri-axle trailer makes no sense. It’s more than what you need again. If it’s not a lift axle, you’ve got that extra drag working against your MPG. Plus the weight of that third axle might even lower your payload abilities. (If down in the States where they don’t recognize it).


Conestogas / roll tites / curtain side trailers are nice and save you time and effort tarping but you will give up some fuel economy with them. Like any other business decision, if the numbers make sense, there’s your answer.

 

First truck would be a great setup for a s b train . u said u never done it before . u interested ? I see em running all over thr pnw in the states . and obviously canada..... The problem with a heavy spec truck like that just pulling regular flatbed freight is that u lower the amount of freight u could haul.... I can haul 47k but find myself being turned down by places or getting my rate cut because they want 48k to 50k.... If u had a b train u wouldnt have to worry , plus u already got a nicely specd heavy truck for that application... Just something to think about