Trailer to haul up to 160,00 lbs 48 States?

http://www.cozadtrailers.com/en/trailers/
check out the 80 or 85 ton trailers

 

yes they do

 

Whew! Pulling that much weight, I hope those loads pay real good to make up for the fuel cost.

 

Not any more. The rates are in the toilet.
One of the reasons I sold my 13 axle last year..

 

Most states will recognize a tridum set up for more or less 60000. Except California . Arizona will only if you get a permit from Phoenix , and it has to be requested. Or they recognize only 52 something on a tridum. Nevada will give you about 52,000. California the trailer has to be less than 48 ft on a tridum,can't be a flip, and then it has to be certified from the state. As for 16 tire set ups all states will give you at least 40,000. Or 20,000 per full axle, not each separate short axle. Many loads will get to Utah, Arizona , at the border of Ca and Oregon, and have to reload on a California legal trailer. And you say WHat! Why? Think if I could take my big 16 tire trailer all over the nation, or you could take your big 3 axle trailers.. What would happen to the rates? Does toilet ring a bell? Now I had a Murray 16 tire with a 3rd axle flip.. I got the max in every state, and Az gave me 64,000 on the set up. California nevada, would give me 58400 as it wasnt a 69 inch spread. And when I was empty, I could over inflate the flip air bags and only have 4 tires on the ground. Nice thing that 4 axle with a lift axle and that trailer with two axles off the ground.. I was only a 4 axle truck and trailer charge on the toll roads..so saved quite a bit of money. And got better fuel economy When empty. As for being able to haul all 48 states 160,000, you can do it on a light 9 axle and a heavy front end. If I remember right North Carolina doesn't recognize the big front end, but they will give you more than the 20,000 like Iowa and Nebraska. Utah, Arizona, and California will give you 46,000 plus a little per tandems. So for 160,000 it can be done on a 9.. I got up to 173,000 from Pa to Idaho with no problems.

 

And here me and you sit here and complain about getting 4.5mpg. lol

If you don't mind me asking do you think it was because of the flatbed and step deck drivers that moved over to heavy haul? I have talked with a couple heavy haul O/O's that got out of it. They said it was because the flatbed and step deck drivers came over and didn't have a clue how to bid out the runs and then the rates just went to toilet as you said? One guy I caught in KS coming up 75 one night used to run heavy haul, said he got out of it a couple years ago. Said that was the reason.

 

Construction came to a screeching halt in 08 and has not fully recovered. That's not helping either .