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Just read a recent article that the new utility 3000R weight is 13,850 with side shirts and a trl. tail

 

Utility 46,000 full fuel. Great Dane 45,000 3/4 tank fuel Wabash 45,400 full fuel Truck 2015 t680 paccar trailers 4 or 5 years old if this helps

 

The major nationwide meat haulers (a bunch of them) can't all be wrong, and they seem to lean strongly toward the Utility 3000R. Carrier Vs. Thermo-King will make a few hundred ponds difference. But to me, it seems cost/repair/warranty network would carry as much decision "weight" as weight itself.

Nobody out there is making a "heavy reefer trailer" the last 10 years, and there are trade-offs to consider.

 

Yes with the 80,000 lb limit its easy to understand why there going for extra or should i say ultra light reefers running an extra axle would fix that issue though and raise it to 86,000lb

 

I don't think posting weights like that does any good.
Truck makes a huge difference.

Only way the weight can be accurately compared is if you know the weight of the trailer by itself.
By the way 45,000+ is very heavy.

 

Depends on how they are set up and how long you plan to keep em--for length of service and reliability---only 2 Ute and Dane--then personal preference comes in--both build hi/low end units--$$$ is compareable on both of the higher end specs--the plain jane 3000R--gives probably the best bang for the buck and is typically reliable--why most of the mega's use them vs the (imho)throw away Wabash--now your needs really should determine--which you ultimately purchase--Dane holds its value much more--and can cost more(depending on model)also amount of use it is going to get--doing long haul? two or less loads a week? doing regional 3-5 loads a week? The amount of times you run heavy forklifts in/out has more to do w/life of trailer than everything else combined....
We have 8 10+y/old Danes--that have been retired from road use(mostly due to unit hours)that our local guys use for all our local p+d work(we are a long haul ltl carrier--and these trailers spend more time in a door being loaded/unloded than anything else--and the walls and floors are still going strong--so you see alot of variables...and just to throw a weight answer into the mix
I pull a 3unit 2014 Dane Everest--Thermo King SB310--w/a 379 Pete--single tires on trailer--mt full of fuel..36k---so 44k load--BUT--have 300 gallon trk capacity and 75 gallon reefer tank--load 45k+all the time--less than 1/2 fuel--legal no worries...

 

You get what you pay for. Forget a few hundred pounds here and there. Great Dane With a Thermo King reefer is the only way to go. Utility trailers are Junk. Carriers are Junk. There cheap that's why megas buy them.

 

Sorry
That's what I can haul ... Truck dry weight is 17,000

 

So you're saying you can haul 45,000.
Makes more sense that way.

Our company runs Great Danes with Carrier Units.

Been here close to 2 years and no real problems.
Don't keep trailers very long so that might help.