Flip Neck Box Mechanical RGN Question:

Also. I was not able to get under an 80k load when it was centered on my deck. Had to move it to the rear and then I was able to get under it. I think @Oxbow had mentioned that sometimes getting under it will shoot you out like a canon…might have happened once or twice to me this morning. Good thing was I had the Kenworth, tires did not spin at all! And driving it was very controlled. Didn’t matter the landscape had plenty of torque to keep speed consistent. Started driving slower because mpg went down to 3.6 per gallon!

 

Haven’t had a chance to check empty weight but it will be about 60k. Another driver has the same Kenworth but a manual and he has a 4 axle globe trailer his empty is 64500.

 

Load was a crusher weight according to shipper was 80k. I wasn’t able to use cat scale. They said I was too heavy.

 

Max I will ever be able to load is 80k and some states that give me 22k per axle like Illinois more so. With total gross between 140k and 146k Empty would be roughly 60k. I have a stretch trailer. Will look into the steer axle dilemma. So far I can’t even weigh it with a heavy load at a cat scale.
I can’t see me lifting that flip box without extreme ramps.

 

Thanks for this info. I didn’t know that you could turn that off. I’ll have the company. I’m lease on to do that next time. I’m there. Possibly it was a new employee at a brand new kwik trip and Wisconsin. I figured that would be the procedure to scale it. I’m good and with the weight at least in Illinois I just went through a scale and Joliet and they had me bring in my permit and they said I’m good to go. I did not try to push my luck and ask him what my total weight was. see picture below for #### and giggles

 

Agreed. What do you use for your license plate holder to mount it on the grill?