What rear setup for dump trailer?

Hendrickson makes suspension components not axles... the three manufactureres who make axles for OTR applications are Meritor (formerly Rockwell), Eaton and Mack.

You can have 46k rears and still have a lighter suspension if the truck maker offers that option.

 

Ya thats what I said. Dana Spicer also makes rearends.

 

Makes me feel like a sally because I haul around only 21 tons all summer...73,280lbs. You guys are hardcore.

 

That lends itself to us all being in the same country, but every state has different bridge laws. But I'll keep my 73k and 7+mpg any day.

 

Yeah, but you can't make no money runnin' around empty all the time.

 

It can be done. What do you guys get for a load of gravel with 37 tons at 107,000 gross...?

 

That was just a joke, I haven't even pulled a dump bucket in a couple of years. We can only run 80k in TN, 88k if it's a natural product or recycling and we keep off the interstate. A buddy of mine that regularly loads 100k of scrap on his wagon gives me grief about running around empty all the time.

 

I know it was. In the summer on construction by the hour, the goal is to run empty or with the key off.

I was just curious if there's extra money to be made by being that #### heavy all the time. Guess I don't have enough hair on my sak.

 

I have been wondering that myself. My guess is we are making about as much in the midwest with five axles and hauling 2/3 as much weight.