Hot shot trailer ?

I stumbled across this old thread and thought I'd drop two pictures on here of what the conversation was headed towards. The talk of using a M/D truck and modified gooser turned into a stepdeck has been on my mind for a few years. It is slowly coming together.

 

What does M/D mean? Sorry for dumb question!

 

Most of the time that'd be "Medium Duty". Think somewhere between a 1 Ton pickup and a Class 8.

 

watching this, been running a 40ft gooseneck, Big Tex, for a year now coming out of a company driver job. Goosenecks are too tall if you add a deck, some shippers require more space plus with gooseneck when I get stuck, (no freight) can only haul 2 cars realistically(3 is doable but questionable), drop deck I will be able to haul 3 with a lower center of gravity. Found a company that has spring assisted ramps from lower to upper deck that store as part of lower deck when not in use as ramps plus 12-14 ft ramps for lower and can include a subfloor center rail for detachable ball hitch for trailers which would allow me to haul 3 trailers as well. Have a 17 Ram 3500, unlimited mileage warranty for another year, looked at 4500 cab/chassis but they detune from factory so looking at taking my bed off and adding 5th wheel.

 

Hey nate, can you give me some info on this unlimited mileage warranty you are using? What company? Have you ever had to use them? How did it go? Did you wait for the factory warranty to run out first or added it on top?

Also, can anyone tell me if a 19' 3500 chassis can handle a 4 or 5 car trailer? What would a 5 car setup gross?