so very true... I still have one of the shafts from my buddies old log truck on my porch, Sunk in about 8" in a soft hole in the road with...
pretty darn heavy.. all the log trucks around here are 18 speeds(usually 4.10 or 4.30 gears as well), and fully loaded(normally 180-200K), you...
there are actually a few states that do allow more than 80k if you are plated for it. A good example of how this can be to ones advantage; I have...
Well, if the steel/scrap market ever picks back up.. Reliable recycling just opened a new yard in marinette(I hauled the old truck scale out of...
really all depends on the state.. Here in MI, log trucks, and dump trucks run 445/65's on the front, and can be 18K. heavy haul tractors usualy...
From what I've been told(and seen first hand), in WI, you can have the switches in the cab, but the regulators must be outside the cab, so you...
I think it can be done.. I had no training... I took my B test when i was 18, and after freshman year of college, I took a job driving oil...
that would be a B-train setup, the first trailer has a 5th wheel, to eliminate having to use a convertor dolly. It saves weight, length, and adds...
i believe you loose your hazmat for 5 years after a DWI. I know I got one in 2007(in a personal vehicle), I lost my CDL for a year, and cannot...
Does anyone have any good stores to tell about driving them? I remember when I was a young lad, my dad had a good sized excavating business, and...
In MI, I believe you can do it all at once. However, in MN when I took mine, I got my tank, hazmat, doubles, tripples, and passenger all in one...
you could.. but you would be down one axle.. and most single screw tractors aren't tough enough for pulling trains.. That setup is in a dealers...
I'm in the middle of an inframe on a truck at work, but forgot which direction the numbers must face when the rods are dropped in the engine,...
DUI, DWI, OWI, OUI.... hazmat is gone for 5 years however..
standard MI log truck, which would pull the above pcitured 5 axle pup trailer [img] A 8 axle flowboy for hauling asphault [img] The tripple ten...
no, the axles aren't steerables. however, like on that 8 axle sled, the first two, and last axle are lifts(sometimes more), so your only draging 5...
Ya know, i was just going to make a post about these the other day.. A buddy of mine used to haul steel with a set of 6 axle trains, set up like...
easy.. you just line it up.. like with any other trailer..:biggrin_25525: that... and.. alot of them have 6 way power hitches, so you only have...
I wish I could help you more, but I live at the opposite end of the state as you, I'm all the way up in the top of the UP. So I'm really not too...
The other nice thing about spreads, is that in some instances, with overweight permits you are allowed WAY more weight on them.. For instance, in...
