Hot shot trailers

Mike, can I ask why you went with the 35'? I like the PJ Trailers. I was thinking 34'-36' myself.

 

If your running a 4500-5500 then go with a 40', you have plenty of truck so you should leave as many options open as possible.

 

I talked to several brokers who said that given my cargo capacity (20-21K) the 35' would be useful to them in getting loads shipped. The longer the trailer the less payload it has.

 

Good info. I've heard similar info from others. Thanks

 

What kind of truck you plan on using to haul 20-21k in freight weight?

 

I don't "plan " to haul that heavy, its just what i'm legal for. I have a Dodge 3500 diesel w/6speed manual.

 

Ok, I see what you're saying now.

We run a lot of 3500 Dodge Duallies here, our trailers have 40' of deck space and weigh 7550 lbs from the factory. With our set up we limit the amount of freight weight we will put on to 15,000 lbs max.

 

Yea I was leased onto a Company that had DERATED my trailer I was leasing from them for 150 a week & they was take 20% of the gross so you know it was not long before I was out of there. I got my own trailer & then went to take the test. C.H. Robinson is CHR. Yea I just started this in Oct 2014 & still have a lot to learn. So for give me if I ask a crazy question