Adding Lift Axle Cost

If you don’t have enough neck you are hurting yourself by getting a 4 axle truck. And do you think you are going to be loading 45 ton? And if you do what is the concentrated rating of the trailer?

 

If your truck has 34k rears (which I didn't even know they made them that light?) then your truck is inadequate as it sits right now for anything more than your standard 80k gross IMHO.

 

I imagine it’s 40’s. He just is too green to know the difference. Which means he’s inadequate for anything more than your standard 80k gross

 

34 is legal weight. Honestly I’m not trying to be a dick, but if you don’t know how this works you are not ready and your company is the wrong company to be learning this.

You can get permits for a minimum of 40. Most states are 42-44. Some are as high as 50. But just because you can obtain the permit doesn’t mean you can exceed the weight limits of the tire, suspension and axles.

please, please go to work for a company that specializes is this type of work. You will do nothing but harm this segment if you continue on this path with this company.

 

Lightest rear ends I've seen were 38's. Seems like highway spec stuff have 40's, many of the trucks (at least around here) are running 46k rears. Tag on the inside of the door jamb usually lists the rears and steer axle it left the factory with.

A standard spec highway tractor just isn't going to hold up doing big weight and rough jobsites very long. There's a reason they build heavy spec trucks.

 

Just a quick search of your posted threads on here, alludes to "Just another guy driving down the rates".

Best of luck to you.