It takes more horse power and more fuel to turn the tall rubber. Also the tall rubber has alot more flex in the side wall whitch creates more heat...
Ya I specd it with a 244 wheel base 82 sleeper meritor super 40s and 150 gallon tanks I need the extra fuel because I haul heavy...the weight came...
I'm looking at ordering a new western star 5700xe iv had a fue people tell me that western stars were too heavy dose anyone know if the 5700xe...
Ya I run a 244 and my overall length is under 23 meters but the way the rulles are written my kingpin wheelbase is 3 ft to long
Just throwing this question out Iv been reading alot about what your maximum distance from the trailer kingpin to the center of the trailer axle...
I agree with this I agree with this. It dose look like they changed the rulles recently and for manatoba as early as Feb 15 but if you pull a 53...
Ok well that's news to me thanks for the info
You must be running a set forward front axle with the 5th wheel all the way to the front I still have a hard time believing your under 23 meters...
Ya I'm from Canada and we just dont do anything bigger than 244 also if your pulling a van or refer I dont see the point of a big wheelbase you...
Ya don't buy that one stay under 244 and if it's a set back axle truck you would stay under 240 and you would be fine. The only exception to the...
Eh I just went threw this when I specd out a new truck you can't be over 23 meters 75 ft 5 inch long in Canada that's front bumper to the back of...
5.5 mpg on 5 axles kinda hard to make money with that truck
Ya I think your right this crap is very expensive to fix and almost always has to be done by a dealer
From what I can tell it's kind of a crap shoot. Iv heard guys going 600 000 kms and had very little problems maybe a couple sensors go bad. Than...
Ya and shop labour rates are expensive 1 big problem and it just paid for itself
The truck comes with 2 year unlimited mileage for the engine. I was more worried about the emission system I know the early ones were alot of trouble
Just buying a new western star 5700xe with a DD15 and trying to decide weather or not to buy the extenda warranty it's called the EW4 package...
If I had to choose between the 2 brands you have I would take wabasto they just seem to have a lower operating cost compared to Espar. Iv had both...
I don't know maybe. All I know is lots of tickets get thrown out because mto and the cops dont do the paperwork right and the courts are so backed...
Well I'm not sure the Ontario Cvor point system makes no sense to me but all that will show on your cvor when you get one from the mto if you...
