Buying a new dryvan trailer pulling general freight. Need input.

I should have clarified that tankers have NO yield or flex like a van. Every insult is transmitted. We rode loaded outbound, and empty on the return.

Used a dedicated, ancient spring ride for Hematite (drilling mud flow control ingredient).

It was one helluva long ride empty
from Utah back to Houston.

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I have speced, bought, and weighed them 99.9% of the time spring is lighter. Just my experience.

 

Spring ride, air ride, everything rides like #### in Michigan! Them Michigan folks are just tougher than the rest of us!
LMAO!

JD

 

Must be home every night, huh?

 

Must've found some magical freak of nature that adding lots more steel somehow loses weight.
Compete BS.

Air ride has always been the lighter weight solution to heavy metal springs.
Trucks as well .. front OR rear axles.

Not to mention a blown bag can be repaired easily on the road VS broken spring pack.

Only advantage spring has is CHEAP

 

Listen guy, let me know when you have built, bought or speced one. I have done all of these. There is more weight in air ride I am here to tell your wrong and talking out of a hole. Its not also about cheap, less possibility for air leaks, loaded rides the same, and I can break a spring and drive it home with a 4x4 block of wood and minimal effort. I have a 2017 wilson pacesetter bought brand new and built for me. I did not get spring to be cheap. My light weight is 26400lbs. Far as Im concerned a spring front air rear spread is the best riding trailer. You may not know why anyone would do that but it has its place.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw1JTBYMraBUVKxnCxsYRtxl&cshid=1555268327935

 

Fake news.....

 

I suppose hendrickson is full of it too?

 

Enjoying laughing at all the "bonuses" of springs listed in the right column hahahaha

Anyways, do you think you're special for specing and buying trailers? You realize how many people here have specd their own equipment??

Of course I have as well.. and that's exactly why I'm calling bull-S that adding steel makes the trailer lighter. It doesn't. I've compared it in the computer at the dealer.

Don't muddy thet water with your combo wt , we're only talking trailer #wt.

You won't have a 10,500# van with metal springs. Not gonna happen.