Hurst has been lying to us....

Smaller sleeper does not automatically mean a lighter weight truck. My truck has no sleeper but I will bet that it weighs about what yours does bobtail. My truck bobtail is just a touch over 24k.

I know that I have some extras like 46k rears and a drop axle but this truck does NOT have a double frame and I only pack about 150 to 170 gallons of fuel. I think that I put 170 gallons in one time and was praying the whole way to the truckstop. The tank on the driver's side is 1/2 hydraulic fluid but has been emptied now because the wet kit was removed. But I am looking for fuel at 5-600 miles... LOL

I just had an idea about what I could do with the empty hydraulic part of the tank.... Hey @Rontonio I had an idea of what to do with the empty hydraulic tank since mine is split.... Carry fuel for pony motors.

For those that carry 300 gallons of fuel..... Why? You can only drive around 600 miles anyhow so why carry an extra 1,000+ pounds of fuel when you are stopping every day anyhow? It does make sense for teams but even then you still need to stretch those legs once in a while.

I have been slowly gathering info for spec'ing a truck for myself and I saw this early on, I do not need to carry 300 gallons of fuel. Heck I could probably go all the way down to 150 gallons at 4 mpg and be fine. Heck, even door slammers at 6-7 mpg can go with 150 gallons of fuel and be fine with enough left over to idle all night so that we can get another anti idle thread started. It's been a while.

For all the MPG Nazi's, when you pull stuff like this, the last thing you worry about is fuel economy. (Hint: The front of the trailer is on the left side of the photo.)

 

The dozer itself weighs around 80-85k. The truck and trailer weigh 64k empty so the trailer itself is 40k.

 

I have had 97k on that trailer but that is about max. You can go a little more if you can balance it but not much.