Trucks must weigh under 19,000 lbs with driver, gear and 150 gallons of fuel on board

It's a company looking for an o/o, to pull one of their trailers... My classic xl weighs in right at 19,000 lbs fully loaded, so basically my truck + their trailer will weigh right at 80,000 lbs.. They don't want heavier trucks, because then they would have to cut weight, which they obviously don't wanna do

 

You guys trucks are light.
A standard 6x4 would be considered light here if it weighed 20 000lbs.
That is with what is considered a short wheel base COE with a 40inch sleeper.

 

Our federal government froze truck weight limits a few decades ago at 80,000 pounds. of course, you can permit as much weight as you want as long as you have the length, and tires under the load to stay within the state's guidelines. So for the typical dryvan or refer trailer, the lower the tare weight, the more product you can put on.

 

Our maximum legal weight on 7 axles is 124 000lbs ; on 6 axles 109 600 ; 5 axles 96 340lbs.
There are bridge formulas but this is the absolute maximum unless under permit.

Our 7 axle OTR carry a payload of about 79 000lbs and the 6 axle's about 71 000lbs.

 

Do you feel like the the rates are good for the weight that you are hauling?

 

My truck won't even hold 150 gallons of fuel...

 

109600 on six? Wow. I can run 130,000lbs. on six axles (granted, that's with the annual permit, but, apples to apples on the number of axles we're grabbing 20,000 over you).

I guess the rig I drive wouldn't cut it. I'm running about 20,000 with all the gear and fuel.

 

Heck no.
Can't I make money OTR here.
I can't even break even on paper let alone in reality.
I have no idea how the guys make it.
I know the OTR guys mostly work a 100h week.
Not for me thanks , I did that for a year and that was enough.
I found a niche and it works for me.

 

Under permit we can get 160 000lbs on 6 axles.
Permit costs are just to high so most will use 7 or 8 axles for that.
It also has to be an indivisible load.