Flatbed rates owner ops

Just out of curiosity what part of the country do you live and plan to run with that step?

 

I dont understand the Hurst reference.
And I get that is your experience, all I'm saying is your experience is not everyone's experience. Everyone has different objectives. By your logic of quicker loads on a flat, I should just stick with Van's. Theres more van freight than flats, and many times its quicker loading/unloading. I stay around 2.28/mile, why move to flats at all?
Because I want the experience of hauling things I haven't hauled, challenges of securement, etc.. that's why I want versatility.
I'm not sure about anything. You not understanding that life is different to everyone is yours to deal with. I know 10 people can do the same thing and have 10 different outcomes.

 

Lmao.. naw, the hood did take a while to get used to, but I'm fine with it now.
I purchased it for 2 main reasons. longevity( resale value, durability, etc) and wanting the largest sleeper I could get.
Sadly the area isnt that well designed, and the sofa sucks.
As for the longevity, this truck is a ####show.
Plastic rattles, shelves falling apart, stack wont stay in place, bunk seals are hit and miss, electronics go in and out, and the fuel mileage is going to cost me way more than it will ever hold in resale.
But by God shes pretty when shes clean... lol

 

That's insane... kinda curious what caused the failure and if the manufacturer warranted the repair.

Why would they be fired? The trailer is what failed. Ramps didnt.

 

I run everywhere west and south of PA.
I draw the line at NJ and NY. Live in GA

 

They should be fired for extreme lack of commonsense. The trailer was obviously not fabricated adequately to handle something like that and the person loading knew it.

Those ramps are rated for around 20,000lb +/- per axle. That machine was around 40,000 or so. Yes weight wise the ramps themselves were close to rated capacity, but what fools like that dont consider is the amount of stress put on them, the pins and the back of the trailer itself when the machine is pulling itself up the incline.

Just because it says max capacity on a ramp like that doesn't mean you should temp fate with a $100k machine to see what will happen at max capacity. That's just stupid as hell. Especially a track machine on aluminum ramps.

 

Makes sense. Weight is 41.9k according to CAT, so depending on if the ramps were 20k or 23k that would be on the driver.
But how would a driver or even an owner know what the manufacturers weight rating for the end cap? I know that they rate gross, and sections(4ft, 10ft, etc for coils and such). But I've never heard of end cap rating. Seems like that would be an "eventually it will break, but we have no idea when" kind of thing. Especially if the ramp hangers were mounted at the dealership, then there seems to be no other explanation, other than the cap failed where it shouldnt have. Right?

 

Can you say, “Hi-jacked” ?