Medium to Heavy Hauling

LOL why would you feel bad? I know people that swear by mechanical goose necks, I swear at them.

 

cause you wouldn't buy one. I have grown to like mine, except in FL where the ground is too soft and it's hard to get the neck off the trailer.

 

Forget nearly all above when it's a Murray, Rackley or Cozad, Murray are 100% T1 steel ( 110,000 psi ) Cozad I understand are mixed steel grades, but with 17.5 wheels come in at 12,500 - 13,200 for Murray 13k to < 15k for Cozad, that's 1000's under Trail junk etc (3 -5k <) many loads can be driven over the back. The real benefit is in states that recognize 16 wheelers (Trunnion Axles) but up here in ND which doesn't recognize them I've seen many new Murray 3 & 4 axle LB's.
Where I work we have Trail....,,, beam 3+1 and a 2+4+2 to haul Crawler Cranes, they weigh so much, with all there heavy gauge steel of 86,000 psi steel pony motor pump & rams. Steve Sharp has a 3+3+3 Cozad which he hauls Mullen Transport Crawler, he can unload that mech neck as quick as our 2+4+2 which I know weighs quite a bit more than his 9axle

 

you can order a hydralic rgn with a full top deck and well length the same as any mgn.

 

They also have many rear deck options, flat, open flip, hydro flip,etc.

 

TK's cylinders are terrabile to work on, the engines stuffed in there are no better.

 

It really depends on what you want to do with it.
Running cross country is so much diffrent from running local.
You mention blanket permits and I see you live in Louisiana, so I assume a regional.[ TX.MS, LA. ]
I would go with a hydraulic .
If I was running oil field in that area, looking at a RGN a Hydraulic, Dropside, 3+1 looks good to me.

 

Blanket permits are the way to go.

 

I agree with everything but the drop side. There are way too many loads especially in the oilfield that need a flat deck to haul.