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Yeah thats kinda what i was thinking too.. the guys in the mercer office here in cambridge ontario said it wouldnt be a problem.. but i figured id ask on here to see. I also dont know a whole lot about great dane trailers.. (how they pull, scale etc...) im used to running reitnouer flats and steps along with RGNs.. not sure if the trailer manufacturer makes a difference on how they pull or scale.. guess most of it is personal preference?

 

If a trailer is aligned right it should pull fine. Aluminum should be lighter and doesn't rust. 8 paid off my a utility from Mercer and two weeks later found a Reitnouer with sliding axle so I got that. After selling my Utility (quick sale to dealer) it cost me $6k so I'm happy. Amazingly it's not much lighter than the Utility which is a combo. I thought I'd be able to scale a couple thousand more but that didn't happen.

I'd check with your motor vehicle department on import and registration requirements. Has to clear customs too. I looked at one in Manitoba but it was the much of a pain to import it.

 

Ok thanks alot roshea i appreciate it.. ill look into it in the morning and see how big of a pain in the ### it would be importing one.. theres a used reitnouer for sale here with a fixed 10 1 spread with a lift axle or one with a sliding axle.. both are around the same price..20 for the lift axle ( has the owner op light package) and 18 for the sliding axle.. and both are 2008s.might just pick one of them up anyways just to avoiid any possible hassles importing the leased trailer when paid off. I appreciate ya takin the time to answer my many questions.. lol

 

I was told a 10' spread is not much good for canada as they only count it as a single axle.

 

Yeah in the western provinces the 10 1 spread only counts as one.. but in ontario and a few other provinces we can gross more with the 10 1.. I live in ontario and almost all the companies here run the 10 1 spread unless they have the 53 foot flats.. ontario also allows longer wheelbased trucks.. most other provinces in canada dont allow more then a 244 unless they buy permits ( i believe that how it works)

 

The sliding axle, is that a sliding tandem or one sliding axle? I have a sliding front axle so I'm good for Western provinces. Most loads you can run it closed anyway so there's a lot less tire scrub. I'm looking into getting the rear to be a lift axle also but not sure it's possible. Can you gross more in ON with a spread or just allowed more on those two axles? Loads coming & going to US still limited to 80K gross. You can do interprovincial though, but I can't.

Wheelbase rules vary by province, and western provinces also have some obscure, but enforced rules about lift axles that require permits even if the axle is down, so I've been told.

 

The one im looking at has the front sliding axle. Yeah the western province are very strange about their rules and regs on wheelbase.. i lived in alberta for a few years and the company truck i was driving had a 280 wb and i was fine in alberta and sask.. but i couldnt go into manitoba or british columbia. And alberta also doesnt allow the spread axle on trailees or lift axles of any sort..( unless its a pusher axle on the truck itself). Sorry i shouldnt say u cant have lift axles you can but you can only load 1500pds less on that axle or something along those lines.

In ON we can gross more on the spread then we can on a clossed axle.. something to do with the way the weight is distributed so im told.

 

Where's everyone at? I'm at home in NorCal for a couple weeks... If anyone is passing through up here, let me know!

 

Just stating my day in Jacksonville Florida. Got on a short term dedicated run. Great money but working that over night shift is ugly.

 

how did you get a dedicated run out of jacksonville?