Anyone run a Winch truck or know anything about them

You could also haul sand but that winch truck (guessing it’s a Western Star) will be pretty #### heavy.

 

Those cat trucks were garbage. And sand hauling currently is garbage. Overtrucked and underpaid. The glory days of lucrative sand hauling are gone. I only do it because I live close to the action.

 

Only thing I know about the Cat (Sterling) trucks was, and I was told this, that they have crap front ends / front axle and they’re heavy. They’re made to be dump trucks.

 

Local Cat dealer her has their 3 parked .

 

Run away…..

 

I wouldn't touch a Cat truck with a 40 foot pole. Just a rebadged International with next to zero dealer support. Most Cat dealers won't touch them, the one I worked at didn't.

 

If it has a hydraulic winch (which is the kind that most winch trucks have) then there would be no need to add a wet kit, because it already has one.

But I'm not sure why you would want to add a wet kit for sand hauling.

 

Even if it was a gin pole on the back of a Western Star?