Conestoga: worthy investment?

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  1. lastgoodusername

    lastgoodusername Medium Load Member

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    You must embrace the Possibilities, only then will you become one with the curtain trailer.
     
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  3. daf105paccar

    daf105paccar Road Train Member

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    A curtain,build the right way can run wide loads.
     
  4. MJ1657

    MJ1657 Road Train Member

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    Show us some pictures so we know what you're talking about.
     
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  5. daf105paccar

    daf105paccar Road Train Member

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    Take a look at the link.
    http://www.oslint.de/TransportE.html
    You can read it in English.
    Stepdeck curtain ,takes loads up to 13 foot wide.
     
  6. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Yep. Need pictures. I've talked to every single manufacturer of tarp systems in the US and not a single one has mentioned anything like this. Some of them have the run open option, but you give up certain things for that. Uses a thinner, less durable side curtain for example.
     
  7. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Those are curtain sides, with a fixed roof. An entirely different thing than a conestoga.
     
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  8. MJ1657

    MJ1657 Road Train Member

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    Is it available in the United States?
     
  9. daf105paccar

    daf105paccar Road Train Member

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    No,not a fixed roof.
    The roof can be open.
     
  10. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Yes and no. Its in sections that telescope together so doesn't entirely close. But really it doesn't matter. They arent available in North America. So for those of us that operate on this continent, it might as well not exist.

    For all practical purposes here, your choices are a run open option, or no more overwidth/over height. You can also buy the stand that allows you to remove the system for od loads, but again, how practical is that.
     
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  11. TallJoe

    TallJoe Road Train Member

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    So upgrading from a flatbed to this type of equipment does make sense if one is in a hunt for freight, or is just try and see yourself thing? Or is it improvement for you own convenience so that you don't have to tarp?
     
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