Look ma, no converter dolly!

They do exist in real life. Fairly common in Michigan.

 

True I’ve never seen them in Nebraska.

yeah they must have to. Is there any north bound scales on 29 to the border? I know there is that south bound one right after the port Neal exit.

I’d always take 60 to 75 to 29.

idk why we can’t run the #### things in MN. It would make my day go by way quicker that’s for sure.

 

In the pic it asks how they unload with the fifth wheel in the way. I believe they leave them hooked together, and there is a deck plate that folds down between them. They drive through the back one over the deck plate and into the front one. Having said that, pretty much all of them I remember seeing are flats, hoppers, tankers and such. Stuff that if a forklift is needed, it can side unload or where a forklift isn't needed at all.

 

There's the northbound SD scale, but they dont carry if you're wrecking Iowas roads and I think you can weigh whatever you want in SD as long as you've got the interstate permit and enough axles.

 

Rocky mountain doubles pull like a dream... I've hauled thousands upon thousands of tons of hay and straw that way. 36 bales per load... each bale is 4x4x8. I hope I never have to strap another load of bales in my life... after the 2nd or 3rd load in one day your arms get pretty tired.

 

I wish I could use them for some jobs. Like tomorrow I gotta haul 200 ton of class 5 with a quad with an 18ton box.

lol glad I get paid by the hour. Two belly dumps would make quick work of that.

 

I have seen a few sets of double belly dumps before... usually hauling asphalt and windowing it out for a paver. But double belly's is not very common as far as I know.

 

yeah that’s what I do is paving. We have a quarry too though so it would be good for all our days when we bring a ton of rock in.

our jobs are too small and tight though for them most days. That’s why we run short quads. We don’t do highway work thankfully. I don’t want to work all night and 80 hours a week.

 

Careful what you wish for, I have pulled double bellys on gravel jobs, not on asphalt, double side dumps are actually more popular here, both serve the same purpose, and that is to drive the price of trucking down.

 

Triple B's, 53 footers.