mercer transportation

That stinks, I'm out west doing the shorts and a T shirt thing.

 

Lol I did that over the weekend in Houston

 

Man the rates are in the pits or what....

 

I'm delivering in Knoxville in the morning and taking off till Tuesday been on the road since the 1st of January need a little break

 

So I have a couple questions for you guys. After having given it some thought, it looks like I think I am going to to flatbed (provided they accept my application). If so, looks like it will be March 23 I will be there. Anyway, about how much does a skateboard weigh? I know there is obviously a difference in steel and aluminum, but I'm really asking because I'm trying to figure out if I can get away with a W900 with an 86" studio sleeper. I know they want you to be able to carry 45k and that's obviously going to be a heavy truck. I was looking at getting a 2010-11 387, but after crunching some numbers, I think if I go pre-emission I can find a W900 at a price that would cover the difference in fuel. I found one that I'm interested in, but don't want to waste their time or mine if its going to be too heavy to bring on at Mercer.

 

I would say a combo trailer weighs around 10,000 give or take a few hundred pounds. I had an 05 W900L 72" sleeper, 275 wheelbase aluminum trailer and could scale 48,000. You shouldn't have any problems.

 

I personally would avoid any trucks between late 2007 to 2012.... my truck is a 379 60 inch stand-up 305 wb with 2014 combo flat and I can scale 48300 lbs.

 

I had good luck with my old 387, but it was one of the last ones to roll off the assembly line before they went to DEF and the 587. I never had any issues with the engine whatsoever and it made it to 496k before i turned it in. That being said, it was a Cummins, I know to avoid CAT 07+. I had an '08 T2000 with a CAT and it had all the problems you hear about with those. I had to do a regen every 250 miles and it was in the shop every other week. I like my Cummins engines, but I know CAT used to be good pre-emission so I'm not against having one, I just know to avoid the newer ones.

 

The Fontaine combo I picked up in late Dec weighed in at 10.4k. You should have no problems.

Now, I must be the worlds slowest tarp thrower ever. For the tiny amount paid to tarp a load I think I might go home this weekend and drop my tarps off. I keep telling myself it will get easier and faster but I have yet to see it. The only thing that is faster is how fast I get filthy now. Someone needs to start a service that tarps like a lumper service. I would pay.

 

Are you refering to a Mercer trailer? If he already had his own, he would probably know what it weighs.
Mercer only has a very few fontains, mostly are the great dane trailers which are very heavy trailer. Like close to 13K, I was told by Mercer
Many guys here have a weight problem because of the great dane trailers.
That being said, Mercer isn't real pushy on the 45K payload requirement. Once your here, they say very little about it.