Big Loads - Post Photos Number 2

I'm not judging or looking down on you honestly but speaking from experience doesn't the LTL business bore you to death? I tried it and it drove me nuts.

 

Not on the P&D side, although linehaul can be pretty boring. The money more than compensates, though.

 

I was on P&D, I can see the money being a factor depending on what you made before or have the potential to make.

 

Well here is a picture of today’s adventure. Let’s just say I absorbed a bunch of knowledge in the form of pain and misery in my efforts today. Just a tip - when you get a new peice of equipment - the little things will bite you in the assssss.

Poured rain sleeted and spit snow all day today. Got the pleasure of re-shimming the deck and the booster loaded today. Yes would rather be kicked in the jewels and be lectured on heavy haul form that x1 dude than shim the deck loaded.

Only had to block under the tires 4 separate times.

Still have to finish chaining down, scale again and clean up my lumber yard in the morning then I can sight see on the super scenic routes I have through AR and OK and IL and maybe TN if they ever issue me a permit

 

What time did you get there to load. Awesome pictures

 

I got there to load at 8 am and left at 4:30 pm

It is actually a 986 - essentially the same as 988

 

Whats your weight like?

 

Well

I still need to scale it - again

I am 77k empty and the machine was supposed to weigh 111k

So when I loaded it on my west coast trailer - I maxed out the walking beam travel and ended up 62500 on the trailer tridem and like 25850 on the booster tandem. Technically not possible on a west coast 60/40 except when you turn it into an east coast trailer by mashing the the front of the walking beam against the stops.

So here is what I think it will weigh - after re-shimming the deck and booster to change the rear deck height to allow travel on the walking beam -

15000
39000
39750
51000
34500

179750

So I think the machine is lighter than they said

Or

When I weigh it tomorrow- I will cry a lot