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Stretching a cabover

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by rank, Oct 15, 2015.

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  1. Oct 15, 2015 #1
    rank

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    So there's this cabover.....'99 International Eagle with the flat floor. It has a 197" wheel base and there is 97" from the KP to the exhaust stack behind the bunk. I would be adding a 3 door headache rack and using it to pull 53 ft steps and double drops. With the headache track installed there would be ~53" from the front of the trailer to the headache rack. I deliver to lots of tight places in Pennsylvania, Toronto and Montreal.

    With all that in mind, what length would you guys stretch it to and why?
     
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  3. Oct 15, 2015 #2
    Superhauler

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    stretching a cab over. don't that defeat the purpose of a cab over? 197 is pretty long for a cab over already. unless your going to be hauling some long material that you need to hang over the front a good bit.
     
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  4. Oct 15, 2015 #3
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    I haul long steel beams once in a while 60-63 ft. Hanging over the front is an advantage sometimes
     
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  5. Oct 15, 2015 #4
    Superhauler

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    how about a 244wb for Canada.
     
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  7. Oct 16, 2015 #5
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    I second 244. It would have that west coast look, room for tarp boxes on the frame, and still be a relatively short wheelbase.
     
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  8. Oct 24, 2015 #6
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    Question about how Canada measures wheelbase: how do they measure it? Steer axle center to the rear axle center? Between the tandems? Front axle center? What?
     
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  9. Oct 25, 2015 #7
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    Center of the tandems
     
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    That always struck me as an ambiguous point of measurement. Thanks for clarifying.
     
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  11. Oct 25, 2015 #9
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    Europeans measure centre steer to centre front drive axle and Americans measure to centre of the tandems
     
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  12. Oct 27, 2015 #10
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    I like being able to hang 3.5' off the front. Especially hauling 60 footers. Don't know if that will work for where you run but I would imagine if you have been able to make it work in the long nosed Pete then you can certainly make it work in the cab over.
     
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