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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brandonpdx, post: 12117008, member: 12929&quot;]They all allow backhauls and usually it&#039;s vehicles off Central Dispatch since that type of trailer is basically a specialized car trailer with an extra low deck and has the center rail for winching smaller trailers up onto it. Because of it&#039;s design it&#039;s not generally useful for freight. Tractors maybe. Some of them have stake pockets and rub rails just like a regular flatbed...that might be optional when they are built. Has pooched decking for using double J hook ratchet straps to strap directly over the tires of vehicles or trailers, and ball towers that slide up and down the center track to secure the tongue ends of trailers. Good example of a nice one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/216380773/2015-shipshe-drop-deck" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/216380773/2015-shipshe-drop-deck" rel="nofollow">https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/216380773/2015-shipshe-drop-deck</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Similar one with better pictures...also nice but specs are way too heavy for non-CDL:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/216320533/2021-kann-53-ft-x-102-in" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/216320533/2021-kann-53-ft-x-102-in" rel="nofollow">https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trailers/for-sale/216320533/2021-kann-53-ft-x-102-in</a></p><p><br /></p><p>How much they weigh depends on the options but that one in the ad with aluminum decking is probably around 7,000 lbs empty and they usually derate them as 12k trailers so 1-ton dually guys can pull them with a 14k truck. That second one is a heavy spec with what looks like dual 15k Dexters and steel deck and a bunch of tool boxes. It probably weighs 10,000 lbs empty at least and also probably a 26k GVWR. The RV units themselves vary a lot in size and weight but a typical double load like you saw is usually 20-24 ft single axle trailers and they usually weigh somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 lbs each. The Forest River units I used to haul started listing the shipping weight on the VIN sticker which I thought was interesting to note. That would pay around $3 a mile right now...how long that will last who knows but the rates haven&#039;t come down too much yet from back in the Spring. On the backhauls they usually take around 10-15% depending if they book it or you do.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m not sure on is how the financing works with that stuff. I don&#039;t know if a bank would finance something like that as a regular automotive purchase like a 1-ton dually, or if I&#039;d have to get some special business or commercial loan, which I already don&#039;t like the sound of (lol). I haven&#039;t borrowed money to buy anything in about a decade but short of a winning lotto ticket I&#039;d have no choice but to sign up for payments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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