If I was in the market for a truck to pull an end dump, I'd also look for a truck with full locking rears, they make a huge difference. I'd also...
typical heavy haul spec around here is a 18/46. normal 12/40 setups will take quite a bit of abuse though.. I "know of" a few local trucks around...
for sure! that's a really a sought after job around here.. either with waste management, or local transfer stations.. decent trucks, good...
if you have a class A, you can drive a class B vehicle... you just need to get your passenger endorsement for driving a bus..
logging is slowing down in MI as well. All the trucks around here charge per ton, per mile... And the only way to make money, is running heavy,...
aint that the truth, we haul them in open top trailers to.. just pack them in from the top.. i was talking to a car hauler last week, he was...
IN has a permit route from MI to IL, I believe they allow you to gross 134K, however, most guys I know that pull trains on that route are way over...
I'm surprised that most people don't charge so much per bushel, per mile... Thats how all the loggers charge around here, so much per ton, per mile.
I drive for a recycling company, and we get similar directions all the time when we need to pick up cars from a location. First question that is...
just wait until you get in a truck with that gem of tranny called a "performance" 9 speed.. They have 4 gears in the basement, and 5 on the high side.
We have a 72' binder dumptruck at work, that rarely leaves the yard, but I have taken it out on the road in the past. The motor is a 6-71...
fairly slow.. One of my buddies sold his last winter, and and bought a 379 and a 6 axle set of trains, and is doing way better hauling steel...
exactly! the old tractor i drove had a C-13, and 9 speed, once you got around 100-115K, it was really hard to get it moving, and that was pulling...
I had drove a few times, just bringing trucks back to the shop after it broke down, before my test. Finaly I went and upgraded my CDL B(which i...
In my early teen's? lets see.. gas station worker, groccery store, marina, spent a summer on a sawmill, another running excavating equipment.....
I have a buddy who is an O/O running a 379EXHD, C-15 Acert, 18 speed, 3.36 rears, 11r-24.5 rubber. When he was pulling a standard combo flatbed...
I know alot of people who were storming after katrina, they had no issues with running 11 axle log trucks down there.
thanks, I should also mention though, that we are allowed a recycling overweight permit, so my truck with a tandem spread was legal to 96K, and...
The 377 I used to drive, with an empty scrap wagon would be anywhere from 43,000 to 54,000 empty, depending on which trailer I was hooked to.
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