What Companies will sign on a truck with over a 300" wb?

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  1. Oct 4, 2012 #11
    mizjaxon76

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    Autocar,
    Which LS are you referring to?
     
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  3. Oct 4, 2012 #12
    Autocar

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    Landstar Ranger, Landstar Inway, etc.
     
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  4. Oct 4, 2012 #13
    wideload

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    well landstar does sort of have a defacto age limit now because they require the truck to have an electronic motor to be used with the eobr dont they?
     
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  5. Oct 4, 2012 #14
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    We were with Landstar Ranger a few years ago, then they got stupid with all their new requirements and I have heard that they are getting more in the truck than before, meaning what you have to have and can't have in or on the truck
     
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  7. Oct 4, 2012 #15
    wideload

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    the 120 day inspections at THEIR approved shops is what really erked me. them shops know they have you over a barrell. i had more "problems" at inspection time with their shops then i have ever had with any others and was running the newest truck i have ever ran back then. same trk at outsode shops never came up with problems.
     
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  8. Oct 4, 2012 #16
    Markvfl

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    I have/dispatch a show truck with a 305"WB. The wheelbase is almost never an issue. As has been said it's the weight. It pulls a 3 axle RGN and the light weight is 47,500lbs. It is a PITA to load because obviously anything over 31K is a permit load but no shipper that has a load that weighs under 42K wants to pay permit rates. It maxes out around 62K load in many states. So, I gotta find loads between about 42K and 62K for it. It would be a much better rig with an aluminum flat or step deck behind it. Stupid thing is we have a nice aluminum flat that just sits in the yard but the driver doesn't want to pull it.
     
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  9. Oct 4, 2012 #17
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    I went back and did some double checking on the wb and it is 378" but hey it is a w900l, nice long hood! And as the old man says "longer the hood, the shorter the trip" Anyways, he did already say that he would want to add a third axle to the truck to help with weight issues along with the trailer axle counts. But then you have states like Ohio where the trucks are not to have more than 5 axles total. Oh well, guess we can always come back through Indiana or over the top through the UP of Michigan. Always a way around things.
    Thanks you Markvfl for the ideas about weights and permits, that thought had left my mind since it has been a couple of years since he did oversize flatbed runs. We know it will be a special niche that this truck would have to work in.
     
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  10. Oct 4, 2012 #18
    Autocar

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    Lots of rumors around. It is laughable. Been here 15 years, this month, ain't a whole lot changed. New hires have to get an EOBR. I don't.
     
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  11. Oct 4, 2012 #19
    Autocar

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    depends on what shop you go to. Research keeps ya away from that stuff.
     
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  12. Oct 4, 2012 #20
    mizjaxon76

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    We had the same issue. So the old man got tired of it and left them. A buddy of his just quit working for them because they started tracking his loads. That is just insane because if anything happens the driver pays for it anyways. His friend also got wind of several new rules they were getting ready to start doing and said it was going to be just like being a company driver at the rate they were going.
    Personally I hated the brakes and tires measurements that they had. We had to replace brakes and tires long before they were needed but hey we sold the tires to other companies and made a nice profit there.
     
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