Heavy Haul Miscellaneous Thoughts, Ideas and Questions

Everything, curfews, highway patrol escorts, pilot cars, customers saying "yeah come on we have trucks in here everyday" then when you get there they say "well you a little bigger than we're used to". I much prefer my seven and eight axle detach work. Don't get me wrong it was interesting work just not for me. I started with that company as a lowboy driver, then the guy who always pulled it was out of town and some 9 axle work came up. The boss asked me if I thought I could handle pulling that trailer until the other guy gets back, so like an idiot I said sure then I was stuck on it for 3 1/2 years. As far a the trailer it was 65 ton Talbert with 28' of beam, 25' of deck, and a 5' beam extension.

 

I had a Bostrom but I switched it for a new National, it did help a little but compared to the Pete it still rides like crap.

 

ha ha Yes there is but it will be yellow

 

I am running a 4 axle 2014 4900SB with a DD 16 18918B 46k 3.90

Mostly I really like it

 

What do you have for a front end?

 

I don't mind the ride at all but maybe I am just insensitive like my wife alleges

 

4020 What part of the country were you in?

 

18k and I struggle to get more than 16k up there

 

That looks like a big front end, mine is set forward and its a 20,000. It just kills the turning radius, sometimes when I'm backing in a job I feel like a rookie.

 

Central Ohio.